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Breast Procedures
Breast Augmentation
Women with smaller breasts prior to pregnancy will oftentimes like the added volume that the physiological breast enlargement associated with pregnancy gives them. For this group of women, a simple breast augmentation (with saline or silicone implants) will be all that is needed to re-establish the look that they temporarily had while being pregnant.
Breast Lift
Conversely, women with moderate sized breasts may often experience greater degrees of breast enlargement that may exceed the elastic limits of the breast tissues, resulting in eventual sagging of the breasts. This group of women may want to consider a breast lift, or VERTICAL MASTOPEXY (see Figure 1a), with or without a corresponding implant, depending upon loss or gain of breast tissue volume.
Breast Reduction
Finally, women with larger breasts to begin with can often experience even further enlargement of the breasts during pregnancy that leaves them with larger and more ptotic breasts than they had to begin with. In this group, a VERTICAL BREAST REDUCTION would be the ideal choice for establishing a more comfortable breast size and shape.
Figure 1a.
Vertical Mastopexy with a Vertical Incision
(With or without an implant. Horizontal incision under breast rarely needed)