For so many women, much more important than breast size is a beautiful, natural, youthful breast shape. Pregnancy, weight gain and loss, heredity, or advancing age can predispose to loss of breast volume, projection and position. Dr. Kolker's Breast Lift Surgery in New York, also known as a mastopexy, restores a more youthful, perky, attractive shape, proportion and balance to the breasts.
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These Breast Lift before and after pictures represent actual patients from Dr. Kolker. They will help to assist you in understanding your various options and enable you to set realistic goals for your own surgical outcome. Click on a patient for their specific case details.
“My experience with Dr. Kolker and his staff made it obvious that I should never consider another plastic surgeon! I had several consultations with other cosmetic surgeons for a breast lift procedure before making the indisputable choice to go with Dr. Kolker.”
— S.K. / NYC
Along with breast droop and deflation, areolas may enlarge, and breast skin may stretch and become thin and inelastic. Breasts that are low situated, droopy, or not ideally shaped may also be present from the earliest phases of breast development.
Whether sag, volume loss, and unsatisfactory breast shape has developed postpartum, following weight change, over time, or if it has always been present, correction with a breast lift should be considered. Low-lying nipple-areolar position can be elevated, larger areolas can be reduced and made more proportional, the existing breast gland can be lifted to a more ideal position, and the entire breast can be firmed and reshaped to return the breasts to more attractive and beautiful balance.
Restoration of volume in the upper pole of the breast (the region above the nipple) may be achieved in many instances with existing breast gland; when there has been more significant volume loss, particularly after pregnancy or weight loss, replacing lost volume with breast implants (breast augmentation-mastopexy) may be indicated.
In select circumstances, breast implants alone may be sufficient to achieve the desired result, however when significant improvements in position, tone and shape are required, our New York Breast Lift is often the best choice to achieve your desired goals.
Breast lifts are as different as the individual who requires it, and the surgeon who performs it. The breast lift surgeon you choose does make a difference. From initial evaluation, planning, and through the surgery, a breast lift is so much more than simply reducing extra skin and tightening breast skin. It is a very delicate, aesthetic, and truly sculptural process that requires artistic vision, vast experience, and technical finesse to achieve the most beautiful results.
Taking all of these variables into consideration, Dr. Adam Kolker, a Breast Lift Surgeon in New York, will help to advise you regarding the best breast lift procedure, or combination of procedures, to achieve your unique goals.
Dr. Adam Kolker is an active member of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons, the New York Regional Society of Plastic Surgeons, the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, the American Society of Maxillofacial Surgeons, the Northeastern Society of Plastic Surgeons, and is a Fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics and the American College of Surgeons.
There are so many different forms of breast droop, deflation, and insufficient shape, and an equally wide array of individual goals for correction. Therefore, every Breast Lift procedure with Dr. Kolker, a double board-certified plastic surgeon, is uniquely personalized and tailored specifically to both anatomy and desire.
Breast lift incision choices will vary depending upon the degree of deflation, the breast and nipple position, the elasticity of the skin, and whether or not volume will be restored concomitantly with breast implants.
Breast lift surgery can be performed using native tissues only, or with the addition of volume using breast implants to better restore a more youthful, natural shape.
“Breast lift surgery is a uniquely creative and sculptural process. Restoration of youthful position, improving the tone and turgor of skin, re-establishment of projection, and artistically reshaping the breast are all essential in achieving the most gorgeous results. Even more gratifying than the beautiful and balanced look that can be achieved is the tremendous improvement in how people feel.”
Dr. Adam KolkerBreast lift planning begins with an in-depth discussion and careful examination so that your unique desires can be paired with your physical needs to establish the best breast lift technical approach.
Experienced not simply in the performance of the most modern techniques, but in their development and improvement, Dr. Kolker will recommend the procedure that marries the goal of the most beautiful breast lift result with the most minimal incisions necessary to achieve it.
What are the types of breast lifts?
Breast droop is characterized and classified to four general types to aid in formulating the best Breast Lift technique:
In addition to the positional factors listed above, these must all be considered when choosing the best Breast Lift approach:
In the mildest forms, a circumareolar mastopexy, with an incision confined to the areola, is appropriate.
In certain cases with more moderate droop where breast implants will also be used, the circumareolar approach may also be appropriate. In situations where the breast droop is moderate and additional shaping, elevation and restoration of projection are required, a circumvertical mastopexy, with a lollipop incision around the areola and a vertical line beneath it, will yield the most pleasing shape.
In cases of the most severe breast droop and deflation where the most "lifting" is required, a breast lift that employs a circular incision around the areola, a line progressing vertically to the crease, and a limited incision within the crease may be indicated. In any case, only the shortest incisional approach will be undertaken to achieve the desired results.
If additional breast volume is desired, particularly in the restoration of the breast upper pole in the region above the nipple that tends to deflate postpartum or after weight loss, a breast lift can be combined with breast augmentation with the simultaneous placement of breast implants to further enhance the breast shape and balance.
Areolar reduction is commonly performed with mastopexy or Breast Lift. The final areolar size is chosen to be proportional with the perkier more lifted breast shape and position.
Women with breast ptosis (droop) due to pregnancy, loss of breast volume following weight loss, or developmental shape or position issues are the best candidates for mastopexy for breast lift.
Short scar breast lift incisions are preferred. Incisions can be circumareolar, lollipop, or inverted T. The choice of incisions will be informed by the amount of lifting in the amount of skin tailoring required.
Most Breast Lift procedures do not have an effect on one’s ability to breastfeed.
Breast reduction and breast lift go hand in hand. A breast lift is almost always performed along with a breast reduction.
While sensory change is possible, areolar sensitivity decreases are less common after most Breast Lifts.
Breast lift using radio frequency assisted lipectomy (RFAL) technology, known as BodyTite (BreastTite) is a promising scarless technique. Compared with more classical surgical breast lift, the effects are much more modest.
To schedule a private consultation with Dr. Kolker, please call the office or request an appointment online. We welcome your visit.
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