Breast Lift

This procedure is also often touted as an “invisible, almost scarless” breast lift. However, it should be noted that every surgical procedure can leave scars, including periareolar tightening. The incision is made exclusively around the areola. The surgeon removes the excess skin and breast tissue. The skin is then pulled together again, creating small wrinkles around the areola (pleated wrinkles). Lifting is only performed at the skin level, the deeper lying glandular tissue is not lifted, the scarring is therefore particularly small in periareolar lifting. However, only a very limited amount of tissue can be removed with this method, making the technique particularly suitable for small changes and breasts.

The Lejour method has proven to be particularly effective in simulatneously reducing the size of large breasts and making them firmer. The surgeon makes both a circular incision around the areola and a vertical incision (I incision). In this way considerably more fat, glandular and skin tissue can be removed. The nipple is moved accordingly.

The T-incision (also known as the anchor incision or Strömbeck method) allows the greatest change to the breast and is therefore useful for patients with a particularly large breast volume and correspondingly sagging breasts. On the other hand, this surgical technique for breast lift also requires more incisions and leaves correspondingly more scars. In addition to the incision around the areola and the vertical incision, the surgeon makes a horizontal incision along the breast fold. The T-cut is a standard procedure in the field of mastopexy.

Regardless of the incision, a particularly modern method of mastexopia is the ‘inner bra method’. Following this surgical technique, the breast lift involves fixing the mammary gland at various points, similar to the way a tent is set up. You can find out more here.