Breast Lift in Miami – Mastopexy

Choosing Dr. Salama for your breast lift Miami comes with numerous benefits, including:

• Customized Approach: Each procedure is designed to meet your specific needs, ensuring optimal results.
• Advanced Techniques: Dr. Salama uses the latest mastopexy techniques to minimize scarring and promote a faster recovery.
• Boost in Confidence: A breast lift can restore a youthful shape and firmness, helping you feel more confident in your appearance.

A breast lift is ideal for women who have experienced sagging due to aging, pregnancy, or weight loss. You may be a good candidate if:

• Your breasts have lost their shape and volume
• You have stretched skin and enlarged areolas
• Your nipples point downward or fall below the breast crease

Dr. Salama will carefully evaluate your breast tissue and skin elasticity to determine the best approach for your breast surgery.

A breast lift, also known as mastopexy, works by reshaping and repositioning the existing breast tissue, removing excess skin, and raising the nipple and areola when needed to create a firmer, more elevated breast contour.

At Elite Plastic Surgery, breast lift surgery typically takes approximately two to three hours and is performed under general anesthesia. How a breast lift is done varies from patient to patient based on factors such as the degree of breast sagging, nipple position, skin elasticity, existing breast volume, breast anatomy, and the patient’s desired result.

How Does a Breast Lift Work?

Unlike breast augmentation, which uses implants to add breast volume, a breast lift primarily works with the patient’s existing breast tissue. During surgery, the tissue is reshaped and elevated, excess or stretched skin is removed, and the nipple and areola can be repositioned when necessary to complement the newly lifted breast shape.

The goal of a breast lift is to improve the position, shape, and firmness of the breasts rather than significantly increase their size.

Step 1: Planning the Breast Lift

Before surgery, Dr. Moises Salama evaluates the breasts and develops an individualized surgical plan. Factors such as breast shape and volume, skin quality, nipple and areola position, asymmetry, and the degree of sagging can all influence how the breast lift is performed.
This evaluation also helps determine the appropriate surgical technique and incision pattern.

Step 2: Making the Breast Lift Incisions

The incision pattern used during a breast lift depends on the patient’s anatomy and the amount of correction required. Patients with different degrees of breast sagging may require different incision patterns to allow the breast tissue and skin to be appropriately reshaped.
Dr. Salama determines the surgical approach based on the patient’s anatomy and the amount of lifting and reshaping needed.

Step 3: Reshaping and Lifting the Breast Tissue

After the incisions are made, the existing breast tissue is reshaped and repositioned to create a firmer, more elevated breast contour.
A breast lift therefore involves more than simply removing loose skin. Reshaping and repositioning the underlying breast tissue helps create the new breast shape and position.

Step 4: Removing Excess Skin

Excess or stretched skin that contributes to breast sagging is removed. The remaining skin is then adjusted around the reshaped breast to help create a smoother and firmer contour.
The amount of skin removed varies depending on the degree of sagging and the patient’s individual anatomy.

Step 5: Repositioning the Nipple and Areola

When necessary, the nipple and areola are repositioned higher on the breast so their position better complements the newly lifted breast shape.
The size of the areola may also be reduced when appropriate to create better proportion with the reshaped breast.

Step 6: Closing the Incisions

Once the breast tissue has been reshaped and the desired breast position has been achieved, the incisions are carefully closed.

Breast lift surgery does result in scars. The location and extent of the scars depend on the incision pattern and amount of correction required, and scars typically change and fade over time.