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Possible to Have Breast Lift Through Armpit or Transaxillary Incision?

I have really full breast and the nipples face a little down, not much. I am a Chocolate African American. I want a breast lift through the armpit by lifting the muscles - is that possible?

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Breast Lifting via Trans axillary Incision?

No, it is not possible to achieve breast lifting through transaction very incisions. Breast lifting involves some degree of tightening and lifting the breast skin envelope. In order to tighten the skin envelope, skin excision is necessary; this results in the presence of scars. Sometimes, the presence of scars is a “dealbreaker”; patients would prefer to leave their breasts unchanged than to have scars. At other times, patients prefer to have... more

Breast Lift through armpit is impossible

Hi there- Please be very careful. It is important to realize that if you wave a bit of money in the air, you will probably be able to find someone to do anything you wish... As an aside- there is even an eye doctor here in Orlando calling himself a liposuction expert, and an ER doctor who lost his license after he did a "breast lift" by placing a screw used for fixing tendons and bones into a woman's clavicle and pulling the nipple up using a suture tied to the screw (!). There is no s more

Axillary breast lift

The ability to lift breast tissue through an under arm incision cannot be done. The final shape and re draping of breast skin requires incisions on the breasts. I doubt any Board Certified Plastic Surgeon would suggest this approach. And if they do seek another opinion.

Breast lift through armpit won't work

The question is whether a woman with sagging breasts can get an adequate lift by operating through the armpit and lifting the muscles. The short answer is not likely. One can lift the breast slightly by placing implants but if the nipples are pointing down implants alone aren't likely to help. The situation is one of inadequate breast tissue and/or too much skin. The first thing to decide is how big you want to be. If you want to be larger then you'll need some sort... more

Breast lift through the armpit

Performing a breast lift through the armpit is impossible. A lift requires elevation of the nipple areola complex, often tightening of the skin envelope, and molding of the breast tissue. This must be done on the breast itself.

Steven Wallach, MD

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Manhattan Plastic Surgeon

Lifting the breast (mastopexy) through the armpit (axilla)

Lifting the muscles though the armpit will not lift the nipples. Even if this could be done, all it would accomplish is to lift the breast on your chest but do nothing to change the shape.

Otto Joseph Placik, MD

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Chicago Plastic Surgeon

Breast lift techniques

A breast lift is a contouring procedure for the breast. The basic principle applies in any breast lift - there is a need for some scar to achieve better form. Different lift techniques are available depending on your anatomy. There is a periareolar lift, and circumvertical lift ("lollipop" scar), and the periareolar and inverted-T scar on the breast. Depending on your anatomy and degree of sagging and whether you are opting for an implant, your surgeon will recommend the... more

Breast surgery approach will depend on your needs

If the problem is truly droopiness, then the answer is no. Some patients can mistake a deflated breast with appropriate nipple position with droopiness. If the nipple is high enough and you want to increase volume, an implant may be the answer. However, if you have true ptosis or droopiness, only a skin tightening technique- a mastopexy or breast lift- will work.

Breast lift through armpit

I'm going to answer not in medical terms but in everyday slang. Are you kidding??? A lift is to elevate the tissue via excision of skin. So yes there is a scar. Regards from MIAMI

No breast lift from the axilla

Unfortunately, the breast cannot be lifted from the axillas. A mastopexy, or breast lift, requires direct reshaping of the breast tissue and removal of excess skin through incisions on the breast. The muscle is not involved. You need to feel comfortable with the scars as a trade-off for the improvement in shape.

Breast lift throught the armpit is not an option

Breast lift to shape the breast and elevate the nipple position requires an incision on the breast. Under the arm breast lift is unknown to me. It is a reasonable option in placing a breast implant in breast augmentation, however it won't work for a lift. Best of luck, peterejohnsonmd

Breast lifts not possible without scars on the breast

The goal of a breast lift is to elevate the nipple-areola so that it is centered on the breast mound. Since the muscles are not connected to the skin, tightening the muscles is not part of a breast lift. There is just no way to avoid removing some skin around the areola in order to do a lift. However, in some cases adding an implant provides a degree of lift without skin removal. This is particularly true if there has been some loss of breast volume after breastfeeding. The question is... more

No way to lift the breast through the axilla

Unfortunately there is no way to lift the breast without some type of skin removal and tightening. The muscle will have little or no effect on the breast shape or position. Wish I could give you an alternative but I don't have one at this time. Good luck.

Sorry, breast lift through armpit is not possible

Sorry, the muscles have little, if anything, to do with the breast sagging. Breast lift surgery involves reshaping the breast tissues, removing excess skin and moving the nipple back to a centralized position on the breast mound.

Breast lift through axilla

Breast lifts cannot be performed through the armpit, and the muscle is not touched at all during a lift. In this operation, we elevate the breast tissue and remove excess skin. This requires incisions directly on the breast. Best wishes, /nsn.

No breast lifts through the arm pit

Breast augmentation through the axilla has become more popular as endoscopic techniques have allowed surgeons to place the implants in a precise way with minimal complications. Breast lifts require tightening of the breast itself through direct excision and plication of the breast tissue. This requires an incision on the breast. There are some surgeons whom will place a really large implant above the muscle to fill out the breast and loose skin. This would not be considered a breast lift... more

Breast lifts don't come from lifting the muscles

Since a breast lift is done by lifting and re-shaping the breast tissue, not the underlying muscle, there is no way to lift the breast through the armpit. Only implants can be done that way and implants won't lift you. They will just make you bigger. Scars are always of concern in darker skinned individuals, but for almost all, the shape imporvement far outweighs the scar issues.

Getting A Breast Lift through tthrough an Armpit incision

Breasts sag because of relaxation of the ligaments (Cooper's) attaching the breast to the chest muscles (under the weight of the breasts) and due to an increase in the amount of breast skin as opposed to its inside volume. To lift a breast requires a reduction in the amount of breast skin, thereby re-establishing a pleasing breast skin envelope to volme ratio as well as coning the breast tissue and placing it higher on the chest wall. NONE of these procedures can be done effectively through... more