What's the difference between an anchor lift and a lollipop lift?

The anchor lift has an additional incision line under the fold of the breast. However, it is by far the best type of lift for sagging breasts. Hope this helps, Dr. Nazarian

Hello dear, thanks for your post, here are the differences between lollipop and anchor lift.Lollipop lift:This type of breast lift is commonly used, as it allows a cosmetic surgeon to remove excess skin and reshape the entire breast with modest, easily hidden scars. A vertical lift involves 2 incisions: one around the edge of the areola, and one running vertically from the bottom of the areola to the inframammary fold, creating a “lollipop” shape.Anchor lift: If you have considerable sagging, pendulous breasts, an anchor lift, which allows a cosmetic surgeon to remove a significant amount of excess skin and sagging tissues, may yield the best results. This technique involves 3 incisions: one around the edge of the areola, one vertically from the bottom of the areola to the breast crease, and one along the inframammary fold, hidden in the breast crease. Your cosmetic surgeon may also use this technique if you are having a breast reduction with lift. While the anchor lift comes with some visible scarring, these typically will fade significantly with proper care, and are easily hidden by a bikini top.Good luck :)

An anchor lift, also called a Weiss pattern lift, removes the most skin laxity of the breasts and results in scars around the areola, a vertical scar down to the crease, and a scar in the crease.  A lollipop lift removes less skin and results in a scar around the areola and vertical down to the crease, but no scar in the crease.    I hope this helps.