MASTOPEXY (BREAST LIFT)
Breast lift is an operation performed to correct sagging breasts after failure to use a suitable bra due to factors such as pregnancy, breastfeeding and age, and genetic factors. As the skin loses its elasticity, the breasts lose their shape, firmness and begin to sag. Breast lift or mastopexy is a surgical procedure that lifts and reshapes sagging breasts. It can also reduce the diameter of the large, deformed, enlarged nipple during the mastopexy operation.
The best candidates for mastopexy are healthy, mentally balanced, realistic women who can be aware of the improvement that the surgery will provide. The best results are generally achieved by correcting sagging breasts that are not too large. Both lifting operations can be performed. Breast lift and lift surgery is not a simple surgery. Very good planning and thus experience and knowledge are required. The operation is performed by imagining the outcome 6 months and 1 year from now. For this purpose, when performed by experienced, self-confident plastic surgeons, it is an operation in which satisfactory results are obtained with the least problems.
However, reactions or complications to anesthesia may occur in all surgeries. There is always the possibility. Bleeding and infection are rare after mastopexy, but they and smoking can cause scars to widen. You can minimize the risks of complications that may arise by strictly following your doctor's instructions before and after the operation.
Although scars can be covered with a bra and swimsuit, mastopexy can cause permanent incision scars that are visible to the eye. Incomplete healing and large scars may occur more commonly in smokers.
The operation is performed under general anesthesia and with appropriate planning, usually through a keyhole-shaped incision. Breast tissue is completely liberated and absorbed slowly It is fixed to the underlying muscle and fascia with stitches. The breast is shaped within its own tissue and given a conical hard shape, and finally the breast head is moved to its new location and stitched with circumferential stitches. The operation is completed by connecting the nipple in a straight line with an incision of approximately 8-10 cm extending from the nipple to the lower groove. I usually don't use drains. If the operation takes less than 2 hours and the anesthesiologist gives permission, the patient can go home the same evening after general anesthesia. However, patients generally prefer to stay in the hospital for one day for safety reasons and go after the morning round.
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