Often known as Mastopexy, breast lift is a cosmetic procedure done to reshape the breast. During this procedure, excessive skin is removed and the tissues of the breast are restructured to give the breast a boost or lift without increasing or decreasing the size of the breast. A breast lift surgery is known to significantly improve a women’s self-image and confidence. Depending of the extend of sagginess, loose tissue, skin elasticity and other factors, a cosmetic surgeon will recommend which technique of breast lift will be most appropriate to you. The breast lift techniques are as follows:

• Anchor breast lift

Women with excessive sagginess and loose muscle, who wish to have a significant lift, are ideal candidates for this procedure. An anchor life or ‘Inverted T’ lift involves the surgeons making three incisions. The first incision is done on the rim or the outline of the areola, the second is make vertically from the bottom of the areola to the natural crease of the breast, and the third is made horizontally along the inframammary fold or the natural crease of the breast.

• Peri-areolar breast lift

Also known as the ‘doughnut lift’, this procedure is recommended for women who experience mild or moderate sagging and could do with a slight lift. In this technique, the cosmetic surgeon makes a singular round cut around the outer edge of the areola. Due to this, the incision scars are minimally visible.

• Vertical mastopexy

For women seeking to uplift moderately saggy breast and also reshape them, can be a good candidate for this procedure. In this technique, the cosmetic surgeon makes two cuts, one around the areola, and another vertically from the underside of the areola to natural crease of the breast. This is the reason; the technique is also known as the ‘Lollypop Lift’ because of the type of the incision involved.

• Crescent breast lift

Generally, a crescent breast lift is suggested to those with minimal sagginess. It involves only one cut or incision along the top outer rim of the areola. Because of this, there is a nearly invisible incision scar which eventually gets hidden with the dark pigment of the areola.

In several cases, along with a breast lift procedure, patients also chosen to undergo either a breast reduction to reduce the size of the breasts or a breast augmentation to add volume to the breast.