Considering a Breast Lift?
Are you considering a breast lift in conjunction with breast implants or as a stand alone procedure? For many women who are happy with the size but not shape of their breast, this type of procedure is an ideal option to raise their breast back to pre-gravity levels. Breast can become saggy for several reasons including age, the long term effects of breast feeding, and the after results of pregnancy on the body, weight fluctuation and even just genetic pre conditioning. Regardless of why they sag you don’t have to live with it if you don’t want to.
Breast lift surgery can be done in a surgical center or hospital setting,
although most plastic surgeons have their own surgical centers to operate in and this is usually where a procedure is done unless they expect to have complications that may require an over night stay in the hospital.
Before you sign up for this procedure you should understand what it is and what it isn’t. A breast lift won’t change the shape of your breast. If you are unhappy with your breast shape, sans sagging condition, you should consult with your plastic surgeon about having implants at the same time you have this procedure done. If on the other side of the coin you are unhappy with how large your breast are and feel the weight of the breast has contributed to their fall from grace, it might be a good time to consider having a reduction done in conjunction with the breast lift procedure.
So who’s a good candidate and who isn’t for this procedure? Smokers are not ideal candidates for any surgical procedure because smoking causes problems with healing time. Prolonged healing times can lead to infection. Other women who don’t make good candidates for this procedure are women who have ongoing weight fluctuations. If your weight is still going up and down dramatically you may find your efforts wasted by a having this procedure done now. Remember this is one of the reasons women undergo breast lift surgery in the first place.
Finally you should have realistic expectations about this procedure and the ensuing results. Unless you are changing the size of your breast the surgical results won’t astonish you but they should please you. Remember you are merely restoring your breast to their former pre gravity location.
The procedure itself works by removing extra skin and tightening the tissue and muscle around the breast. After surgery your breast will be bandaged up and you will probably go home with a drainage tube for the first twenty four hours or so which is normal after any surgical procedure. It’s also normal to experience some swelling and bruising from surgery and once this is alleviated with time and ice packs, you should be able to see the full results of your procedure.
