82%

185 reviews

Worth It Rating Our index shows the percentage of community members saying this was "Worth it". See cosmetic treatment rankings

Breast Lift Cost ≈ $10,000 average cost

Write a review | Ask a Question

Breast Lifting Exercises

My breasts are starting to droop more as I get older. Are there any exercises I can do to lift my breasts? Will working on my pectoral muscles help?

Tags:

exercise lift non surgical

Exercises Don't Lift a Sagging Breast

Unfortunately exercises do not lift the breast. Exercising the pectoral muscles can reshape the chest, but will have no effect on breast position and little or no effect on breast shape.

Doctor's Website

Paul C. Zwiebel, MD

Denver Plastic Surgeon

ASAPS ASPS

Breast exercises for sagging breasts

Thanks for your question. Unfortunately, there are no exercises to stop or reverse breast droop. Breast ptosis (sag) can be caused by time or changes in breast size (through breast feeding or weight loss). These factors cause the elasticity of the skin and the Cooper's ligaments (internal supporting structures that keep the breast perky) to decrease. This leads to breast sagging. There is no exercise that will reverse or prevent this. Exercise only helps the underlying pectoralis muscle... more

Steven H. Williams, MD

San Francisco Plastic Surgeon

ASPS

Breast Lifting Exercises?

No, there are no exercises that will help lift the breasts. I would suggest consultation with a well experienced plastic surgeon to discuss options. Best wishes.

Tom J. Pousti, MD

San Diego Plastic Surgeon

ASAPS ASPS

Exercises will not lift sagging breasts

Exercising will not tighten your breasts. The only thing to do which will lift the breasts would be surgery. Sagging results from loss of skin elasticity and exercise would have no effect on this, although exercise is always a good thing! See a board certified plastic surgeon about which method of breast lift would be most beneficial for you.

Robert L. Kraft, MD

New York Plastic Surgeon

ASPS

No excercise to lift you breasts

Unfortunately, there are no exercises that will lift your breasts. Exercise is good for your muscles and can improve the shape of your chest. Sagging breasts are generally due to loose or excess skin. Since there is no muscle in the skin, you can't change it with exercise. Surgery is the only reliable way to lift your breasts.

James McMahan, MD

Columbus Plastic Surgeon

ASAPS ASPS

No Exercise to lift breasts

The problem with droopy breasts is excess skin not weak muscles. Unless you address the droopy or excess skin your breasts will remain saggy. Building up your chest muscles will not change the appearance of your breasts.

Doctor's Website

David Finkle, MD

Omaha Plastic Surgeon

ASPS

Breast lifting exercises

Sounds too good to be true...of course it is. instead, see your friendly local board certified, plastic surgeon for an honest opinion.

Rafael C. Cabrera, MD

Boca Raton Plastic Surgeon

ASAPS ASPS

Breast Lift

Unfortunately, the only true option for less saggy breasts is a breast lift or mastopexy. Consult with a board certified plastic surgeon. Best wishes!

Christine Sullivan, MD

Columbus Plastic Surgeon

ASPS

BREAST LIFTING EXERCISES DO NOT EXIST

Droopy breasts as you get older will not respond to any exercises. The lift from working on your pectoral muscles is minimal at the most (and this only applies to small breasts). Work out for your overall health, as this is part of a healthy life style. conclusion: Working on your pectoral muscles will not help. Only a surgical procedure will be able to lift the breasts. Dr. Carlos Cordoba MDCM, CSPQ, FRCS, FACS Plastic & Esthetic Surgeon 4055... more

Carlos Cordoba, MD

Montreal Plastic Surgeon

ASAPS ASPS

Breast lift exercise

Unfortunately, there is no "breast lifting" exercise. Our breasts sag with time and weight fluctuation. Breasts get droopy as we lose the breast volume and retain the breast skin. Breast lift rearranges underlying breast tissue and removes excess breast skin so that your breasts become perkier. No amount of muscle (pectoralis) exercise will correct the breast shape and excess skin.

Sugene Kim, MD

Houston Plastic Surgeon

ASPS

Sagging breasts are a skin problem not a muscle issue

Sagging breasts unfortunately all too common. The skin after being stretched with growth from pregnancy and/or breast feeding may not rebound afterward. This has nothing to do with the underlying muscle. Exercise only strengthens the muscle, not the skin of the breast. The only way to tighten the breast is with a lift. There are variations of doing this, but they all have as their basis tightening of the skin. An implant will tighten the skin by adding... more

Randy Proffitt, MD

Mobile Plastic Surgeon

ASAPS ASPS

Breast lift exercises

There are no exercises that I know of that can help to lift the breasts. Unfortunately only surgery will lift them.

Steven Wallach, MD

Manhattan Plastic Surgeon

ASAPS ASPS

Even Mr. Schwarzenegger has developed sagging of his chest over time!

