Breast Lift (Mastopexy) in Houston, TX
Weight fluctuations, breastfeeding, genetics, and aging contribute to the natural breakdown of the breast tissues, causing the breast skin to stretch and the underlying tissues to weaken and droop.
Breast lift surgery, or mastopexy, enhances the breast contour and restores a youthful, perky bustline. Dr. Kronowitz specializes in breast lift surgery in Houston, Texas.
What Is Breast Lift Surgery?
A breast lift, also known as mastopexy, is a surgical procedure that focuses on enhancing the shape and position of the breasts. Over time, factors such as gravity, pregnancy, weight fluctuations, and aging can cause the breasts to lose their firmness and elasticity, resulting in sagging or drooping breasts.
If you are dissatisfied with the appearance of your breasts and wish to restore a more youthful and uplifted contour, a breast lift may be the ideal solution.
Why Choose Kronowitz Plastic Surgery for Your Breast Lift?
At Kronowitz Plastic Surgery, under the expert care of Dr. Steven Kronowitz, a board-certified plastic surgeon renowned for his exceptional results, we offer a comprehensive range of breast lift techniques tailored to your unique needs and goals. Our mission is to provide cosmetic surgery, including breast lifts, for those in Houston, Kingwood, The Woodlands, and Cypress to boost our patients’ self-confidence and achieve long-lasting satisfaction in their appearance.
To take the first step towards achieving firmer, more lifted breasts, please call us at (713) 523-0300 to schedule an appointment.
Who Is a Good Candidate for Breast Lift Surgery?
Women choose breast lift surgery after weight loss or pregnancy to address significant breast ptosis (breast sagging). This procedure raises the breasts and is ideal for women who do not smoke and are in good health.
What Are the Benefits of Breast Lift Surgery?
A breast lift provides the following benefits to restore youthful, perky breast contours:
- Corrects Sagging or Drooping Breasts: If you have experienced sagging breasts due to pregnancy, weight loss, or aging, a breast lift can correct these issues and restore your breasts to a more youthful position.
- Enhances Breast Shape and Contour: A breast lift can restore youthful shape and fullness to your breasts, giving them a more lifted and balanced appearance.
- Restores Symmetry Between Breasts: For those with asymmetrical breasts, mastopexy can help you achieve a more symmetrical appearance by enhancing overall balance and harmony.
- Increases Clothing Options and Improved Fit: After a breast lift, you will find that your clothing options expand, as your newly lifted breasts will fit better in bras, swimsuits, and various types of clothing.
Boosts Self-Confidence and Body Image: By addressing sagging breasts, a breast lift can significantly improve your self-confidence by allowing you to feel more comfortable and confident in your body.
How Can a Breast Lift Improve Skin Conditions and Discomfort?
Many women struggle with skin irritations under their breasts. Skin rashes (due to sagging breasts rubbing against the top of the ribcage) can be very frustrating and painful. A breast lift can help alleviate this discomfort. Since the breasts will be lifted to a higher position on your chest and excess, sagging skin will be removed, your breasts will no longer rub against your skin and cause discomfort.
Will a Breast Lift Change the Size of My Breasts?
Breast lift surgery is not designed to change breast volume. However, as this surgery recontours the breasts, many women feel the size varies slightly because the breasts are now more compact.
Women who feel as though their breasts are too small after their breast lift can choose to augment their breasts with implants or fat transfer.
What to Expect During Your Breast Lift Consultation With Dr. Kronowitz
A personal consultation with Dr. Kronowitz is essential to determine whether a breast lift is the right solution for you. Dr. Kronowitz understands that each patient has unique concerns and goals, and during your consultation, he will carefully evaluate your situation to ensure he can meet your needs.
At your consultation, Dr. Kronowitz will review your medical history and discuss your cosmetic concerns. He then examines the current condition of your breasts, taking into consideration factors such as sagging, weight loss, multiple pregnancies, breastfeeding, asymmetry, stretched skin, volume loss, contour changes due to aging, as well as dissatisfaction with appearance, overall self-confidence, and body image.
Dr. Kronowitz will also evaluate your overall health to ensure your candidacy for the procedure. Patients must have realistic expectations and a clear understanding of what a breast lift can achieve.
Based on the information gathered during the consultation, Dr. Kronowitz will recommend the best course of action for your individual needs. Sometimes, a breast lift alone may be sufficient to achieve the desired results. However, in other cases, additional procedures such as breast augmentation with implants, fat transfer to the breasts, or breast reduction may be recommended to enhance the overall outcome.
To schedule your Houston breast lift consultation, call (713) 523-0300.
How to Prepare for Breast Lift Surgery
Preparation is a crucial part of a successful breast lift surgery and recovery. It is essential to follow Dr. Kronowitz’s instructions before and after your procedure as they are provided to ensure both your safety and the best outcome.
- Discontinuing medications and supplements: As instructed by our team, it is important to discontinue blood thinners, supplements, and other medications that may interfere with the surgical process or post-operative healing.
- Nicotine cessation: If you are a nicotine user, abstain from nicotine products of any kind in the weeks leading up to your surgery. It is equally important to remain nicotine-free throughout the duration of your recovery. Nicotine interferes with the healing process and increases the risk of complications.
