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Anyone Heard of Passot or LaLonde Breast Lift Technique?

asked 2 years ago by SashaDC in Washington, DC
Latest answer by Steven Wallach, MD
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Tags: breasts, female, sagging, DD cup, DDD cup, incision, scar

I had a consultation in which the surgeon said I was a candidate for this breast lift technique with breast augmentation. There will only be scar around the areola and a horizontal scar via inframammary incision--the Passot or Lalonde Technique. He said the shape will be as good as if I had a T-scar minus the vertical scar. Never heard of this technique. But, I dread the vertical scar. I am a saggy 36DD and will be transformed to a firm full 36DDD, my original size before having children. Any other doctors have heard of this technique? What are the pros and cons?

2 answers to Anyone Heard of Passot or LaLonde Breast Lift Technique?

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Passot or Lalonde technique

There are many different ways  to perform a breast surgery reduction or  lift. This is just one of them, but it is not done by many surgeons.
Steven Wallach, MD

Manhattan Plastic Surgeon
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Passot (McCraw-LaLonde) Breast Lift technique

Yes. John McCraw (Jackson, MS) and Lalonde (Canada) are VERY well respected members of the Plastic surgery community. For the past few years, both have strongly advocated the use of a method of breast reduction/Lift done through a circular incision around the nipple complex AND along the breast fold. Rather than dreading the vertical scar - you need to ask yourself what could EACH SCAR do and not do for you. Breast Lifts and Breast Reduction can be divided into 2 groups based on HOW the... more
Peter A. Aldea, MD

Memphis Plastic Surgeon

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