I Had a Breast Lift and my Breast is Falling Again :/ I Need a Solution? (photo)

The distance from the bottom of of the areola to the infra mammary crease in a C cup breast is about 6 cm. The picture demonstrates a distance it is significantly longer than this. Operations designed to minimize the length the incision commonly have this as an aesthetic failure. You will need the second mastopexy fixed the problem.

Hi jg0729,

     I am sorry you had this very disappointing result.  Your results are due to poorly performed surgery, not poor skin quality or elasticity.   It appears to me that your surgeon attempted to perform a vertical lift (no horizontal incision) and relied on the skin alone to support the lift.  This will not work.  It is critical that the internal architecture is rearranged and suspended independent of the skin.  The skin should not play any significant role in executing this type of lift.

     The good news is that this is all fixable.

Good Luck,

Ary Krau MD FACS

      I would not place implants as this will worsen a poor skin envelope.  In addition, you are happy with the size of your breasts, and implants would only make you larger.  I think that you can probably get a very nice result from a breast lift revision alone.  Find a plastic surgeon with ELITE credentials who performs hundreds of breast lift and breast lift revision procedures each year.  Then look at the plastic surgeon's website before and after photo galleries to get a sense of who can deliver the results.  Kenneth Hughes, MD Los Angeles, CA