Breast Lift (With or Without Augmentation)
Why Methodist?
At Methodist, our team of highly skilled and compassionate surgeons take a personalized approach to enhancing your overall breast appearance. Whether you’re trying to improve symmetry, reclaim lost volume, reposition or achieve the shape and size that look and feel most like you, our expert staff will guide you through the process with your safety and satisfaction in mind.
What a Breast Lift (With or Without Augmentation) Entails
A breast lift – or mastopexy – is the surgical elevation of the breasts that raises and reshapes the breast by removing or tightening extra skin and repositions the nipples/areolas.
Someone women opt to combine a breast lift with augmentation, which includes the implantation of saline or silicone gel devices – or the transfer of fat from one part of the body to the breast area – following the breast lift. This two-part procedure can be done together or separately depending on your individual goals and concerns.
At Methodist, your breast lift with or without augmentation begins with a thorough and detailed consultation with one of our experienced plastic and reconstructive surgeons in a private, comfortable environment. Your consult will cover a variety of topics, including:
- Your individual goals and options
- The surgical process
- Recovery
- Surgical risks
- Cost and maintenance
Ideal candidates for a breast lift include those who are:
- At or near their ideal weight, or planning to maintain their current weight
- In good overall physical and mental health
- Nonsmokers
- Not pregnant or breastfeeding, and not planning to have more children
- Not undergoing cancer treatment
- Over the age of 18 (unless otherwise medically necessary)
Patients who are 35 and older, or patients who have a significant family history of breast cancer, should consider having a baseline mammogram before undergoing a breast lift. For those considering a breast lift with augmentation, keep in mind that the lifespan of implants can vary depending on a patient’s lifestyle and daily habits. Although some results may last a lifetime, most patients should expect a second surgery for implant revision or replacement at some point in their life – generally around the 10-year mark.
What a Breast Lift Can Do
- Elevate sagging or drooping breasts
- Improve the shape of breasts
- Improve symmetry
- Reposition the nipples/areolas
What an Augmentation Can Do
- Improve self-esteem
- Improve balance and symmetry
- Increase size, volume and projection, especially after a weight loss or breastfeeding journey
- Restore what is lost through breast reconstruction following a mastectomy or injury
Breast Lift Before and After Photos
Click the images below to see various outcomes and learn more about each patient’s case.
WARNING: The links below may contain images that are graphic or not suitable for children.
Patient #1
Patient #2
Patient #3
Patient #4
Patient #5
Patient #6 w/ Augmentation
Patient 7: 47-year-old female, massive weight loss, bilateral breast mastopexy with auto-augmentation and fat grafting, abdominoplasty with back liposuction
Patient 8: 32-year-old female, Mastopexy, 4 months post-op
Patient 9: 57-year-old female, mastopexy
Patient 10: 61-year-old female, history of massive weight loss, Mastopexy, 3 months post op
Patient 11: 46-year-old female, bilateral breast lift (150 gm removed/side), 3 months post op
Patient 12: 48-year-old female, left breast fibroadenoma excision, bilateral breast mastopexy
Patient #13 - 31-year-old female, bilateral breast augmentation-mastopexy with 300 cc saline submuscular implant
Patient #14 - 27-year-old female, bilateral breast augmentation with mastopexy, history of massive weight loss (also underwent brachioplasty)
Patient #15 - 51-year-old female, down sizing bilateral breast revision augmentation with revision mastopexy
Patient #16 - 47-year-old female, abdominoplasty with back liposuction, bilateral breast lift with auto-augmentation and fat grafting
