Breast lift Repositions Nipple and Reshapes Postpartum Breasts, Raleigh, NC

This 58-year-old woman had 4 children and after pregnancies noticed progressive drooping of her breasts. She desired full breasts and did not really want to go down in volume too much. She underwent bilateral mastopexy Utilizing a anchor scar or Wise pattern where her nipples were repositioned to a higher location and the breast skin was reduced. The result was a much shapelier breast which fit into her brassiere cup nicely. Mastopexy differs from breast reduction in the degree of breast tissue removal. In this patient, most of the tissue removed was excess breast skin and some subcutaneous fat but the majority of her breast tissue was preserved, suspended more superiorly and reshaped.