Does breast lift require augmentation afterwards?

I want to get a breast lift. In my first consultation with a cosmetic surgeon he said my breast may lose 15% of volume because of skin removed. Does this mean most women get breast implants at the same time as a lift, or is this a path to greater complications?

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A: Breast implants may be needed with a breast lift to increase volume

By Michael A. Jazayeri, MD - Orange County Plastic Surgeon

Whether you need an implant with a breast lift depends on the fullness of your breast and what you have in mind. If, pardon the expression, your breasts look like pancakes with nipples attached on them, then a breast lift will not provide any shape to the breast. To provide a perky and full looking breast... more

A: Staging procedures enables you to fine tune your result

By Lavinia Chong, MD - Orange County Plastic Surgeon

Skin removal alone, should not cause a 15% reduction in breast volume. In fact, the "tightening" of the skin brassiere should in fact improve the shape and position of the breast mound and nipple-areolar complex. You should realize that any cosmetic procedure will work well for some time... more

A: Treatment for sagging breasts

By Michelle Copeland, MD, DMD - New York City Plastic Surgeon

If you're sagging or asymmetrical, and are looking for perkiness, you'll need a lift--or, if you also want more volume, a lift and implants. A breast lift raises droopy breasts from one to several inches and excess skin is removed. If you just want to go bigger, the only way to do that is with implants.... more

A: 15% reduction in breast size with a lift is unlikely

By Kevin Brenner, MD - Los Angeles Plastic Surgeon

It is true that you will lose a small amount of breast tissue with the average breast lift, but only about a "shot glass size" amount. A breast lift mostly reduces skin, not the breast tissue. If you are happy with the size of your breasts when you have a bra on, then you should not get implants;... more

A: Breast lift without implants

By Otto Joseph Placik, MD - Chicago Plastic Surgeon

SEE VIDEO BELOW BY CLICKING MORE: Certainly the more you have done, the more risks you take. There seem to be regional differences in implant use with mastopexy (breast lift) Europeans tend to perform more lifts without implants whereas in the USA, most lifts utilize an implant. This... more

A: Breast Lift is NOT One Size Fits all

By John P. Di Saia, MD - Orange County Plastic Surgeon

Hello, Not all patients have breast lifts with implants. Much of this depends upon how things are in your case and your preferences. Talk about these things with your chosen surgeon before surgery to lessen the chances that you might consider additional surgery later.

A: Wow June

By Kenneth R. Francis, MD - Manhattan Plastic Surgeon

This question may have prompted the greatest number and most long winded answers in realself.com history. Many of the answers are valid and complete, so I will not reiterate. Just a word of advice, simultaneous breast lift and augmentation is one of the most difficult procedures in... more

A: You don't always need an implant.

By David B. Reath, MD - Knoxville Plastic Surgeon

When talking with women about breast lifts and the size of the breasts, the most important question is: are you happy with the size of your breasts now? Sometimes this is a little difficult to figure out if you have a lot of sagging, so the other way to look at this is: are you happy with the size of... more

A: If you like your breast size- don't get implants

By Robert M. Freund, MD - New York City Plastic Surgeon

If you like your breast size then don't change it. There are many different types of breast lifts today; 1-skin only circumareolar breast lifts - a bad technique that flattens out the breast. The scars are not acceptable and the position of the nipples is rarely symmetrical. Most importantly, the durability... more

A: Breast Lift: Plus or Minus Implants

By Sutton Graham II, MD - Greenville Plastic Surgeon

In our office we help many patients with that same decision, along with several others. You are right to have questions. First, I would suggest that you may lose very little of your current volume if you choose breast lift (mastopexy) alone. It should improve breast contour and projection. It... more

More answers to Does breast lift require augmentation afterwards?
Daytona Beach - Depending on your goals a breast lift can be done with or...
Los Angeles - What you desire determines what you need
New York City - Many women get implants with a lift.
Raleigh-Durham - Breast Lift Can be Performed Alone or with Implants
Santa Barbara - Everything depends on you as an individual
Seattle - The procedure is tailored to your goals
Thousand Oaks - Package Deal

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DrFardad
12 posts
19 Nov 2008

It all depends on how much breast tisue you have as well as the placement of the breasts on your chest. If you have lost the fullness on the upper part of the breasts and they are sagging with small amount of breast tissue present, then you will need the lift along with the implant placement. However if you have moderate breast volume with just the nipples slightly lower than they should be, the lift may do well without having to place an implant. It is true that you will loose some volume with the lifting and tightening of the skin. yo also have to look at what you desire. in other owrds do you want to do go larger since you are having the incisions nd the post operative down time.

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