Breast
Lift

After your breast lift surgery, Dr. Martin will dress the area in bandages and a compression garment which will help keep the area clean as well as reduce swelling. Drains may be used to prevent excess blood and fluid from building up. Your individual recovery time will depend on a variety of factors, including your natural healing response and if you combined your breast lift with other procedures. Getting plenty of rest and avoiding bending, straining and lifting can help support your recovery and results.

While you may notice changes immediately following your procedure, it can take several months before your final results are revealed. As you continue to heal, your breast should continue to take shape and settle into the new position. Residual swelling and scarring should fade as well.

Although your body will continue to change as you age, breast lift surgery can provide long-lasting results. To maintain your results, it’s best to follow a healthy diet and exercise and be sure you are finished having children as weight gain can undo your breast lift results.

We can provide breast lift pricing at your consultation. Please note that fees can vary based on individual needs and will be determined at your consultation. This includes all surgical fees, operating room and anesthesia fees as well as pre-op, post-op and follow-up visits. The only additional out of pocket costs would be prescriptions (if you don’t have insurance).

General anesthesia is administered so that you will be asleep throughout the procedure.

Surgery time is approximately an hour and a half. You will arrive 1 hour prior to surgery, and you will need to be in the recovery room for about 30 minutes to 1 hour after the surgery. Expect to be at the surgery center for a total of approximately 3 ½ hours.

We use a dissolvable suture. You will also have steri-strips along the incision, which can be removed in 7 days.

General anesthesia will be used during your surgery, so you should not feel any pain or discomfort. After your procedure, tenderness, bruising and swelling are to be expected.  Many of our patients find over-the-counter medications to be enough to manage their discomfort.

You may also experience numbness in your areolae, nipples and skin in the surgical area.  Feeling should return as you continue to heal. Dr. Martin will discuss pain management in more detail before your surgery.

Plan to take it easy for about 3-4 days before you are ready to go back to work. After the first week, light activity is fine and encouraged. In about 3 weeks you should be ready to resume all of your normal activities, including more strenuous work and exercise.

Because of the location of the incision, you will most likely have visible scarring. However, with adequate care and healing time, the scars should soften and fade. Scarring can be easily hidden when wearing a bra or bikini top.

While your newly lifted breasts may appear smaller, none of the breast tissue is removed during the procedure. Dr. Martin removes only the excess skin causing the sagging, but your breast volume should remain the same. Most women find they are wearing larger cup sizes because of the stretched skin that is responsible for the sagging.

If you are interested in increasing or decreasing breast volume, breast lift surgery can be easily combined with a breast reduction or breast augmentation.

On occasion, breast augmentation with implants may be recommended in addition to a breast lift to get the best results. You can discuss this option more with Dr. Martin during your consultation if you are a candidate.

After several weeks, all of the swelling should be gone and the incisions should be healing nicely.