Five Reasons Women Get Mastopexy
Breast lift is the more common term known for the surgical procedure known as mastopexy. Mastopexy literally refers to any kind of breast surgery. Most people, however, refer to mastopexy as a breast lift. This is because other surgical procedures involving breasts have their own names (i.e. breast augmentation, breast enlargement, breast reduction)
Five of the most common reasons women elect mastopexy procedures are:
• To reshape the areola. A woman may feel that her areolas are too large for her breasts. She may feel that they are not similar looking enough.
• To move the areola. In this case, a woman may think her areolas are pointing too low. Alternatively, they may not point in the same “headlight” direction.
• To change the shape of breasts. Many reasons may make a woman want to change the overall shape of her breasts. Her breasts may have developed abnormally congenitally. They could be misshapen through an accident or necessary surgery. The breasts could also be noticeably different sizes.
• To change the size of the breasts during breast augmentation. This process is done in conjunction with breast implants.
• To raise sagging breasts. Aging, weight gain, pregnancy, and breast feeding have the same impact on the once perky breasts of youth. Over time, most women’s breasts tend to sag and become more pendulant. A woman may want her breasts reshaped so that they do not have as saggy an appearance.
Generally, during a mastopexy skin around the breasts will be cut out. This process sculpts the breast shape. Mastopexy can greatly improve the shapes of the breasts. Early surgeries would leave small vertical scars coming down from the areola. The visibility of these scars differed individually. This type of surgery is called the anchor-shaped mastopexy because of the resulting scar.
Plastic surgeons have made progress with reducing the amount of scarring noticeable from mastopexies. Unless a lot of skin must be removed, an alternative mastopexy procedure is available. This is called the concentric or doughnut mastopexy. This procedure only leaves a thin scar around the areolas. For this type of mastopexy, sometimes only local anaesthesia is used as opposed to general anaesthesia.
Women have been able to convince their insurance company that a breast reduction is medically necessary. Back pain is a main reason used. Ulcerations of skin folds under the breasts are also used as medically necessary. This is the only way insurance companies will sign off for surgery coverage. Unfortunately, the same has not been the case for mastopexy. For most cases, women have not had much luck convincing insurance companies that this procedure is medically necessary. Exceptions occur sometimes when breasts are reshaped as a result of cancer surgery.
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