Can I get a breast lift without huge scars?

If we could avoid breast lift scars, we would. When we can reduce their length, we do. But they are there for a reason. The brief answer to your question is that yes, breast lifts can be done with a scar only around the areola. But depending upon your breast shape and size, that may not give an ideal shape... more

Without question, the single aspect most feared by most women when it comes to Breast Lift or Breast Reduction is the necessary scars. Both Breast Lift and Breast Reduction involve creation of a pattern of skin removal in order to decrease the skin envelope, whether or not the breast itself is reduced in... more

The 'vertical scar' breast lift For several years I have been using a 'vertical scar' technique for most breast reductions, which eliminates the long, horizontal incision in the inframammary fold below the breasts. I have also adapted this technique for breast lift surgery, and have been extremely pleased with... more

Unfortunately, scars are something a patient who needs a breast lift has to accept. There are, however, several lifting techniques available for different kinds of breasts and some involve less scars than others. Having been doing this surgery for over 20 years and performing it on thousands of patients, I... more

Fundamentally, lifting your breasts is trading some breast scars for a better shape to your breasts. However, there are many techniques at the time of surgery, and through post operative scar reduction programs, to make the scars less visible and more acceptable. Often with implant placement above the muscle,... more

Breast lifts can be performed in many different ways, all depending on the size and shape of the breast.  Some women can "get away" with just having breat implants placed.  Some can have a lift just around the border of the the areola skin.  Most of the patients that I see, need more... more

The length of the scar with a breast lift can be reduced significantly with a Lejour pattern vertical limb breast lift / mastopexy. I routinely perform these smaller incision type breast lifts in patients that request minimal scarring.

SEE VIDEO BELOW: The extent of scarring really depends on the severity of the ptosis. Worse sagging typically requires more extensive incisions and susequent scars. Use of an implant will commonly result in the use of smaller incisions when performed as a combined procedure