Breast Lift

Breast lifts can rejuvenate your figure with a breast profile that is more youthful and uplifted. A woman’s breasts often change over time, losing their youthful shape and firmness. These changes and loss of skin elasticity can result from:

• Pregnancy
• Breastfeeding
• Weight fluctuations
• Aging
• Gravity
• Heredity

What breast lift surgery won’t do

Breast lifts do not significantly change the size of your breasts or round out the upper part of your breast.  If you want your breasts to look fuller, consider breast lift and breast augmentation surgery.  If you want smaller breasts, then breast reduction surgery should be considered.

Breast lift candidates

You may be a good breast lift candidate if:

• You are physically healthy and maintain a stable weight
• You do not smoke
• You are bothered by the feeling that your breasts sag or have lost shape and volume
• Your breasts have a flatter, elongated shape or are pendulous
• When unsupported, your nipples fall below the breast crease
• Your nipples and areolas point downward
• You have stretched skin and enlarged areolas
• One breast is lower than the other

Breast lifts are highly individualized procedures and you should do it for yourself, not to fulfill someone else’s desires or to try to fit any sort of ideal image.

Breast lift results

The results of your breast lift surgery are immediately visible. Over time, post-surgical swelling will resolve and incision lines will fade.

Satisfaction with your new image should continue to grow as you recover from surgery.  The final results of your breast lift will appear over the next few months as breast shape and position continue to settle.  Incision lines are permanent but will continue to fade over time.  The results of your breast lift surgery will be long-lasting. Over time, your breasts can continue to change due to aging and gravity. You’ll be able to retain your new look longer if you:

• Maintain your weight
• Keep a healthy lifestyle

Following Dr. Ellstrom’ss post-operative instructions is essential to the success of your surgery.

It’s important that the surgical incisions are not subjected to excessive force, swelling, abrasion, or motion during the time of healing.  Dr. Ellstrom will give you specific instructions on how to care for yourself.

Breast lift surgery and pregnancy

Breast surgery should be entertained after child bearing is completed.

Changes that occur in the breasts during pregnancy can minimize or reverse the improvement a breast lifts provide.

Likewise, significant weight loss after breast surgery can negatively impact breast appearance.