Breast uplift (Mastopexy)

The role of implants in Mastopexy

Although the breasts are often full in the upper aspect immediately after surgery there is inevitably some settling of the tissues with a varied degree of loss of fullness in the upper part of the breast. To correct this an implant can be used at the same time and if you do not want a change in breast volume, glandular tissue can be removed of the same volume as the implant. This is of course an opportunity to adjust volume upwards or downwards depending upon your desires.

A mastopexy with an implant is one of the more unpredictable procedures in breast surgery with the amount of post operative stretching varying widely from patient to patient. In some individuals it may therefore be preferable to perform the procedure in two stages inserting an implant initially and then readjusting nipple position and the skin envelope to match the new breast shape.

A mastopexy does carry the risk of losing feeling in the nipple but does not usually interfere with the function of the breast glandular tissue. It should therefore be possible to breast feed after a mastopexy but ideally the operation should be planned when your family is complete as pregnancy will inevitably cause further stretching and negate the benefits of the operation.