Breast Lift Surgery After Weight Loss
Skin sags over time. It's just a fact of life. The pull of gravity, combined with the loss of elasticity in our tissues, leads to droopiness all over the body. Where the skin supports a significant amount of weight, sagging tends to be worse.
That's why nearly every woman who succeeds in shedding a large number of pounds can benefit from a breast lift, or mastopexy, as part of her plan for post weight loss surgery in Sacramento. If you're one of the few weight loss patients with just the right amount of remaining breast tissue, a lift alone may be enough. However, most women find they need a breast augmentation with breast lift to both fill and lift sagging skin. For others, their mastopexy needs to include breast reduction to achieve the desired result.
If your breasts sag significantly now that you have lost weight, don't be discouraged. Even if your breasts are markedly asymmetrical, you should know that both these conditions are quite common. Dr. Kaufman can devise a surgical strategy that will give you curves you can be proud to show off. Why not request a consultation with him today?
Candidates for Breast Lift in Sacramento
You should be at least close to your target weight before preparing for your mastopexy. The procedure can be performed on breasts no matter what their size, but the effects last longer when your skin supports less weight. You should have realistic goals for your mastopexy, knowing that while there are risks common to all surgeries, there are specific risks such as post-surgery asymmetry with a breast lift. Though risks and complications are rare, your surgeon will review these with you prior to your procedure and you should be familiar with them.
It's important to ensure your body is ready for surgery. Dr. Kaufman will schedule some basic tests to double check your nutrition levels and other factors.
Breast Lift Surgery and Recovery
Breast lift surgery raises and reshapes the breasts by excising redundant skin. Your areolas can be reduced at the same time if needed.
The details of your procedure depend on how much skin needs to be trimmed away and whether you need breast augmentation or breast reduction along with your mastopexy. Your incisions and scars may have a "lollipop" shape, around the areola and down toward the fold underneath your breasts. Or, if you have a large amount of excess skin, and especially if you have redundant skin near your armpit, the incisions may continue outward below your breasts in the Wise or "anchor" shape. This last option is normally reserved for patients with a 28 cm (11 inch) droop from the notch in the sternum (at the base of the neck) to the areola.
Surgery takes about three hours and is performed under general anesthesia. Most patients can have their procedure in an outpatient center. Recovery varies from person to person, but most people are feeling good and enjoying light activities in a week to 10 days. You can expect to be completely back to normal in six to eight weeks.
Have you thought what it will be like to lose the baggy, unattractive clothes? How long has it been since you went shopping for a form-fitting top, or even a bathing suit? Call (916) 983-9895 for a plastic surgery after weight loss consultation with Dr. Kaufman soon. You'll find his office conveniently located in Folsom, within easy driving distance from San Francsisco, San Jose and even Reno, and you'll find him ready to help.