- Prescription fulfillment: To minimize discomfort following your breast lift surgery, fill your pain medication and antibiotic prescriptions in advance. This way, you will have them readily available after your procedure.
- Transportation arrangements: Breast lift surgery is an outpatient procedure performed under general anesthesia, after which you will be required to have someone to drive you home and assist with all activities and responsibilities for the first night. Ensuring a safe and comfortable journey back from the surgical facility is essential for your well-being.
- Time off from work and social commitments: Adequate rest is vital for a successful recovery and satisfying results. Therefore, it is important to plan ahead and coordinate time off from work and other social commitments. Having ample time to rest and heal will contribute to optimal results.
How Is Breast Lift Surgery Performed?
This procedure involves making incisions on the breasts, which may vary depending on the extent of correction required. Through these incisions, excess skin and tissue are removed as the remaining breast tissue is recontoured and raised to a higher position. If desired, implants can also be placed during the procedure to enhance the size and volume of the breasts.
What Are My Breast Lift Incision Options?
Your breast lift incisions will depend on your specific needs and the extent of ptosis (sagging). Dr. Kronowitz utilizes advanced surgical techniques to ensure minimal scarring and natural-looking results. He will determine the proper incision technique for you during your consultation. These incisions are strategically placed to be discreet and easily hidden by clothing or swimwear.
- Periareolar Incision: This incision is made around the areola, the darker pigmented area surrounding the nipple. The periareolar incision allows direct access to the breast tissue and can effectively address mild to moderate ptosis. It also provides the opportunity to resize and reposition the nipple-areolar complex if necessary.
- Inframammary Incision: The inframammary incision is placed along the natural crease beneath the breast, where it is easily concealed by clothing and undergarments. The inframammary incision provides excellent access to the breast tissue and is particularly suitable for patients with more significant ptosis or those requiring extensive reshaping and lifting of the breasts.
- Short Scar Incision: The short scar incision, also known as the circumvertical incision, is similar to the vertical incision but with a shorter horizontal component. This incision type can minimize scarring while still achieving significant breast lifting and reshaping.
- Lollipop Incision: The vertical or “lollipop” incision combines the periareolar and vertical incisions, resulting in a scar that resembles a lollipop shape. This option is effective for addressing moderate ptosis and allows for ample breast reshaping.
Most breast lift surgeries take three to three-and-a-half hours to perform. After that time, you will be ready to start your recovery so that you can enjoy your newly lifted and beautiful breasts.
Our state-of-the-art facilities provide a safe and relaxing environment for your breast lift procedure. Our experienced team will guide you through every step of the process to ensure your comfort and well-being.
How Is the Recovery After Receiving a Breast Lift?
Patients will be sore, bruised, and swollen. The chest will be wrapped in a compression bandage to support comfort and healing by reducing swelling and promoting circulation. This garment will be worn for several days or weeks to assist with recovery, and discomfort can be managed with cold compresses and prescribed or over-the-counter pain medication.
Will I Have Drains?
The need for drains after breast lift surgery usually depends on the extent of correction needed and the duration of your procedure. Discuss this with Dr. Kronowitz during your consultation so you’ll understand what to expect in your specific case.
How Soon Can I Shower After a Mastopexy?
It’s typically advised to wait 48 hours after breast lift surgery before showering. Start with short, gentle showers, increasing the time gradually.
Take warm, not hot, showers, and limit them to 10 minutes. Air dry or pat with a towel, and avoid rubbing your breasts or touching the incisions.
Don’t submerge your body in a pool, bath, jacuzzi, or natural body of water for two to three weeks, as directed by the surgeon. Soaking the incisions can lead to an infection and prolong healing.
How Soon Can I Return To Work After a Breast Lift?
Most of the discomfort will dissipate after a few days, and most women return to work and their regular activities after two weeks.
How Soon Can I Exercise After a Breast Lift?
Gentle walks and non-demanding exercise can usually be resumed by week two of recovery, but strenuous exercise should be avoided for four to six weeks.
How Are the Scars After Receiving a Breast Lift?
Since a breast lift is a surgical procedure, there will be scarring. However, due to the location of the periareolar and lollipop incisions, most of the scarring will blend naturally into the edges of the areola or be hidden beneath the breast, causing them to be less visible. The anchor incision is commonly used for breast lift surgery, but because it leaves more extensive scarring, Dr. Kronowitz prefers a more conservative approach.
Over time, the reddish-pink color of the scar will fade, and the raised scar will lay flatter on your skin, making it much less noticeable. These scars are easily hidden with bras and bathing suits.
Following your post-operative instructions, such as wearing a support bra, resting, avoiding sun exposure, and using scar creams or strips, will help to reduce scars.
Will I Lose Nipple Sensitivity After My Breast Lift?
After a breast lift, it’s common to feel some numbness or reduced sensitivity in the nipple area, which usually resolves within a few weeks or months as you continue to heal. You may experience temporary loss of nipple sensitivity due to nerve disruption during surgery, but most people gradually regain sensation.
When Will I See My Breast Lift Results?
