Would a breast lift involve altering the position of the nipple? (photos)

The technique I recommend is a mini lift. Using a circumareola incision, your breast tissue is reshaped, elevated higher on the chest wall and more medial to increase your cleavage. At the same time or later, fat transfers can be performed if additional volume is desired.

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Gary Horndeski, M.D.

Hello, typically a breast lift involves moving the nipple-areola higher on the breast mound, and in order to do this there must be some redundant skin to remove. However, sometimes it is not possible to move the nipple much higher, if there isn't a lot of skin on the lower part of the breast (short nipple-to-inframamary fold distance) because this skin needs to be able to stretch out in order to lift the nipple. If a person with this type of breast shape is having a breast lift plus implants, it can be even harder to reposition the nipple because the implants stretch out the skin. I hope this helps explain why it is not always possible to elevate the nipple as much one might desire.

You have condition called pseudoptosis and slightly lower nipple on one side. Your options are between breast augmentation only (providing that you accept small difference in nipple position) vs augmentation and lift. You may consider augmentation first, wait 6-12 months and, if not happy with result, do a lift. Hope this helps.

A lift is designed to reshape the breasts, bringing the nipples higher and giving you more fullness in the upper portion.

Breast lifts are able to move the nipple vertically, but have very limited ability to move them horizontally.