Discover How Mastopexy Can Revitalize Your Breasts in the Vancouver Area
When breast tissue starts to show signs of drooping—also referred to as ptosis—or nipples begin to point downward, the change can negatively affect a patient’s self-image and, subsequently, their confidence. That’s why many choose to seek a breast lift with the Vancouver area’s Dr. Robyn Watts. A breast lift, or mastopexy, is a simple but effective solution for people wishing to restore a tighter contour to their breasts.
Patients can experience sagging of the breast tissue for several different reasons, which is why we offer multiple breast lift techniques to best suit your mastopexy needs and achieve optimal results according to your individualized goals.
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Find out how a breast lift with Richmond and Vancouver’s Dr. Robyn Watts can help you achieve a restored look. Call 604-674-1997 or fill out our online contact form to schedule a consultation.
Who Are Good Candidates for a Breast Lift?
A breast lift improves the appearance of drooping by removing stretched-out and excess skin tissue and repositioning the nipple as necessary.
It’s important to note that a breast lift alone is not designed to change the volume or contours of the breast. If you are seeking to combine the ptosis correction of a lift with enhanced volume, you may want to consider our combined augmentation and lift procedure instead.
Ptosis of the breast can occur for multiple reasons, but the most common causes are aging, pregnancy, significant weight loss, or a combination of these factors. Women experiencing sagging breast tissue due to any of these causes are potential candidates for a breast lift.
Dr. Robyn Watts
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeon
Dr. Robyn Watts is a board-certified plastic surgeon specializing in breast reconstruction, cosmetic breast surgery, and body contouring. Trained in Canada and the U.S., she leads plastic surgery at Richmond Hospital, practices at Cambie Surgical Centre, teaches at UBC, and is known for meticulous technique, compassion, and natural results.
What Does a Typical Mastopexy Involve?
Each breast lift procedure is unique depending on the degree of correction required. However, all mastopexy procedures require an incision around the areola, allowing access to the patient’s breast tissue.
If the patient is only experiencing mild breast droop, a circular incision around the nipple may suffice. Patients with moderate ptosis may require a “keyhole” or “lollipop” incision, which involves an additional vertical scar below the areola. For more significant sagging, an “anchor” incision may be performed. This involves an additional opening made horizontally under the breast in addition to the circular and vertical incisions of the other two approaches. No matter which technique is chosen, all are designed to minimize scarring by concealing the incision as much as possible around the areola and within the inframammary fold under the breast.
Once the appropriate incision has been made, the excess skin and breast tissue causing a drooping appearance is carefully removed. The nipple is then repositioned higher and rotated slightly outward to match the new breast contour.
How Long Are the Procedure and Recovery Times for a Breast Lift?
Patients who choose our team for a breast lift in Vancouver will benefit from both an efficient procedure and dedicated follow-up care to support the smoothest possible recovery.
The length of a patient’s mastopexy procedure may vary slightly depending on the extent of correction needed, but on average it takes about two hours. Patients are allowed to return home the same day, and dissolvable stitches are used to close incisions, so there’s no need to return for suture removal.
You are advised to avoid any strenuous exercise or heavy lifting for the first two weeks of recovery, after which you should be able to return to your normal work routine. Patients are also advised to avoid wearing underwire bras for eight weeks following their breast lift in order to minimize any irritation of the incision scars. Dr. Robyn Watts and our team will be happy to offer continued guidance and post-operative scar treatment to help you achieve the best-looking results.
Can a Breast Lift Be Performed Alongside Other Cosmetic Surgeries?
A breast lift can go a long way toward helping you discover your ideal self-image, but our team is ready to help meet your other cosmetic goals as well. We offer many different treatments and procedures as part of a holistic approach to beauty—many of which pair well with a breast lift. As mentioned earlier, a breast lift does not affect the volume or size of the breasts on its own. Patients seeking to increase breast size can choose from a variety of implants through breast augmentation. A combined augmentation and lift procedure allows patients to achieve both added volume and lifted contour while saving on recovery time.
Likewise, breast reduction procedures with Dr. Robyn Watts typically include a lift to ensure the most natural-looking results.
Mastopexies aren’t the only type of lift available, either. Dr. Robyn Watts also offers arm, lower body, and upper body lifts for patients looking to tighten other areas where sagging tissue may occur due to aging or significant weight loss.
Schedule your breast lift with Richmond’s Dr. Robyn Watts. To get started with a personalized consultation, patients throughout the Vancouver area and beyond can call us at 604-674-1997 or fill out our online contact form to schedule an appointment.
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