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- How is a breast tightening or mastopexy done?
- The underlying principle of the operation is to reduce the amount of breast skin while preserving the breast tissue. At the same time the nipple is raised to a higher position on the breast profile.
- Sometimes the breast mass is increased by using an implant. Some patients may require a reduction in volume of the breast. This may be done using liposuction, ultrasonic liposuction or by direct excision rather like a breast reduction.
- The two main methods to remove excess skin are classified by the type of incision used. The most commonly method uses an inverted "T" or anchor incision. This incision removes excess skin from below the nipple. It leaves a scar around and below the nipple shaped like an upside down "T" . It is sometimes referred to as a "Wise pattern" operation or "anchor"operation.
- The second method uses only an incision around the nipple called a circumferential incision. This avoids a long scar on the undersurface of the breast. In this technique the surgeon may undermine skin above and below the nipple and tighten the breast tissue directly with stitches. This may damage the blood supply to the nipple but can improve the shape.
- In patients with a small amount of laxity a circumferential incision may work well but with extensive ptosis a more standard procedure is used.
- Sometimes a combination of these incisons is used so that a "lollipop" scar is produced. This scar goes around the nipple and vertically down the center of the breast for varying lengths.
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- Patrick Hudson MD PA,
Board Certified Plastic Surgeon,
Cosmetic Surgery and Plastic Surgery
in Albuquerque & Santa Fe for over twenty five years
1101 Medical Arts NE #3, Albuquerque NM 87102, USA
Tel: 505 242 0070
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