Breast changes are due to many factors such as genetic inheritance, the aging process, pregnancy, breastfeeding, weight gain or loss, and hormonal changes.
Mastopexy can help to achieve tighter and better shaped breasts, which will improve body contouring with a younger aspect.
The surgery removes excess skin and repositions fat and glandular tissue on a higher position. Thus, the breasts have a better shape.
Breast lift surgery is a procedure that repositions the nipple-areola complex to its original location and removes the fat and gland from the lateral and inferior part of the breast to prevent it from sagging by gravity.
Dr. Martinez applies the vertical technique, and superomedial pedicle technique, with very good results. This technique leaves a periareolar scar and a vertical scar between the areola and the inframammary fold. According to the laxity degree of the breast, it will be determined at surgery whether a horizontal inframammary scar is needed and how long it should be.
Implants are not used in these cases, because the patient has enough volume to restructure the breast and obtain a more aesthetic result.
Also, the size of the nipple-areola complex is reduced and evened out. In order to make both breasts look uniform, all corresponding lines and measurements are drawn while the patient is standing up, never when is already lying down in the operating room.
Both aesthetic and functional results are always very satisfying, since patients no longer have weight difficulties they had before the surgery and they can manage better in their daily life.
