Surgical Procedures
- Indications
The surgeon–physician evaluates the woman requesting a breast-lift operation to confirm that she understands the health risks and benefits of the mastopexy procedure. The surgeon confirms that her ideal body image (aesthetic goal) corresponds to what can realistically be achieved with the plastic surgery options available. The following conditions are indications for mastopexy.
- Sagging breasts, which prolapsed (fell forward) consequent to postpartum milk gland diminishment, menopause, gross weight-loss, et cetera.
- Post-explantation ptosis, the sagging of the inelastic skin envelopes, once emptied of the breast implants.
- Congenital ptosis and pseudoptosis, as observed in conditions such as tuberous breast deformity (constricted breast).
- Acquired or relative ptosis, as seen in the post-mastectomy breast reconstruction of a bust that is of natural and proportionate size, look, and feel.
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