• Cosmetic Breast Lift and Breast Reduction Surgery from Tavallali Plastic Surgery.

Cosmetic Breast Lift and Breast Reduction Surgery from Tavallali Plastic Surgery.


Breast Lift Surgery 
is one of the surgeries that is gaining in popularity.
Women who are satisfied with the size of their breasts but wish that the breasts were higher and less droopy are perfect candidates for this surgery.
For the past 50 years, the so called "anchor" or "inverted T" incision was used by surgeons. The modern techniques developed by Dr. Madelaine Lejour, a Belgian plastic surgeon, with whom I had the pleasure to work, leave less scarring on the breast and give a better and longer lasting result. Commonly known as the "lollipop scar", the incisions are around the areola and vertically down to the bra line.You do not have the large scar under the breast that is part of the older "T" scar.
 Only 15% of US plastic surgeons have learnt this technique- a large majority still use the old technique that relies on the skin to hold the breast up. With time, skin stretches and in a year patients are left with a flattened or "square" breast that has "bottomed out". This is much more rare with the Lejour, or vertical mammoplasty  that I perform. 
Some patients need to have a breast augmentation or enlargement with a saline or silicone implant at the same time as a breast lift.


Breast Reduction Surgery
uses the same techniques as the breast lift surgery described above. The only difference is that breast tissue is removed in a reduction as opposed to being "tucked in" to the breast in a breast lift. After all in a reduction we want to decrease the volume of the breast whereas in a lift we are only changing the breast shape in a vertical direction.
Although the scars are the same for both a breast lift and reduction, the risks of the surgery are different. With removal of some of the breast tissue in a reduction, there is also removal of blood supply and nerves to the remaining tissues, increasing the risk for nipple loss and numbness of the nipple/areola complex. 


Watch the Movie to better understand the techniques of the Lejour vertical mammoplasty.








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QUESTIONS?


How long  does the surgery take?
 A Breast lift typically takes about two hours; a reduction 3 hours and a lift and augmentation about two and a half hours.

How long is the recovery?
Typically patients can return to work in 3-4 days. No exercise is recommended for two weeks. There is minimal discomfort with either procedure as the breast is mainly composed of fat which tends to have less nerve endings than other parts of the body.


Will I have normal sensation after the surgery?
For the first few weeks there is always some decreased sensation of the breast and nipple and areola area. This improves over time, and by two months most patients have recovered full sensation though it can take up to two years for some.

Can I breast feed after these surgeries?
It depends- on your particular anatomy. I have had patients who have been able to breast feed after a breast lift, and other who have not! Obviously a certain number of breasts ducts are cut during the surgery. However in most patients ( but not all), it is the ducts coming from the upper and more central portions of the breast that supply the majority of the breast milk- these are typically spared
during the surgery. So, I tell my patients that if breast feeding is important to them, they should hold off on these surgeries till after they finished having children.

What are the risks?
As in any surgery there are risks to these types of surgeries. In general the risks for breast reduction are greater than those for breast lift since tissue is actually removed in a reduction rather than repositioned as in a lift. Infection and bleeding occur in about 3% of surgeries. Loss of the nipple due to loss of blood supply occurs in 2-4% of patients. The larger or droopier the breasts, the greater the risk of complications since the blood vessels supplying the areola and nipple are already stretched out.
Smoking is an absolute contraindication, in these surgeries even more that in others, and will lead to problems.






















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