If you’re considering a breast lift, you may feel unhappy or dissatisfied with the position of your breasts. Many women are frustrated with sagging or a gradual loss of youthful, perky elevation. Unfortunately, this is a normal process that commonly happens after pregnancy, breastfeeding, aging and especially after significant weight loss
But many women also have another concern: Breast volume. If you’d like higher and fuller breasts, there’s a surgical option for you: Adding breast implants to your lift.
At McCue Plastic Surgery, Dr. Jonathan McCue, a highly experienced board-certified plastic surgeon, offers customized breast enhancement procedures. Dr. McCue prioritizes evidence-based medicine, using only techniques with a proven history of safety and success. Combining breast lift with implants is one such surgery.
Ranked as a Top Doctor by Minneapolis / St. Paul magazine and widely renowned for his natural breast surgery results, Dr. McCue is the leading expert for this procedure in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area. If you’re exploring breast surgery, here’s what you need to know about combining a breast lift with implants.
What Each Surgery Can Do For You
A breast lift (mastopexy) is a cosmetic procedure that reshapes and raises the breasts. In this procedure, Dr. McCue removes excess skin, reshapes the remaining tissue, repositions the nipples, and secures your breasts higher on your chest for a firmer, youthful contour. While a breast lift can dramatically improve shape and positioning, it does not significantly increase breast size.
Breast augmentation focuses on volume enhancement. With this surgery, Dr. McCue places silicone or saline implants above or below your chest muscles to fill out breast volume (he discusses the advantages and potential drawbacks of each option with you.)
If you’re unhappy with breast position and lack of volume, a combination procedure could be the ideal way to address all your breast concerns at once.
Advantages of Breast Lift Plus Implants
Combining the two procedures offers major advantages.
- Enhanced Volume and Shape: Adding implants during a breast lift allows for both increased fullness and improved breast position. Implants restore upper pole volume while the lift repositions the breast tissue for a perkier, more youthful look.
- Improved Symmetry: If you have breasts that are noticeably different in size or shape, implant selection during a combined procedure can help create a more symmetrical appearance. This personalized approach results in a better balance overall.
- Longer-Lasting Results: A lift paired with implants can provide more comprehensive and longer-lasting rejuvenation than either procedure alone. The skin is tightened, the tissue is supported, and the implants help maintain the desired shape over time.
- One Recovery Period: Undergoing both procedures simultaneously means only one recovery period. This minimizes your overall downtime and enables you to return to your routine faster while enjoying a complete transformation.
- Disadvantages of combined augmentation mastopexy: .One of the challenges of the surgery is that if done at the same time, there is a risk that there may be some excess skin or inaccuracy with where the nipple is positioned relative to the implant. It is well known that when augmentation is performed at the same time as a breast lift, there is a revision rate which approaches 20%. Revisions are more likely needed with more significantly drooping breasts.
- This of course means that the patient would have to pay for another trip to the operating room so we do try to “get it right the first time”. However, it must be understood that. An additional surgery may be desired, and this is more likely with patients who have lost a lot of weight or anyone who has significant flattening and drooping of the breast.
Breast Augmentation with Lift in Plymouth, MN
Thinking about enhancing your breasts? A combination procedure like a lift with implants could be right for you. Dr. Jonathan McCue at McCue Plastic Surgery offers expert breast augmentation with lift procedures in Plymouth, MN, serving the Minneapolis-St. Paul area. Call 952-830-0089 to schedule a consultation.
