Mastopexy Implant
What is Mastopexy Implant?
This involves an augmentation of the breast at the same time as lifting the skin and/or the breast tissue.
Breast Lift with Implants
To view a video explaining the procedure click here.Who is it for?
Often following weight loss or pregnancy the position of the nipple/areola and breast tissue may lead to an unnatural shape where the nipple and areola hang off the end of the breast and one needs to increase the height of the nipple, areola and breast tissue. This is achieved by either a mastopexy or a breast uplift alongside the breast augmentation.
What are the different types of mastopexy implant?
Following breast augmentation one can lift just the nipple and areola by using a periareola mastopexy, where the resulting scar is positioned only around the nipple and areola. This gives a small nipple/areola lift and does not require any other scarring.
A vertical scar mastopexy implant requires the positioning of a scar around the areola and a scar vertically on the breast. This allows the breast tissue to be lifted and redraped over the implant as well as lifting the nipple and areolar. Nipples and areolars can be lifted as high as required aesthetically and provides a very flexible means of lifting the breast.
Where there is significant excess skin a mastopexy implant using a vertical scar, an inframammary scar and a periareolar scar can provide an excellent means of lifting the nipple, areolar and breast tissue to a new position and also allows movement of the breast tissue upwards while finally allowing direct excision of any excess skin. Although more scarring is required it is sometimes the only method of creating an aesthetic result.
