Introduction: Feeling saggy and deflated?
If you are feeling saggy and deflated, you need to consider SurgiSculpt surgeons’ s modified vertical breast lift with implant augmentation. Combining a breast lift with an implant augmentation can be a technically challenging surgery. This is because the breast lift surgery automatically places vascular stress on the nipple and areola complex by virtue of making incisions around the nipple and areola.
In addition to the peri-areolar incisions, back cuts are necessary to move the nipple and areola to a higher, more desirable position to eliminate the feeling of being saggy and deflated. When you combine this maneuver with the addition of an implant, then even more stresses are placed on the nipple and areola. This is because the implant must be ideally placed behind the areola to create an aesthetically pleasing breast mound shape. This placement of the implant behind the areola creates additional pressure on the nipple and areola that can cause compromised blood flow.
The Modified Vertical Breast lift with Implant Augmentation
To minimize the risk of blood flow to the nipple and areola, the modified vertical breast lift has been advocated as it allows for blood flow to the nipple and areola from the superior aspect of the breast, called the superior pedicle.
This superior pedicle is more protected from the pressure compression created by the placement of the implant. However, the vertical mastopexy forbids optimal reshaping of the breast mound. As such, the traditional breast lift design that is referred to as the Weiss pattern lift is utilized to reshape the breast mound.
In summary, SurgiSculpt surgeons utilize a modified breast lift with implant augmentation that is a fusion of both a vertical mastopexy as well as an inferiorly based Weiss pattern breast lift to correct saggy and deflated breasts. The vertical mastopexy is first used to lift the nipple and areola complex to a more desirable position.
Once, the implant is positioned underneath the newly positioned nipple and areola complex, then a Weiss pattern design is used to optimally shape the breast mound with wedge excisions from the bottom of the medial and lateral breast pole. Ultimately, the fusion of the vertical mastopexy and Weiss pattern breast lift provides the safety of preserving the nipple and areola complex while optimizing the breast shaping capacity of the Weiss pattern.
If you are feeling saggy and deflated, we encourage you to consider SurgiSculpt’s modified breast lift with implant augmentation technique that has proven to be both effective in safety and breast shaping capacity.
Please appreciate our 38-year-old female patient who was feeling saggy and deflated and underwent a modified bilateral breast lift and implant augmentation.