Tummy Tuck: Prices, Photos, Reviews, Info, Q&A

Abdominoplasty and breast lift

Tummy tuck and breast lift is a combination of surgical procedures that are designed to make a flat stomach, remove the fat folds, and move the position of the nipple and areola, remove excess skin and redistribute breast tissue, give the breast a natural harmonious form.

Tummy tuck and breast lift most often indicated for women with symptoms of ptosis (drooping) of the breast and abdominal skin. Ptosis occurs due to to various reasons.

This usually occurs after birth and breastfeeding. During this period in the body is increased hormones, due to this is an increase in breast size, and stretched skin due to the fetus. This leads to a stretching of the skin and internal supporting ligaments of   mammary glands.

In the postpartum period occurs reduction in the overall weight, and reducing skin and ligamentous apparatus. Unfortunately this does not happen to all women, very often breasts and tummy change their shape with the development of tissue ptosis.

Tummy tuck and breast lift scar

The most pronounced lactation ptosis is seen in patients with high volume and the prevalence of breast fat tissue in composition of the breast. The second cause of ptosis of tummy and breasts – a sharp decrease in body weight.

Not uncommon cases of so-called “age of ptosis” of breast and abdomen, due to the reduction of elastic properties of the skin.

What is a tummy tuck and breast lift?

tummy tuck and breast lift surgery

Women’s breasts, no matter how attractive may be by nature, with the passage of time are changing. Breast shape and volume also changes with age. Breast lift (mastopexy), in this case, the best solution for many women.

Drooping breasts is a natural consequence of age-related changes of the skin and subcutaneous structures. Also, drooping breasts can occur due to drastic weight loss. Breast lift surgery will help restore the breasts beautiful and natural shape. Quite popular breast lift after childbirth: during pregnancy breast volume increases, and after the period of breast-feeding – it loses its contours and becomes less elastic.

After tummy tuck and breast lift surgery

Breast lift – plastic surgery that helps restore the shape of the breast. Best results allows to achieve among women who have small breasts, while the effect of surgery is maintained for quite a long time. This is due to the fact that there is no need for a substantial correction of overstretched tissue.

Breast lift surgery may be performed in conjunction with other surgical procedures (eg, increase or decrease the volume of the breast, or a tummy tuck). Also necessary to mention about the relationship of mastopexy with pregnancy. If you are planning to soon become a mother, you are advised to postpone surgery for breast lift. The reason – the natural changes that occur in the breasts during pregnancy.

By making mastopexy in this period it is possible to degrade the result of surgery. At the same time, it should be noted that the breast lift have no impact on course of pregnancy and childbirth.

Tummy tuck and breast lift compression garment

After breast lift woman can hereinafter nurse the child. Surgery has no effect on the health of the patient. Breast lift only makes breasts beautiful and attractive, eliminates its omission and boost any ego.

During a tummy tuck, which is done under general anesthesia, the muscle layer is sutured, removed the excess skin of the anterior abdominal wall and excess subcutaneous fat. If there are inguinal, umbilical hernia or postoperative anterior abdominal wall then they will be deleted. Sometimes abdominoplasty is combined with liposuction.

Tummy tuck can be divided into full and partial.

Breast lift after lactation

Tummy tuck surgery and breast lift

Breast lift can be done after the cessation of lactation as soon subside ducts of the mammary glands. Weight stabilization is of considerable importance before surgery. If you have a stable weight and you will not lose weight, then you can do breast lift. Otherwise, it is recommended reduce the weight to the desired mark, and then do the surgery of lifting the breast.

During pregnancy the stretch marks often appear on the chest, and the increases areolas. And, as a rule, women are concerned about: if you make a breast lift with reduction of areolas, will stretch marks be less noticeable? Part of the stretch marks is removed during the performance of breast lift. The remaining stretch marks can be removed using dermal or fractional procedures of photothermolysis by laser ie laser tummy tuck. In any case, it is necessary to know that stretch marks can not be removed completely, but with a laser they can be made ​​less noticeable.

Is it possible to elevate the breasts without the silicone?

Tummy tuck scar and breast lift

The surgeon can perform a breast lift without the use of silicone implants. Tightening of the breast is performed using different techniques: periareolar approach, after which leaves a scar around the areola, or breast lift SPAIR approach, after which remains scar around the areola and on the lower slopes of the breast. There is also a breast lift procedure, after which the scar is around the areola, on the lower slopes of the breast and in the crease under the breast.

Only on internal consultation, depending on the state, volume and shape of of mammary glands, as well as your wishes, it will be possible determine the type of lift, mastopexy, of mammary glands: the tightening around the areola, periareolar approach mastopexy with vertical scar, or will need to perform a breast enlargement with simultaneous tightening. Cost is determined individually for internal consultation, depending on the type of breast lift.

Before tummy tuck and breast lift

Anesthesia of breast lift and tummy tuck

The choice of anesthesia in each case is individual. During surgery used general anesthesia (intravenous, endotracheal anesthesia).

Breast lift and tummy tuck is performed only under general anesthesia. Duration of each surgery takes between 2 to 2.5 hours. On the day after surgery you necessarily have to stay in the hospital.

Hospitalization after tummy tuck takes about four days, during which is possible  pain , that are eliminated by using painkillers. And yet you have to walk on dressings, and about a month to wear special clothes for uniform compression and scarring of the skin.

What risks after breast lift and tummy tuck?

After this plastic surgeries the lowest percentage of possible complications. But still, after a breast lift may develop any general-surgical complications: hematoma, abscess, scar deformity, necrosis of edges, dehiscence, seroma etc.

There are contraindications to the tummy tuck. This, above all, diseases such as heart and lung disorders, diabetes, pronounced obesity . Another obstacle to this surgery will be the pregnancy, planned for 12 months after the surgery and results of other surgical procedures – postoperative scars above the navel.