10 Things To Consider Before A Breast Lift – Dr. Ted Eisenberg
Are you a candidate for a breast lift? Should you also consider implants? What can you expect during recovery? Here are 10 things consider.
A breast lift, or mastopexy, raises and firms your breasts, giving them a more youthful look. Dr. Ted Eisenberg accomplishes this by removing the excess skin, moving the nipples to a new, higher position, and suturing the remaining tissue together to create a sling – essentially a natural support bra – that raises and reshapes your breasts.
To determine if you are a candidate for a lift, try the “pencil test.” Take off your bra and look in the mirror. Place a pencil horizontally along the crease under your breast where your bra band would rest. Does your nipple – not your areola – rest above, below, or at the pencil?
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I’ve answered hundreds of questions about breast implants in my office and in my book, The Scoop On Breasts: A Plastic Surgeon Busts the Myths, but answering questions on Reddit? That’s another story! I hosted a Reddit AMA (Ask Me Anything!) session. I was introduced like this . . .
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No crystal ball can predict if, how much, and how soon your breasts will lose their shape and firmness, and if you’ll need breast implants or a breast lift to return them to their former glory.
Looking for a culprit? You can blame the following for the droop (medically known as ptosis). Hint: the “p” is psilent.
Genetics: Breasts can start drooping at any age depending on your genes and the elasticity of your skin. That’s why it’s not uncommon for teens to have droopy breasts. Some girls say that they were “born with saggy breasts” or that they “just developed this way.”
read moreWhy Have a Breast Augmentation: 13 Women Tell All
Before and after photos show how a breast augmentation, breast lift or breast reduction changes a woman, but it’s her words that fill out the picture. More than 100 of my patients have shared their thoughts about the process from start to finish in reviews on RealSelf.com, a plastic surgery website. Here are a dozen excerpts that give you a peek into why they had surgery and how they feel about it afterward.
read moreCan I Get a Breast Lift With Implants?
In 2010, I was interviewed for an article in New You magazine about the I.D.E.A.L Breast Lift technique that I created. Through the years, I’ve continued to use this approach for breast lift surgery – with and without breast implants – and I’m really proud of it. I wanted to share an excerpt of the article by Rochelle Nataloni in my latest blog.
Perk Up: Pregnancy, weight loss and aging can get the ‘girls’ down, but breast lift surgery can restore their joie de vivre
For 26-year-old Rachael L. (not her real name), breast lift surgery came to the rescue following a weight loss that left her with breasts that didn’t suit her otherwise fit and youthful body. “I had lost some weight that I had put on in college, and I wanted to be perkier again,” explains Rachael, who considered a breast lift (or mastopexy) for a little over a year before deciding to move forward with the procedure.
Rachael opted to have the surgery performed by Dr. Ted Eisenberg, a board certified plastic surgeon whose name is synonymous with cosmetic breast surgery in Philadelphia and the surrounding Delaware Valley.
Dr. Eisenberg’s practice is dedicated entirely to cosmetic breast surgery; he’s performed over 7,000 breast surgeries including lifts, augmentations, and a combination of the two. Because he focuses exclusively on breasts, he’s developed improvements to the conventional breast lift technique.
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