Breast Lift Surgery

Dr. Ahmet Dilber
4 min readFeb 10, 2021

Today, we will mention everything about breast lifting surgery. People may have low self-esteem due to the shape of their breasts and this surgery may help them gain their confidence back. If you are curious about this surgery, you will find all your answers below. Let us dive into this topic and reveal all about breast lifting surgery.

What is Breast Lift Surgery?

In this procedure, your plastic surgeon will reshape your breast tissue and remove the excess skin. After this procedure, you will have raised and reshaped breasts. Breast lift surgery will not change the size of your breasts but you can have a breast augmentation surgery combined if you want.

Reasons for Breast Lift Surgery

Now, we will mention common reasons for breast lift surgery. Keep in mind that you do not need any reasons if you are bothered with how your breasts look. Anyway, during pregnancy breasts get fuller. This may stretch the ligaments of your skin and lead to sagging. Also, breastfeeding may have the same effects. Secondly, we will talk about weight changes. If your weight changes a lot, your breasts may sag.

Sagging will occur because your skin will lose elasticity and stretch. Last but not least, aging can be a reason for breast lift surgery. As we mentioned before, these are the most common reasons. If you feel bad about how you look, you do not need any reasons.

Risks of Breast Lift Surgery

In this paragraph, we will talk about the risks of breast lift surgery. But first, you should know that you can prevent many of the risks we will mention below if you choose a good surgeon. We will mention the preventable risks first. Asymmetry and sensation loss on nipples are preventable risks. A well-trained plastic surgeon will be a wise choice. With more experience, your surgeon will know the right way to preserve sensation.

Some women experience difficulty in breastfeeding but it is not a common complaint. Last but not least, we can count scarring as a risk. You have this risk in every invasive surgery. Because it is a risk of many different procedures, there are lots of creams and ointments you can use to heal your scars.

Before Breast Lift Surgery

First of all, you should mention to your plastic surgeon what you want from this surgery. It may help your surgeon make your dreams come true. You should also mention the drugs you use and your previous surgeries. If you are allergic to drugs, specifically anesthetics, you should mention it to your surgeon as well.

You should stop smoking and drinking alcohol. Also, you should avoid taking anti-inflammatory or blood-thinning medications. Also, you should eat healthy for a while, keep your body healthy for your surgery.

After Breast Lift Surgery

You should take a week off from work if you are working. You will need time to heal properly to have the best outcome. Drainage tubes will be placed near your incisions. Your doctor will take them off in a few days. During your healing process, you should eat healthily and rest a lot. Take the medications that your doctor prescribed for you. You should avoid exercising until you are healed. After breast lift surgery, you will have bruising and swelling on your breasts. It is completely normal.

These after-effects will wear off, do not worry about them. You should have someone drive you home and take care of you for a while. You will have anesthesia during your surgery and you should not drive after. You should wear a surgical support bra for a while. Lastly, do not scratch or touch your stitches. Irritating your stitches may cause inflammation around your stitches.

After mentioning all about breast lift surgery, we would like to point the key to a successful surgery. The key is the selection of a breast lift surgeon. You should choose the best breast lift surgeon to avoid complications and aesthetic problems. A bad surgeon may lead to asymmetrical breasts, inflammation, and loss of sensation. After this surgery, your breasts may sag again. Luckily, you can have this operation multiple times.

We tried to mention everything about breast lift surgery. If you have further questions, feel free to ask.

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Dr. Ahmet Dilber

Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgeon 📍Istanbul, Türkiye 🇹🇷 +90(533)0857686 🇬🇧 +90(530)0697686