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Can You Do a Breast Lift from the Arm Pit?

asked 3 months ago by LOUNGINGLIZARD in tampa, FL
Latest answer by Craig Mezrow, MS, MD
Question viewed 95 times
Tags: armpit, incision

Can You Do a Breast Lift from the Arm Pit?

8 answers to Can You Do a Breast Lift from the Arm Pit?

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Breast Lift cannot be accomplished through the armpit

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Armando Soto, MD

Orlando Plastic Surgeon

www.DrArmandoSoto.com

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Breast Lift - Mastopexy Procedures

While there are various mastopexy or breast lift techniques that involve limited scars. There is no method through the armpit to lift the breast.
Craig Mezrow, MS, MD

Philadelphia Plastic Surgeon
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Is Breast lift possible with armpit incision?

Modern day plastic surgery techniques have not yet been developed that allow for breast lifting thru an axillary (armpit) incision. Breast augmentation using an axillary approach would not be an option if you have been advised that you require breast lifting in order to achieve your desired results.
Antonio Gayoso, MD

Saint Petersburg Plastic Surgeon

www.gayosoplasticsurgery.com

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Dear Lounginglizard

We are in the process of developing such a technique. It utilizes an armpit incision and endoscopic dissection on each side. To date, standard techniques involve incisions placed on the breast and are useful for minor and major ptosis (sagging). This endoscopic technique will not work for all breast shapes.
Marc Schneider, MD

Fort Myers Plastic Surgeon
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Breast lift via the armpit

A breast lift can not be performed through the armpit. In order to perform a breast lift the nipple areola needs to be lifted, the tissue needs to be molded and excess skin needs to be removed.
Steven Wallach, MD

Manhattan Plastic Surgeon
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Axillary Breast Lifting?

Thank you for the question. No, breast lifting cannot be done “from the armpit”. Breast lifting involves some amount of skin excision. The skin excision serves to “tighten up” the breast skin envelope. How much skin needs to be removed will depend on each specific patient's situation. In other words, some patients require more “lifting” and have the need for additional incisions. Generally, these incisions range from around the... more
Tom J. Pousti, MD

San Diego Plastic Surgeon
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Breast Lift With the Least Scarring

Lifting and shaping the breast requires removing extra skin so that the envelope that holds the gland is a good fit for the amount of breast volume. It cannot be done through an axillary approach, even though breast implants can be placed through that site. There a re a variety of breast lifts. The one with the least visible scarring is the periareolar lift. In that, a ring of skin is removed at the edge of the areola. the larger circle is reduced to the... more
Mary Lee Peters, MD

Seattle Plastic Surgeon
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No

A breast lift requires incisions on the breast. The most minimal is a circumareolar lift, next adding a vertical or "lollipop" scar and finally an "inverted T" scar including a portion along the crease beneath the breast. None of these procedures can be accomplished through an axillary ("arm pit") approach.
David J. Levens, MD

Coral Springs Plastic Surgeon

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