What are the risks for Breast Uplift Surgery?

You need to make an informed choice about whether the potential benefits of breast uplift surgery justify these inevitable risks. For more queries please select Breast Uplift Surgery

• Internal bruising occasionally occurs and may require removing some stitches on the breast to wash out the bruising from beneath the skin. This has no effect on the long term outcome of breast uplift surgery.

• Alteration in nipple sensation is pretty common in the short term with patients experiencing decreased or increased sensitivity which can persist for 2-3 months. In the vast majority of patients this improves as the operation is designed to preserve some nerve supply which allows sensation to return.

• Breast uplift surgery does leave scars on the breasts. These will usually go through a phase of being a bit red and firm initially, but will usually improve gradually over several months.
• Scarring will also occur inside the breast. This should be taken into account when undergoing screening mammograms. For more queries please select Breast Uplift Surgery

• Some patients do succeed in breast feeding after uplift surgery. If you would like to breast feed in the future, you should ideally consider deferring surgery until you have finished having your family.
• Wound healing on the breast is usually quick and uneventful but very occasionally the junction of the “T” scar underneath the breast may take slightly longer to heal than the rest of the stitch lines.

• Very rarely there may be loss of a small amount of the skin margin of the areola of the nipple. This usually only occurs in patients who are heavy smokers.

Why have Breast Uplift Surgery?

Many women seek this procedure after either pregnancy, breast-feeding or weight loss, which causes the breasts to sag and lose volume. A breast uplift, or mastoplexy, is particularly suitable whose breasts have lost their shape or are sagging. The actual size may be fine, but the breasts have lost their and tone and/or nipples may point downwards. In some cases, the breast uplift may be combined with an implant where the size needs extra volume to be restored.

What is Involved?

» All breast surgery is performed under general anaesthetic and will require an overnight stage in hospital

» The Surgeon will carefully remove a small section of excess skin from each breast to lift the bust-line, giving a more youthful appearance

» An elastic bandage over a gauze dressing must be worn after surgery

» The scar for a standard mastopexy is often placed around the nipple, from the nipples to the natural crease under the breast and then along the crease of the breast. All surgery results in a scar and all scars take time to soften and fade. The scar is usually red and raised for the first month or two after your operation . You will not see the final appearance of your scar until up to a year after surgery.

»  If you intend to breast-feed, this operation should be deferred. In most cases, you will NOT be able to breast-feed after a breast uplift as the milk-ducts are cut when the breasts are repositioned

» Alteration in nipple sensation is pretty common in the short term with patients experiencing decreased or increased sensitivity which can persist for 2-3 months. In the vast majority of patients this improves as the operation is designed to preserve some nerve supply which allows sensation to return.

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