The results of your breast lift will be apparent immediately following the procedure and will continue to improve over the following weeks and months as the residual swelling subsides.
Breast lift surgery results in a more youthful-looking and elevated breast contour. Many women find that this procedure enhances aesthetics and physical comfort.
How Long Will My Breast Lift Results Last?
Mastopexy results tend to last between 10–15 years or more, and while it can delay breast-related signs of aging, no surgery can halt the process altogether. Eventually, additional sagging will develop. You can help prolong the length of your results by wearing a supportive bra, maintaining a stable weight, and avoiding further pregnancies.
What Should I Know About Breast Lift Surgery Before Having Kids?
One of the best parts about a breast lift is that it can be completed at any time, whether you are finished having children or not. Many women choose to have a breast lift after significant weight loss, even if they are still planning on having children in the future. However, pregnancy and breastfeeding can affect the size and shape of your breasts, impacting your breast lift surgery results.
Will I Be Able to Breastfeed After a Breast Lift?
The ability to breastfeed after breast lift surgery will vary from patient to patient, depending on the techniques used during the procedure. The connection between the ducts and nipples can be severed, impacting your ability to nurse.
There is no way to guarantee that you will retain your ability to breastfeed following a lift. However, many women can produce milk following their surgery.
Can I Combine a Breast Lift With Another Procedure?
Combining procedures is always recommended if doing so will maintain aesthetic balance. One of the biggest difficulties people face when they undergo plastic surgery is that while one part of their body is corrected to look beautiful, the rest of their features remain the same as they had been. This imbalance can sometimes cause just as much self-consciousness as the initial issue that was corrected.
Breast lift surgery can be performed alone or in combination with another body contouring procedure. Women who choose breast lift surgery to combat the effects of pregnancy may also benefit from liposuction or tummy tuck surgery. This combination is more commonly referred to as a Mommy Makeover—a personalized treatment that targets the areas most affected by childbirth and breastfeeding.
Should I Combine Breast Augmentation With My Breast Lift?
Some women discover that their breasts not only sag after pregnancy but also notice significant changes in shape or volume loss. Adding a breast augmentation with breast lift surgery benefits women who want to restore lost volume or have always desired a fuller bust.
Breast augmentation inserts silicone implants into a breast pocket that is made beneath the chest muscle. These silicone implants are either round or anatomically shaped and can create natural-looking fullness and beautiful cleavage.
Should I Combine Fat Grafting With My Breast Lift?
Some women desire an increase in size or shape but do not want an implant. Fat grafting to the breast allows women to enhance their breast fullness naturally. The grafted fat contains stem cells that reduce skin laxity, improve stretch marks, and thicken breast skin.
Fat is harvested from the abdomen, thighs, or buttocks before it is injected into the breasts. While the body will absorb some of the transferred fat, much of it will remain to increase breast size.
What If I Am Interested in Breast Reduction?
Traditional breast reduction often uses long incisions that produce unfavorable scarring and unnatural results. Many women considering breast reduction are looking for a breast lift. Since breast lift surgery tightens and lifts the glandular tissue, many women gain a more compact and youthful breast appearance with a breast lift.
Breast lift surgery can result in a slightly smaller breast size. Women who have an excess amount of breast fat and are looking for a significant size reduction may want to explore liposuction of the breast. Liposuction can be performed at the same time as your lift to remove unwanted fat and enhance comfort and aesthetics.
What Are the Risks of a Breast Lift?
Breast lift surgery is safe, but as with any invasive surgical procedure, complications are possible. These risks include:
- Adverse reactions to anesthesia
- Bleeding
- Infection
- Blood clots
- Fluid accumulation
- Prolonged swelling
- Poor wound healing
- Unfavorable scarring
- Changes to skin or nipple sensation that may be permanent
- Breast asymmetry
How Much Does a Breast Lift Cost in Houston?
There will be some variance in the price of your breast lift since Dr. Kronowitz customizes every patient’s plastic surgery to fit their needs.
The final cost of your breast lift will be influenced by anesthesia fees, facility fees, surgeon’s fees, combination procedures, pre-surgical tests, post-surgical bandages and dressings, and medication. Dr. Kronowitz performs breast lift surgery in state-of-the-art surgical facilities or hospitals so that you receive the best care possible.
Can a breast lift be covered by insurance?
Breast lift surgery isn’t usually covered by insurance companies unless it’s part of a breast reduction, breast reconstruction, or mastectomy.
Are You Interested in Breast Lift Surgery in Houston, Texas?
To learn more about breast lift surgery or to set up a consultation with Dr. Kronowitz, please call us at (713) 523-0300 or fill out our online contact form. Dr. Kronowitz offers breast lift surgery for women from Houston, Kingwood, Cypress, and The Woodlands.
Locations
Bellaire
6565 West Loop South, Suite 850
Bellaire, TX 77401
Kingwood
4533 Kingwood Dr., Suite 100
Kingwood Area, TX 77345
The Woodlands
9180 Pinecroft Dr. , Suite 250
The Woodlands, TX 77380
Cypress
27700 Northwest Fwy, Suite 330
Cypress, TX 77433