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The mastopexy is the aesthetic surgery that is responsible for the fallen chest. When the skin of the breasts presents flaccidity, for reasons of weight change, distension of the skin (age, pregnancy, volume) produces an excessive fall of the breasts called ptosis.

It is very common that the breasts lose firmness over the years, since the neck area is only supported by the skin itself, since there are no bones to support it.

What is mastopexy?

The breast lift consists of placing the breasts in their original anatomical location from which they have left for different reasons. This type of surgery does not involve an increase, but repositioning of the breast tissue, elevation of the areolas and nipples and the elimination of excess skin from the fallen chest to achieve a more harmonious breast appearance.

The benefits of breast lift (mastopexy)

The advantages of a mastopexy are mainly aesthetic and, therefore, are directly related to the patient’s self-esteem. But, also it is possible to emphasize, that in certain occasions the fallen chest can cause pain of back and neck, due to the weight and its relation with the position.

Both breast lift (mastopexy) and breast lift with implants (mastopexy with augmentation) can transform your figure.

Breast lift without implants can help a woman whose breasts are sitting on top of her stomach. They are lifted so that the breasts are back in their chest without support, as they were before the children, increase and / or weight loss and over the years.

Mastopexy with prosthesis

A breast lift with implants has all the advantages of a breast lift, including the ability to lift the breasts off the stomach to make the stomach look smaller and the ability to take the nipples that point south and make them point forward again. In addition to these advantages, a breast lift with implants can give something that a breast lift without implants can not; the coveted fullness in the upper part. And is that when you add prostheses in addition to raising the breast, volume is given.

Let yourself be advised by a professional plastic surgeon

To determine if you need a breast augmentation or a lift, it is likely that you need to visit a plastic surgeon to make an assessment and recommend the most appropriate for your case.

Is that the differences between breast lift and breast augmentation are few, but very relevant. Hence the importance of a good pre-operative diagnosis by a plastic surgeon to obtain a satisfactory result.

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Despite being one of the most requested and simple surgeries, it is surrounded by myths and falsehoods that can confuse the patient who wants to undergo breast augmentation.

Mammoplasty or breast augmentation by surgery is one of the most popular procedures in the world, however, there is a lot of disinformation around this, which we will clarify thanks to the extensive and recognized experience of Dr. Franklin Peña, Plastic, Aesthetic and Reconstructive Surgeon. Dr. Peña is accredited and belongs to the Ibero-Latin American Federation of Plastic Surgery (FILACP), Dominican Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery (SODOCIPRE), the Dominican College of Surgeons; He is a full member of the Dominican Medical Association (CMD), and is a member of the Dominican Association of Biomedical Journal Editors, among others, in the Dominican Republic.

We have compiled the most frequent concerns that we found on the internet, which Dr. Franklin Peña explains to us to help you make a better decision:

1. Implants must be changed every 10 years
False. Thanks to the advances made in materials, these are increasingly durable. This myth is due to a recommendation of the FDA (Food and Drug Administration of the United States) about breast implants of cohesive silicone gel. This recommendation is obsolete, since more is known about prostheses and these have evolved increasing their quality and durability. At present it is not necessary to change a breast implant unless it is broken, Dr. Pena clarifies.

2. Breast implants make you lose sensitivity
False. During the first days of the postoperative period, there may be less sensitivity due to inflammation of the area, and medications that block pain, but will return to normal.

3. You can not breastfeed after breast implants
False. The implant is placed posterior to the mammary gland, so it does not interfere with milk production, says Dr. Peña.

4. The body can reject implants
False. The implants are neutral to the body. What can happen, as Dr. Peña explains, is that there is a case of a capsular contracture around the implant. But this is not a rejection, and it only happens in 2 or 3% of cases.

5. Breast implants can cause cancer.
False. Numerous scientific studies have been carried out, showing that there is no relationship between breast augmentation with implants and the development of cancer, says Dr. Peña.

6. Prostheses are noticed, they do not look like a natural breast
False. A very natural look can be achieved, this will depend on the size, type of breast of the patient and the shape of the implant.

7. You can not do sports after a mammoplasty.
False. After the intervention, like any other, you should avoid doing activities that involve physical effort, but only

8. The placement of the implant is always the same.
False. Depending on the case, the possibilities are studied, it can be axillary, perialeolar and submammary. It can be placed behind the mammary gland and on top of the muscle or behind the muscle, this is determined in the consultation.

He added: “As specialists, it is important that we know how to respond to the patient each of their questions, understanding that this step in the operating room will have an impact far beyond his body.”

Summing up the exposed thing by the Dr. Franklin Peña, the great part of the prejudices that circulate around the operation of breast enlargement are false. Keep in mind that each body is particular, so all the descriptions that you read are generic and may or may not apply in your case. The advisable thing is to clear the doubts that you have with a plastic surgeon by means of a evaluation.

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There are many things that change your life: pregnancy, weight gain and loss, hormonal changes, but everything has a solution. These processes often cause flaccidity in the breast, becoming not only unattractive, but also often causes other physical discomforts, such as back pain.

It consists in lifting the breast, in repositioning and shaping the breast and, if the patient so wishes, also reduce the size of the areola.

Mastopexy surgery or breast lift consists of improving the shape of the female mammary gland, lifting it, giving it a more harmonious appearance.

How to know whether to do a lift with or without a breast implant?

A breast lift without implants can return the proper height to the breasts, achieving a better posture. You can recover the appearance they had before pregnancy, increase or loss of weight, and over the years.

This immediately returns a slimmer appearance to the woman’s body, and often reduces back pain caused by flaccid chest. This immediately returns a slimmer appearance to the woman’s body, and often reduces back pain caused by flaccid chest.

In addition to helping you look thinner, you can also repair nipples that point to the floor and lift them up to give you a more youthful appearance.

The most noticeable disadvantage is probably that the upper part of the chest is not fully visible. If what you are looking for other than lifting the bust is looking around, you should consider lifting with implants.

Breast implants will help you get a more pronounced neckline than breasts without implants. It aesthetically covers all the advantages of a lift adding beauty that for many means a pronounced neckline.

The disadvantage of a breast lift with implants, it is double. First of all, it has the additional cost for the procedure due to the implants. The disadvantage of a breast lift with implants is double.

First, it has the additional cost for the procedure due to the implants. The second is that for most young women, somewhere along the way, the implants will have to be replaced by new ones.

This is usually done after many years and at that time, most women are returning to the plastic surgeon for some additional touch-up in the fight against aging.

Less often is more, choose properly
Like any surgical procedure, at the decision to take this step, it must be very personal. But, you should consider the guidelines provided by your plastic surgeon at the time of the evaluation, and the selection of the appropriate procedure in your case.

In the case of implants, it is very common to see the mistake in terms of size selection. Consider the opinion of your plastic surgeon in this aspect, since by measuring your body he can help you select the size that best suits your body.

Of course, always considering how you want to see and feel with this change, which should be positive for you.

Local or general anesthesia is used depending on the conditions of each patient. The recovery process, like most aesthetic procedures, lasts 10 to 15 days. After this period, patients can carry out their routine activities, leaving for after a month to do exercises, beach or sunbathing.

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