Typically, How Long Does a Breast Lift Take? I Am Considering the Ultimate Breast Lift Which Takes 4 Hours Under Anesthesia.

It is normal for the breast to lose its firmness and perkiness over time, which is accentuated with age, pregnancy/breast feeding, weight gain/loss, and gravity.  This ultimately results in ptosis, or sagging, of the breast with a “deflated” appearance.  Women often seek the mastopexy, or breast lift, procedure to regain the previous youthful appearance of her breasts and desire that uplifted and perky appearance of her breasts.  Women report increased confidence, self-esteem, and femininity once she achieves this desired shape and fullness.  Breast lifts may or may not be performed with implants – the implant would add increased size but also greater fullness in the upper pole of the breasts which creates more cleavage.So, the changes of your breasts are normal and will continue to occur.  The decision for a breast lift will be up to you...depending on how much you are bothered about the shape as well as your concerns.  Consult with a board certified plastic surgeon well-versed in breast surgery and s/he will assist you in deciding if a mastopexy will be the right decision for you.  The procedure typically takes 2-3 hours with minimal downtime.  Thank you for your question!  Hope that this helps.  Best wishes for a great result!

Just to clarify.

The Ultimate Breast Lift is not a Rubin mastopexy and it is certainly not like any other technique currently being performed. The Ultimate Breast Lift will give you excellent shape, minimal scarring and provides long term stability not achievable by other techniques. The UBL is a proprietary technique and therefore  exclusively available by Gary Horndeski M.D.

Two of the many advantages of this technique are eliminating the vertical scar and transferring the weight of the breast to the underlying muscles. This eliminates the mechanical load on the skin incisions which leads to minimal scarring and prevents the 'bottoming out' effect. Vertical scar techniques are architecturally inferior.  Vertical scars widen and hypertrophy because the weight of the breast stretches and weakens the incision.

The UBL requires individual mathematical calculations to achieve optimal outcomes for each breast. A blue print is used during surgery to assemble the breast to meet desired specifications. This operation is technically more demanding than the frequently performed 'cookie cutter' techniques currently used.

Hope this helps.

Dr. H

The ultimate breast lift is the one that gives you the best shape with the least scarring.

The least amount of scarring is with the Crescent lift for a small lift or with a Beneli scar for a more significant lift.

I do the Benelli scar nowadays for most cases, I find out it is enough for all but the patients who have had massive weight loss.