Mastoplexy Breast Lift

Often when individuals interested in obtaining a breast lift embark on research relating to the surgical procedure, they are confronted by the term mastoplexy. Although there are some different techniques utilized in breast lift surgery, you should know that the term mastoplexy breast lift simply refers to the general category of breast lift surgery. Although breast lift is the most common term used to describe this medical procedure, the medical term is mastoplexy breast lift or mastopexy breast lift.

The purpose of a mastoplexy breast lift is to reverse the effects of such natural occurrences as pregnancy, weight loss, breastfeeding, and gravity on a person's breasts. As people age, their skin often loses its elasticity resulting in a condition known as ptosis. Ptosis refers to a condition in which a person's breasts begin to sag due to the loss of shape and firmness in their breasts. Ptosis will occur naturally and have various degrees of seriousness, but just because it is a natural condition doesn't mean that it is impossible to reverse this condition.

Mastoplexy breast lift surgery is growing in popularity within the plastic surgery industry. In its 2002 plastic surgery statistical report, the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery found that a total of 62,458 mastoplexy breast lift surgeries were performed in that year. Based on other annual reports that it produced, the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery found that the 2002 figures represented an increase of 214% in the total amount of mastoplexy breast lift cases from 1998.

When performing research about mastoplexy breast lift procedures, you will find that there are three main surgical techniques designed to produce the best results. These three categories of mastoplexy breast lifts are: concentric mastoplexy, vertical mastoplexy, and anchor-shaped mastoplexy. Although these three surgical methods of mastoplexy breast lifts are all effective, you should know that variables like breast shape, level of ptosis, and skin quality will dictate the type of mastoplexy breast lift that a plastic surgeon will perform on you.

Of the three types of mastoplexy breast lift surgical techniques, concentric mastoplexy is considered the least invasive. In this procedure, a plastic surgeon removes excess skin from the patient that is the most obvious sign of ptosis. Also known as doughnut mastoplexy and Benelli mastoplexy, this surgical technique utilizes the drawing of concentric circles around the patient's areola. From this drawing, the plastic surgeon removes pieces of tissue from around the areola border. Once the plastic surgeon has determined that enough skin has been removed, the patient's nipples and areola are moved upward. Following this, the plastic surgeon will then suture the surrounding tissue to the areola. The result of a concentric mastoplexy breast lift is that the patient now has a flatter, rounder breast shape rather tan a sloped breast shape. Considered ideal for women that have smaller breasts with mild ptosis (a condition in which the patient's nipples have dropped to the level of the breast crease), a concentric mastoplexy breast lift is an impractical surgical method for patients with larger breasts or who have advanced ptosis.

The inconsistencies of concentrial mastoplexy breast lift surgical techniques are often rectified through vertical mastoplexy breast lift surgical techniques. In this method, the plastic surgeon removes excess skin that is not needed around the areola. The plastic surgeon does this by making a vertical incision that descends from the areola to the bottom of the breast that meets the chests. A strip of skins along this cut is removed and excess skin is removed. Once the plastic surgeon feels that a sufficient amount of excess skin has been removed, they will then stitch the two sides together. One of the most popular mastoplexy breast lift surgical techniques for women that have a moderate case of ptosis (a condition in which the patients nipples have dropped below the level of the breast crease), vertical mastoplexy breast lifts have an advantage over other mastoplexy breast lift surgical methods by leaving less scarring.

However, the most popular mastoplexy breast lift surgical technique continues to be anchor-shaped mastoplexy breast lifts. This breast lift surgical method can be performed on any person and is the most effective mastoplexy breast lift surgical method for individuals with advanced ptosis (a condition in which the patient's nipples are pointing to the floor). In this treatment, the plastic surgeon makes an anchor-shaped incision that follows the natural contour of the patient's breast. The plastic surgeon also draws a key-hole shape above the nipple and areola, as well as an anchor shape that is drawn at the bottom of the keyhole that reaches the right to left side of the patient's breasts. Incisions are made that follows the directions of the drawing. Excess skin and breast tissue are removed and the breast is reshaped. The most extensive of the three mastoplexy breast lift surgical techniques, anchor-shaped mastoplexy breast lifts conclude once the plastic surgeon has stitched the patient's skin following the anchor shape of the incision: vertically down the chest and side to side along the newly created bottom fold of the breast. Although, anchor-shaped mastoplexy breast lifts results in the most scarring, it is the most effective and safest mastoplexy breast lift surgical techniques.