BREAST STRAP UP / RECONSTRUCTION SURGERY (MASTOPEXY) OR BREAST LIFT SURGERY
In cases where the nipple is lower than the lower fold of the breast, sagging of the breasts is mentioned. The biggest reason is the deterioration of the elasticity of the skin and connective tissues with aging and the emptying of the breast. This can occur with breastfeeding or with severe weight loss. These tissues, which are the most resistant to gravity and time, can sag at very early ages together with genetic predisposition. The group of patients who come with a request for breast lift surgery is generally middle-aged women who have breastfed. This rate seems to be slightly higher in Adana, Antalya, Istanbul and Hatay regions where we serve.
Before breast aesthetic surgery, it is absolutely necessary to have breast ultrasonography and mammography if over the age of forty. These examinations should be performed and stored even if the patient does not have a mass complaint. A data to be compared after breast surgery is important for routine breast follow-ups. After the surgery, the patient should be in routine breast follow-ups like every woman. Two weeks before the operation, blood thinners such as aspirin and smoking should be stopped. Consumption of herbal products such as green tea, flax seeds, cherry stalk, tomato seeds and all weight loss products should be stopped one week before.
All breast aesthetic surgeries are performed under general anesthesia. However, under special conditions, surgery can be performed under sedation and local anesthesia. The hospital stay is one day and the patient is discharged the next day. Again, in some cases, the patient can be sent home on the evening of the surgery. We use drains in all breast surgeries and these drains are usually removed at discharge. We learn from our patients that it is not as painful as it seems.
Breast lift surgery has many different techniques and depending on the technique to be chosen, the incision sites and therefore the surgical scars vary. No matter what technique is done, the scars do not go beyond the bikini area. With this surgery, the nipple is restored and the breast is made full and upright. For this purpose, the sagging skin is removed and the breast tissues are collected in a three-dimensional plan and hung up as if they were silicone. If the existing tissues are insufficient for the breast size, that is, it is a thoroughly emptied breast, extra volume can be gained with silicone or fat tissues from the patient's own body and the breast can be brought to the desired size. If the breasts are both sagging and large, the excess tissues can be removed and brought to the appropriate size with recovery. You can have breasts without the need to use a bra after the surgery.
Breast lift surgery cannot be scarless. This situation cannot be resolved by any method other than surgery. Depending on the technique to be used, round at the border of dark-light area at the nipple, 5-6 cm descending from here. long vertical and horizontal in the breast fold area, there are traces (Inverted '' T ''). These scars can be alone or in combination. I would like to note here that we have not had any patients who have had a problem with breast recovery scars so far.
Breast lift surgery takes approximately 2-2.5 hours. This period may vary slightly with the amount of sagging. Since the patient is under anesthesia during the operation, the patient does not feel any pain. When s/he wakes up and goes to their room, s/he has mild pain that will be relieved with painkillers. 4 hours after coming to the room, s/he starts to be fed with liquid foods and if he does not feel nauseated, s/he can be fed as s/he wants. The patient, who eats and drinks, gets up and walks. If all is well, s/he can go home the same evening with the approval of the anesthesiologist. Since the incisions will be closed with a special tape, there is no need for dressing. Two days after the drain is removed (usually at discharge), s/he takes a normal bath without protecting the surgical site. It can dry the stitched areas with special tapes with a hair dryer. Within three to five days after discharge, he/she can easily perform daily activities such as driving. At the end of the first week, s/he can return to sports activities such as walking. At the end of the third week, s/he can participate in all sports activities except heavy exercises of the chest and arm. After one and a half months, no sports restrictions are applied. For a month, s/he has to wear a non-wired sports bra day and night.
After the surgery, the breasts that stand up and upright move down a little towards the end of the second and third week and gain a more natural appearance. Breasts take their full shape within three months. Unless there is a special situation, routine mammography or ultrasonography examinations are performed at the end of the first year.
Like breast reduction surgery after breast lift surgery, there is a small risk associated with breastfeeding. It can be said that this risk is actually similar to women who have not had surgery. Again, there may be temporary or permanent loss of sensation, but this risk is very, very low. Breast lift surgery is not associated with breast cancer, on the contrary, when it is performed with reduction, this risk is significantly reduced.
Breast aesthetic surgery is not performed before the age of 18 unless there are very special circumstances.
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