Does a Breast Lift Decrease the Size of the Breast Slightly?

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Latest answer by Tom J. Pousti, MD
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Well one day I want a breast lift, but I wondered oes a breast lift decrease the size of the breast slightly? Do I really need breast implants?

9 answers to Does a Breast Lift Decrease the Size of the Breast Slightly?

Breasts lift won't diminish breast size

Hi, Great question and thank you for submitting pictures- makes our job easier! No, in your case, your breast volume will not decrease. In your case I would use the Ultimate Breast Lift which raises your existing breast mound with permanent sutures to minimize eventual breast descent. It also allows me to reconstruct your breast tissue's shape to that similar of an implant. It allows for a firmer/perkier look. An added benefit to this technique is that there is NO VERTICAL SCAR and... more

Gary M. Horndeski, MD
Houston Plastic Surgeon

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Breast Lifting and size?

It is hard to promise or predict final cup size after breast surgery. With breast lifting, even though no breast tissue is removed, the breast shape and position are changed. This change in position and shape may result in a different cup size or a different level of filling the cup of a bra. For example, a breast that sits lower on the chest wall may require a larger cup size bra than the same volume breast sitting higher on the chest wall. Therefore you should not... more

Tom J. Pousti, MD
San Diego Plastic Surgeon

Does a Breast Lift Decrease the Size of the Breast Slightly?

If done as a skin only mastopexy (lift) than there is no definitive decrease in size or volume. But in a visual appearance you might feel there was a decrease.

Darryl J. Blinski, MD
Miami Plastic Surgeon

In any case, you will have a slight size reduction!

Assume your lift is a skin only resection, the lost skin and tissue under the skin contributes to your breast volume - therfore you will loose a modest amount of volume. In addition, the lift tends to make your cup size a little smaller even if breast tissue is not removed. However, the most important part of a breast lift is getting a durable result and nice shape! The only way to achieve this goal is to rearrange yor breast tissue to appear lifted, tighter and not so saggy. There... more

Robert M. Freund, MD
New York Plastic Surgeon

www.breastenlargement.net

Breast size after breast lift

Mastopexy (breast lift) is intendd to "lift" your breast by re-arranging your brest tissue, elevating your nipple/areolar complex, and tightening your breast envelope. Breast lift can be done without removing any of your breast tissue by rearranging your breast parenchyma and removing the excess skin. Your breast volume will then stay the same. However, you will most likely be wearing a smaller bra because your lifted breasts will be perkier and tighter. If... more

Sugene Kim, MD
Houston Plastic Surgeon

Breast lifts can reduce the amount of breast volume

There are several different breast lift or mastopexy techniques. Invaribly with most techniques, either a small amount or larger amount of breast tissue (if preferred) is performed to tighten the skin envelope and lift the nipple-areola complex into a more aesthetically pleasing position. Based on your photographs, you would require a small amount of tissue resection. If you don't resection some tissue, it's often difficult to either tighten the skin envelope your raise the... more

Jeffrey D. Hoefflin, MD
Los Angeles Plastic Surgeon

Does a Breast Lift Decrease the Size of the Breast Slightly?

A Breast Lift (Mastopexy) is intended to lift the breast. It is performed by EITHER making the skin envelope smaller and thereby having the breast tissue "filler" fill the remaining skin envelope better or by lifting the sagging breast tissue and using the sagging portion as an "auto-implant" after which a smaller amount of breast skin is removed making the breast fuller and perkier (Short Scar Technique). In general, a breast lift will either keep the volume of the... more

Peter A. Aldea, MD
Memphis Plastic Surgeon

Mastopexy and decrease size after surgery

When a true mastopexy is done you do not decrease the size of the breast. There are many different techniques for mastopexy, breast lift. Some people resected breast tissue when doing a mastopexy, some people who sect only skin when doing a mastopexy. When I do a mastopexy I only respect the epidermis the top half of the skin. I'll use the dermis the bottom half of the skin to create additional support for the breast to improve the shape and also improve the long-term lift. So very... more

Wendell Perry, MD
Miami Plastic Surgeon

www.wperrymd.com

Lift Does Decrease The Size Slightly

A mastopexy is designed to remove only skin, elevate the nipple, and make the breast firmer, and higher. Although only skin is removed, the total volume of the breast mound is decreased and volume is affected. I would certainly consider implants in your case to give more superior fill. Good Luck