And very few of us, male or female, have exercised as much as the former Mr. Olympia! The breast is a gland with fat, ducts, and connective tissue, contained by skin. This skin envelope could be considered your natural brassiere, and each woman has more or less breast skin elasticity at birth (depending on genetics) that diminishes over time. This happens to all of us, in all areas of our body, and unfortunately, no one can exercise skin! Exercise of muscles is good for tone,... more

Doctor's Website

Richard H. Tholen, MD, FACS

Minneapolis Plastic Surgeon

ASAPS ASPS

Exercise and Breast Lifts

Unfortunately, the shape and position of the breasts on the chest wall is not related to any muscle activity. So exercise (although good for your overall health) will have no effect on your breast shape.

Alexander G. Nein, MD

Nashville Plastic Surgeon

ASAPS ASPS

Breasts sag because the supporting ligaments and skin stretch out.

Breasts sag because the supporting ligaments and skin stretch out. These structures are unaffected by exercise.

Richard H. Fryer, MD

Salt Lake City Plastic Surgeon

ASPS

Breast lift options in Los Angeles

Pectoralis exercises have limited effect on the breast tissue and skin laxity. I would advise you to spend your time on finding a good plastic surgeon who is familiar with a short scar breast lift.

Raffy Karamanoukian, MD

Los Angeles Plastic Surgeon

I must, I must, I must.....oh wait, that doesn't make them perkier

Breast tissue does not contain any muscle fibers, so no execise can possibly make your breasts firmer or perkier or larger. A breast lift or a lift with implants would be reasonable options to consider.

Carmen Kavali, MD

Atlanta Plastic Surgeon

ASPS

Only surgery will produce breast lift.

Hi. Ther are no muscles in the breasts, and you can only exercise muscles. So exercising will not correct sagging breasts. When your breasts really bother you, have a breast lift. I know this is not what you wanted to hear!

George J. Beraka, MD

Manhattan Plastic Surgeon

ASAPS ASPS

Breast lifting exercises

Try to increase the size of the pectorals. But you may be disappointed, then seek a breast lift surgery. At least you tried. Regards and Good Luck.

Darryl J. Blinski, MD

Miami Plastic Surgeon

ASPS

Breast lifts and exercises

No, unfortunately exercise won't help with your breasts, but your pectoralis muscles on the chest will certainly get stronger. If your breasts are very small, the tissue on the muscle will seem a little higher, but otherwise the breasts will still sag. The best options are still a bra or surgery. Best wishes.

Nina S. Naidu, MD

New York Plastic Surgeon

ASPS

Exercise is great but it will NOT Lift Breasts

The breasts are attached to the pectoralis muscle and chest wall both buy its peripheral skin attachments and with Cooper's ligaments which go through the breast tissue. Gradually with age, increased breast weight, unopposed gravity (= not wearing proper support) - the breast skin AND Cooper's ligaments are stretched out resulting in sagging. No amount of exercise - no cream and no pill has been shown to shrink the skin or Cooper's ligaments and lift the breasts back to their desired... more

Peter A. Aldea, MD

Memphis Plastic Surgeon

ASPS

Unfortunately, exercise will not lift breasts

The pectoralis muscle exercise will make upper part of your chest bigger, but this will make you breast look smaller and lower. You can look at body builders' breasts and they large have pectoralis muscle, but very small breast. You genectics dictate the size of the breast and not much you can do to change that. The pills and lotions that offer breast enlargement without surgery are useless and sometimes dangerous(some have estrogen ).

Kamran Khoobehi, MD

New Orleans Plastic Surgeon

ASAPS ASPS

Exercise does not equal breast lift

The short answer is no. Although it has been advertised throughout the health and fitness industry for some time, no amount of exercise will change the skin and breast tissue. Exercise can only effect the underlying muscle. Muscle volume is effected primarily by androgenic steroids, better known as male hormones. So unless you intend to go on a steroid regimen like a body builder, exercising the pectoral muscles will have very little effect on breast shape in women.

Michael W. Niccole, MD

Orange County Plastic Surgeon

ASPS

Exercises will not lift your breasts

The answer is no. Exercising is great and you should do it for any number of reasons. But it is not going to lift your breasts. Sagging breasts have nothing to do with the underlying pectorils muscle. Stretching of skin and the fibrous tissue within the breasts (Cowper's ligaments) due to age, weight gain/loss, breast feeding, etc, will cause breasts to sag and lose their shape. Only surgery (mastopexy) will improve the shape. Nonsurgical methods that claim to lift the breasts will at... more

Doctor's Website

Douglas J. Mackenzie, MD

Santa Barbara Plastic Surgeon

ASAPS ASPS

There is no type or intensity of exercise that will lift your breasts

Hi there- I know that the thought of surgery can be daunting and that constant media coverage of seemingly revolutionary advances in technology, science, and aesthetic surgery can make the most grounded of persons believe we are on the verge of curing cancer (not to mention saggy breasts!), but the truth is that things that sound too good to be true... STILL ARE! Please, please, please, don't waste any of your time or money on creams, "all natural supplements", or exercise routines... more

Doctor's Website