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Breast lift and correction surgery

Prettier breasts

With aging, giving birth (and nursing), gaining a lot of weight and then losing it, women can notice that their skin is not so supple anymore or that their breast tissue has decreased (and has been replaced with fat). Although the firmness of the breasts and skin is individual, gravity will still do its job and the result is breasts, which are sagging and have lost their vitality.

Large or small breasts do not make a difference here, though smaller breasts usually stay firmer better and large breasts tend to sag more quickly in the course of time. Direct ultraviolet radiation, not wearing a bra and an overall indifference towards your breasts help them to become sagging.

Sagging breasts are something no woman would want, but cannot really avoid. Yet you can improve the way your breasts look with breast lift and correction surgery, during which excess skin would be removed and the position of breast tissue and nipples will be changed. Breasts will often be corrected with inserting breast implants or breast reduction at the same time. At this point you should consult your surgeon, whether breast lift is enough or you should also have implants inserted for example. It is necessary to discuss your hopes and aims with the surgeon before the surgery, to ensure achieving them.

Breast lift procedure

The number and size of the incisions will be determined by how much the breasts need to be lifted. An incision around the areola will be enough if you have small breasts. If you have larger breasts that need more lifting, the surgeon will probably make an anchor-shaped incision, which has three incisions:

• one around the areola, which widens upwards to the new position of the nipple;
• the second incision goes vertically down the breast from the nipple;
• the third incision is in line with the inframmary fold.

During the operation excess skin is removed and the nipples are positioned so they would be equally distant from each other and the fold under the breasts. The incisions are stitched after that. The areola might also be reduced, if it has grown larger and stretched too much.

The nipple with the areola will stay connected with breast tissue, nerves and blood supply, therefore the breast will not lose sensation and also breastfeeding is possible after the surgery. Yet, it is still important to wait with the breast correction surgery, if you want to have more children and nurse them. Pregnancy will very likely stretch your breasts and create scars again and it will have a negative effect on your results and a new procedure might be necessary.

As already mentioned, it is possible to make less incisions in some cases, mainly the horizontal incision under the breast or both the horizontal and vertical incision might not be necessary and you will have fewer scars in these cases. But the incisions will be in any case made as to ensure scars that are as discreet as possible and that you could wear shirts with a lower neck. Moreover, limp and sagging breasts are more visible and recognizable than well-hidden scars.

If you wish or if it is necessary to also insert implants in addition to breast correction then there are also many different possibilities for which you can get information from the breast enlargement page.

Pre-surgery and post-surgery advice

Before the surgery

• You have to fill out an enquiry, which will give the first overview of your state of health (illnesses you have had or have (including eating disorders and allergies)) and medications you are taking.
• The surgeon might prohibit taking some medications for a period of time (e.g. aspirin, which predisposes hemorrhage).
• The surgeon will prohibit smoking (which hinders the healing of wounds and leaves larger and wider scars).
• You might also have to change your diet.
• You have to have a mammogram before the surgery.

It would be more comfortable to find someone, who would drive you home after the surgery and take care of you for a couple of days after the surgery. You should also provide yourself with painkillers and the clinic will provide you with the necessary things to take care of your wound and painkillers for the first couple of days. It will probably be uncomfortable and painful to move a few days after the surgery, so your movements should be slow. You should avoid lifting heavy things, bending and strenuous activities for about a month, by that time it should be possible to return to your normal activities.

You should wear a supportive bra a few weeks, until the swelling goes down and the wound should be kept dry. The sutures will be removed during three weeks time; absorbable sutures will take at least six weeks. You should not be sexually active for a few weeks, since it may cause painful swellings in your breasts.

Taking care of your breasts

You should pay more attention to your breasts in order to keep them as firm and supple as possible. There are some periods in a woman's life when breasts need extra care.

• First of all, during puberty, when breasts may grow especially fast and there is the danger that your skin is not supple enough to catch up with the breasts.
• The second important phase your breasts need extra care, is when you are pregnant.
• After reaching the thirties, women's skin tends to become drier and the tissues start to lose their suppleness. Breasts need moisturizing, good support and training.

As long as the breast muscle is trained and in good shape, the breast will also remain youthful and firm. A fit muscle makes smaller breasts look bigger and larger breasts more pert. Push-ups and swimming help to keep your breast muscle fit. You can keep your breasts fit and moisturized with special lotions meant for breasts, which you should use all the time. It is easy and effective to do water procedures while taking a shower at home - with hot and cold water in turns.

A proper bra will keep the breast from an untimely sagging. This means that the bra has to be the right size and with an under wire – only then will it fulfill its goal. You should wear special underwear while working out. Healthy diet and not smoking are only good for healthy and beautiful skin.

Considerable weight changes stretch the symphyses, so you should keep your weight stable. Examining your breasts from time to time can help to discover breast cancer in time. Also, women, who belong to the breast cancer risk group, should have routine mammograms.