Ultimate Breast Lift - The Proper Technical Name to This Type of Mastopexy? (photo)

What is the proper technical name for this type of mastopexy and who originally taught this procedure? I remember running across some older professional literature for a similar procedure to the "ultimate" breast lift. I have some asymmetry and my breasts drop below the inframammary fold where an incision would be. Not horrible, but needing a fix. I would like to know more about this internal suturing and internal sling before moving forward. Respond, if you do this procedure, Thanks.

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Ultimate Breast Lift=Breast Weight Transfer

Unfortunately for my well meaning colleagues, the Ultimate Breast Lift is a proprietary technique and, therefore, uniquely exclusive. Let me be clear, the UBL technique is UNLIKE any other method. For one, it does not weaken the skin envelope by placing an incision at the point of maximum tension. Every honest PS will agree that a vertical incision inherently weakens a lift as this is where the breasts bottom out after only a couple of years. This is also... more

Ultimate breast lift

This term is just spin. The best procedure for your anatomy would be a vertical mastopexy leaving you with a lollipop scar.

The best mastopexy for you - it depends

As with most comments to your question, I think a predominately vertical mastopexy is your best choice based on the photos. There is, in fact, no such thing as a novel or unique "ultimate breast lift", but there are merely variations of vertical, horizontal, t-shaped, and periareolar techniques. The longevity of any technique has more to do with your breast tissue quality (firmer tissue = better lasting result) then any one variation. The idea that there is... more

Breast lift

I don't know of anyone performing this type of lift becuase usually the vertical lift is a better option and the vertical lift is usually done with internal sutures to help maintain the lift over the long term. A vertical lift can also help control the asymmetry by allowing a small reduction on the right side.

Ultimate breast lift

The ultimate breast lift is a technique that used an around the nipple scar and an inframammary scar to lift the breast and support the repair with internal sutures rather than a vertical scar to prevent relapse. We hear very little about the technique today and the vertical pattern lift is probably a better option.

Ultimate breast lift

I have not heard of the "ultimate breast lift." But, it sounds like a marketing tool. The best breast lift is often a bit different for each individual. Some require incisions around the border of the areola, some extend like a lollipop going down to the fold in a vertical fashion, and others require a full incision along the inframammary fold.

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Ultimate Breast Lift - The Proper Technical Name to This Type of Mastopexy? (photo)

The ultimate breast lift is a term given to a procedure that eliminates the vertical incision in a breast lift procedure. It replaces it with an infra-mammary and circum-areolar incision. The internal lifting that is described is used in other breast lift procedures as well I often use internal sling and reinforce it with an absorbable mesh The breast lift is done with a circum-areolar incision or an added vertical incision with no infra-mammary incision,... more

Beware of silly marketing terms for well established breast lift procedures

'The Ultimate Breast Lift' is a marketing term - nothing technically unique or proprietary about it. If you were my patient, I would address your sagging and asymmetric nipple and breast position with a vertical mastopexy and small reduction. Very straightforward, safe and long-lasting mastopexy technique.

The Ultimate Breast Lift

The word "ultimate " is defined as "the best achievable or imaginable of its kind." To me, this is an unfortunate and irresponsible use of a word that simply describes an operation to lift the breasts without the use of a vertical scar. Like any other technique (and there are at least 10 major ones that have been described) much of the result is going to depend on your degree of sagging and the quality of your skin and breast tissue. Your surgeon's... more

Another gimmick name for a breast lift

I swear, there are more gimmicky names for procedures than there are plastic surgeons. THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS THE ULTIMATE BREAST LIFT! There, I said it. In looking at your photos you are a good candidate for a breast lift. I would use a vertical and periareolar incision and use a core of your own breast tissue to auto-augment the upper pole. See several doctors before you make your decision on surgery.

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loveinlife 24 Aug 2012

To all of the nay sayers...I have HAD the procedure "The Ultimate Lift" if you would like to speak to me about it personally I would love to talk to anyone about my experience. I absolutely love my breasts, I have high, perky breasts and NO vertical scar. The surgeon who created it far exceeds the "traditionalists" most plastic surgeons are.