Sudameria Estetic

For whom?
• The best candidates for a breast lift are healthy, emotionally-stable women who are realistic about what the surgery can accomplish.
• The best results for a breast lift are usually achieved in women with small, sagging breasts. Breasts of any size can be lifted, but the results may not last as long in heavy breasts.
• Many women seek a breast lift because pregnancy and nursing have left them with stretched skin and less volume in their breasts.
• With breast lift, if you're planning to have more children, it may be a good idea to postpone your breast lift .
• While there are no special risks that affect future pregnancies (for example, a breast lift usually doesn't interfere with breast-feeding), pregnancy is likely to stretch your breasts again and offset the results of the procedure.

What is the procedure for a breast lift?
• For a breast lift a small incision is made and the prosthesis is inserted between the gland and the breast plate and in some cases (delicate skin and no gland) slithered under the pectoral muscle.
• Breast lift techniques may vary, but the most common procedure involves an anchor-shaped incision following the natural contour of the breast.
• The incision outlines the area from which breast skin will be removed and defines the new location for the nipple. When the excess skin has been removed, the nipple and areola are moved to the higher position. The skin surrounding the areola is then brought down and together to reshape the breast. Stitches are usually located around the areola, in a vertical line extending downwards from the nipple area, and along the lower crease of the breast, depending on the amount of skin resected.
• Some patients, especially those with relatively small breasts and minimal sagging, may be candidates for modified procedures requiring less extensive incisions. One such procedure is the "doughnut (or concentric) mastopexy," in which circular incisions are made around the areola, and a doughnut-shaped area of skin is removed.
• If you're having an implant inserted along with your breast lift, it will be placed in a pocket directly under the breast tissue, or deeper, under the muscle of the chest wall.

Length of the operation breast lift
• 2 to 3 hours

Post operation
• At some point in the first 24 to 48 hours after your breast lift, you will experience swelling, bruising, numbness, discomfort and temporary pain in the chest area following your breast lift
• During the first 15 days, you will feel temporary pain whenever you tend to move your arms as your breast will be still fragile and sore.
• You will need 3 months at least to be accustomed to the presence of the implant and be able to resume to normal activities such as exercising, breast feeding and pregnancy.
• Clinical and X ray tests of the breast need to be sustained according to doctor's criteria
• Unlike what you hear at times, flying and diving do not have any effects on the surgery.

What is the time to recovery after a breast lift ?
• Back to work: 1 week or more.
• More strenuous activities: 1 month.

What does Breast Lift surgery do?
" It lifts hanging breasts due to factors such as age, breastfeeding and gravity. It gives them a better shape.
" Take a look at yourself in the mirror: in an ideal breast, the nipple is located at the same level as the fold where the breast and the body come together. There is a range of possibilities and, in fact, all women have different characteristics, but an excessive deviation from this norm is reason enough to think about having a breast lift.
" It reduces the size of the areola, if it is too large.
" It corrects preexisting asymmetries between both breasts.
" It may be performed together with a silicone implant surgery if the patient also wishes to enlarge the size of her breasts.

What does Breast Lift surgery NOT do?
" It does not in itself enhance the size of a woman's breasts. If your only problem is the lack of volume, we recommend that you consult about breast augmentation
" Even though it will make your body look more beautiful and harmonious, and it will probably also improve your self-esteem, it will not be enough to make you look perfect. We must be realistic and accept that that kind of perfection does not exist.

How is a Breast Lift surgery performed?
Anesthesia
Local anesthesia and complementary sedation, or general anesthesia.

Surgery length
Between one and three hours, according to the complexity of the case.

What does breast lift surgery consist of?
If the correction necessary is small, it will be enough to perform a circular incision around each one of the areolas. If the areola is too large, the incision may be done inside its outline, so as to remove the part of it that is nearest to the edge. Then, another circular incision is done around the first one, it may be concentric or it may be done a little bit farther up if the areola and nipple need to be placed higher.

The resulting 'ring' of skin between the too incisions is removed and the edges are sutured.

When the correction needed is greater, it may be necessary to complement the periareolar (circular) incisions with a vertical one just below each one of them.

Hospitalization
You will have to stay hospitalized for one night.

The results
Even though the results of breast lift surgery are not permanent, we may say that they last quite long.

Your breasts will look youthful and firmer for a long time.