Types Of Breast Ptosis

Options For Breast Ptosis

Breasts come in all shapes and sizes, and it’s important to remember that there are all kinds of variations. During your consultation, the surgeon will discuss your individual needs and assess the surgical technique that is most appropriate for your situation. The ideal candidate for the surgery will have a gap that is greater than 8 inches between the centre of the nipple and the sternal notch. 

Sometimes, there is no reason for the loss in volume and height other than gravity. It’s impossible to defy gravity, and this, unfortunately, does affect where the breasts sit on the chest. If you’ve experienced a loss of volume, shape, size and height in the breasts, you may wish to consider reconstructing the breast through surgery.

A surgeon may combine a breast lift with augmentation. Alternatively, they may suggest a breast lift alone, or may feel that you can require a lift from implants, like the patient shown above. This patient had pre-existing asymmetry and so one implant used was slighter larger than the other. The surgeon also used a periareolar incision on the left breast to reposition the nipple and achieve more symmetry. 

Upper fullness in the breast can give you a different kind of sagging than if you have lower fullness in the breast. The surgeon will define the type of the ptosis by evaluating whereabouts the nipple is positioned in relation to the inframammary fold, which is the point when the bottom of the breast attaches to the chest wall.

During a Mastopexy/breast lift, an area of the skin is removed, and the breast tissue is repositioned to give a more lifted and firmer appearance. On occasions, the nipple may also be repositioned, but the surgeon will aim to achieve the most visually appealing outcome to reduce scarring. The goal is often to get a more lifted and achieve a symmetrical appearance of the breasts following the procedure.