Posted April 03, 2023 in Breast Lift
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While many women undergo breast augmentation early in their lives (in their 20s), other women wait until later (from their 30s to their 50s and beyond) to improve the size of their breasts. These women often wait until they see the changes (such as those caused by pregnancy, breastfeeding, weight loss, and age).
However, for this group of women, improving the size and shape of their breasts may not be enough to give them the transformed appearance they want. Luckily, breast lift surgery can help.
Below, you will find some information to help you understand what a breast lift can do for you and why you may want to add it to your breast augmentation.
What Is the Difference Between a Breast Augmentation and a Breast Lift?
Breast augmentation surgery enhances the breasts’ size, shape, and fullness. The most common way this is done is by using breast implants. These implants (either saline implants or silicone implants) are inserted in the breasts to give women a natural-looking improvement to their breast aesthetic.
Breast lift surgery (also known as mastopexy) does not improve the size or volume of the breasts but rather does just as the name suggests: it lifts the breasts to a more natural and aesthetically pleasing height.
With a breast lift, Dr. Kronowitz repositions and tightens your breast tissue and removes excess skin to help correct loose and sagging breasts, giving them a perkier and more youthful appearance.
Tired of Your Drooping Breasts?
Dr. Kronowitz in Houston, Texas, has innovated a breast lift technique that only requires a short-vertical scar and creates a breast shape that resembles an augmented breast.
However, if so desired, Dr. Kronowitz can inject fat (stem cells) into the lifted breast for a larger, more-full appearance without needing a breast implant. The injected fat also rejuvenates the skin by reducing the skin laxity and improving the appearance of stretch marks and thinned-out breast skin that can occur after childbearing.
View more transformations by visiting our breast lift and augmentation before and after gallery.
Breast Lift With Breast Implants or Fat Transfer to the Breast
Many women choose to undergo breast lift surgery as a standalone procedure.
These women are content with the size of their breasts and don’t desire an increase in volume, but their breasts are still sagging due to age and/or lifestyle.
Dr. Kronowitz is an expert in combining minimal incision breast lifting with the insertion of under-the-muscle breast implants.
If you don’t want breast implants but want a fuller breast, Dr. K will perform fat grafting to the breasts. Fat transfer to the breasts (fat grafting) is a procedure in which fat is extracted from one area of your body (usually the thighs, abdomen, or buttocks) through liposuction surgery.
This fat is then purified and combined with your own stem cells. After this process, the fat is injected into your breasts to naturally increase breast size and volume. One of the best aspects of fat transfer breast augmentation is that you will have a natural look and feel to your breasts.
If you choose to augment your breast size and shape with fat transfer, a breast lift can be added to give you that more youthful height to your breasts.
Why Would I Want to Combine These Procedures?
Women undergo breast augmentation surgery because they are unhappy with their breasts’ size or shape. And while increasing the size and symmetry of the breasts is fantastic, the reality is that larger, more voluminous implants will not correct sagging breasts.
To beat this issue, it is a smart idea to combine a breast lift with your augmentation.
After your augmentation with a lift, you will have larger, fuller, higher, more youthful breasts that will be turning heads left and right. This combination will provide a more complete transformation that will allow you to feel comfortable and confident in your new appearance.
Do You Have Any Questions?
If you are interested in breast augmentation surgery, breast lift surgery, or are thinking about combining these procedures, we invite you to contact us at 713-523-0300 or fill our online form to schedule a consultation.
We look forward to helping you achieve the appearance you desire!