Tumescant Liposuction of Breasts Leave Sagging Skin?

When fat is removed, the skin is ultimately more loose and lax.  You should now consider a lift or implant to increase the volume of the breast and tighten the skin with a lift. Thank you for your question and good luck with everything.

Yes, this is possible. However, in some cases sagging skin will not be left. It all depends on the extent of correction desired. For a better assessment please speak to a board certified plastic surgeon.Please note that if you are planning to have children, sagging is common once you've stopped breastfeeding. As a result, you may want to consider waiting until after you've had children before pursuing with any cosmetic breast surgery.

                  It’s
not unusual for patients with breast enlargement to be concerned about scarring
when they undergo breast reduction surgery.  When this situation arises, liposuction of the breast can
occasionally be a therapeutic option for patients with this condition.  Unfortunately, this approach doesn’t
work for the majority of patients for a variety of reasons.

                  Traditional
breast reduction surgery not only addresses breast enlargement, but also
addresses breast sag and enlarged areolas.  These problems are not addressed with liposuction, which
only addresses the breast tissue and fat. 
In some cases, liposuction of the breast can actually cause breast sag
in patients who didn’t have breast sag prior to surgery.

                  For
these reasons liposuction breast reduction has limited applications for
reducing breast size.  The
procedure appears to be limited to patients with relatively
small breasts with absence of breast sag.

                  When
symptomatic breast enlargement is present consultation with a board certified
plastic surgeon with experience in this area is appropriate.  This surgeon will be able to help
determine which surgical option is best for you.

Claire,Scarless breast reduction using tumescent liposuction can safely and conservatively reduce breast size without leaving sagging skin. A physical exam and demonstration of representative before/after photos should help you decide if this is the best treatment option for you.Good luck!

Any substantial lipo of large breasts will leave them with a deflated appearance.  After all, it is volume that is being removed. 

When you go into your surgeon's office for a consultation, you will be advised if breast reduction via liposuction is right for you.  It depends on your breasts and while it may be great for some women, it may leave breasts saggy on others. 

Just with any liposuction procedure, the tightness of the skin after the procedure depends on the quality of skin and the amount of fat removed.  If you have loose skin prior to liposuction, you are going to have loose skin after liposuction.  If too much fat is removed, you will have loose skin - kind of like letting the air out of a balloon.  Good luck with your procedure.

Liposuction removes fat but not glandular breast tissue.  Liposuction alone is therefore rarely used for breast reduction purposes.  

In a theoretical situation where your breast is mostly fat, liposuction can remove this fat leaving behind just the skin envelope, an empty bag that would then look like it's sagging.

Make sure your surgeon is a board certified Plastic Surgeon and that he can show you pictures of before and after shots of cases where he used liposuction alone to do a breast reduction

Dear Claire

Much depends on your anatomic details.  Generally breast liposuction will reduce the volume of the fat in the breast but not the skin envelope.  This can translate into a flatter and saggier breast.  Generally this is not the most satisfactory solution.  An experienced breast surgeon will likely recommend that both the breast soft tissue and the skin envelope be reduced in a structured way to create a more satisfactory breast shape.  Discuss openly with your surgeon your concerns regarding breast feeding.

There are a couple of aspects to your question, one being that a breast reduction using current techniques has a good chance of preserving the ability to breast feed. Another is that overly large breasts sometimes impair the ability to breast feed so there is no guarantee that would would be successful anyway, though you should certainly be encouraged to try. A small amount of lipo on the breasts in a young person with good skin elasticity would work, but for most women considering a breast reduction there is too much tissue to remove in order for it to acheive a good result.