Your Breast Lift Consultation
Consultations are crucial at CPS, as we strive to give each patient the most custom experience possible. During your breast lift consultation with one of our board-certified plastic surgeons, you’ll have the opportunity to get to know your surgeon, ask any questions you may have, discuss the risks and benefits of a breast lift, and get a good idea of what you can reasonably expect from the results.
By the end of your consultation, your surgeon will give you a recommendation for incision placement, whether or not implants are recommended, and the pros and cons of further customization, such as fat grafting or the use of absorbable mesh. Our job is to understand your desires in order to provide you with the safest and most effective surgical plan to achieve your goals.
The Breast Lift Procedure
Each breast lift is highly personalized to the patient, so surgical plans will vary. A general breast lift procedure may look like this:
Breast lift surgery is usually performed as an outpatient procedure. The procedure is performed under general anesthesia administered by a board-certified anesthesiologist.
On the day of surgery, your plastic surgeon will stop by to check in with you, go over any last-minute questions or concerns you have, and mark the incision locations where you have previously agreed. Your surgeon will begin the surgery by making careful incisions, where noted, before repositioning the nipples and reducing the size of the areola. They will also remove excess skin and tissue as necessary while lifting the breasts to a higher, more perky position. If you have combined your procedure with augmentation via fat grafting or implants, this will be performed at the same time as the mesh lift. Once satisfied with the results, your surgeon will carefully close your incisions, and you will be placed in a comfortable dressing and surgical bra and monitored as you awake from anesthesia.