Losing weight after a breast lift may effect your results. I recommend that you try to reach your ideal weight anyway because the benefits outweigh the disadvantages. Many times a small procedure may be done to revise your breasts if necessary.
Hello! Thank you for your question! The mastopexy procedure raises the breast, which ultimately provides a more youthful and perky breasts. This is done by removing the extra loose skin and rearranging the surrounding breast tissue in order to reshape and support the newly formed breast. At the same time, the nipple-areolar complex (NAC) is raised to the ideal position above the fold beneath your breast (the inframammary fold) as well as being placed at the most projecting portion. Oftentimes with age or following pregnancy, the NAC becomes widened and enlarged. This may be reduced in size during the breast lift procedure.It is common for the breast to lose its firmness and uplifted appearance over time, which is also accentuated with age, pregnancy/breast feeding, weight gain/loss, and gravity. This results in breast ptosis, or sagging of the breast, with a “deflated” appearance. Women seek the mastopexy procedure to regain the previous youthful appearance of her breasts and women report increased confidence, self-esteem, and femininity once achieving 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.
In general, losing 25 pounds will result in a drop of 1 cup size, although the amount can vary. Losing significant breast volume will have a negative effect on the results of the lift, so if a patient plans to lose more than a few pounds, it is best to defer surgery until after the weight loss. If the upper portion of the breast above the nipple loses volume and flattens out, placement of an implant for optimal shape should be considered.
