A boob lift typically takes place in either a hospital or surgical center. Your cosmetic surgeon will prepare the surgical area and make incisions around the areolas; then remove excess skin, fat, and muscle before shrinking the size of the areolas while simultaneously shifting them higher on their bodies.
Results should be long-lasting; however, over time the breasts may start to sag again.
Bruising After Boob Lift Surgery
Mastopexy or boob lift surgery can provide those suffering from sagging, drooping breasts with an option for creating a more balanced appearance and alleviating back and neck pain, as well as increasing self-esteem. Many women choose to combine mastopexy with breast implants for maximum improvement of the shape and size of their chests.
Care should be taken around incisions. You will require a supportive bra and should avoid touching them directly with your hands. In addition, it’s possible that some nerve endings, including those in your nipples, areolas, and breast skin may become numb for several weeks following surgery.
Undergoing breast lift surgery will leave visible scars, but they’re typically very inconspicuous. Scars might initially appear lumpy and red before gradually softening into thin white lines over time. Although incisions will remain permanent, over time their impact should lessen and they should soften over time.
Numbness
After having your breast lifted, it is common to feel some degree of numbness in your nipples due to the compression of nerve fibers that supply sensation to your skin after surgery. This numbness should usually disappear with time as nerves recuperate.
An anesthesia will be given to help alleviate your pain during the procedure. Your surgeon will mark out the surgical area before using a tool to make incisions around your areolae and make incisions with it, before cutting, reshaping, and removing fat tissue from your body; they may also move your nipples higher before closing incisions afterwards.
Your surgeon may place drains at your incision sites to collect fluid or blood. They should be removed a few days post-op, and you may also receive a supportive bra to provide further support while your breasts heal. Ice should never be placed directly onto an incision as it will decrease blood flow to that site and increase swelling.
Swelling
Mastopexy, more commonly referred to as a boob lift, can dramatically transform breast appearance by firming and more youthfully shaping them. But it’s important to keep in mind that mastopexy scars may remain permanent with reddening or lumpiness for an indefinite amount of time before softening over time.
Your surgeon will use a medical skin marker to mark where your nipple should go, before cutting away or reshaping excess tissue and possibly extracting fatty deposits from under your breasts. In some instances, they can even place breast implants during this process.
Most women can leave the hospital or outpatient surgery center on the same day of an operation with the assistance of a friend or family member driving them home. After their procedure, patients should avoid exerting too much pressure on their chest area by sleeping upright, lifting heavy objects, putting pressure on the chest area when sitting up, or placing ice on the breast area as this will reduce vital blood supply to that region.
Pain
After receiving a breast lift, pain can sometimes arise in the chest area due to bruising, swelling, and incisions made for surgery. Furthermore, anesthesia may also have adverse side effects which cause discomfort in this region.
Your surgeon will use local anesthesia or a combination of anesthetics to numb you before beginning the procedure.
After incisions have been made around your areolas, they will remove or reduce excess fat tissue, skin, and muscle using cutting instruments and may reshape or relocate your nipples or areolas before closing up their incisions when the procedure has concluded.
Bruising can cause significant pain as your body absorbs damaged red blood cells. Over time, they will change color and eventually fade away. Numbness or tingling in breasts, nipples, or areolas may be temporary as a result of trauma to nerve fibers that supply these areas, or permanent as a result of permanent sensation changes that impede nursing or physical activity. Communicating with your surgeon during this period is key in order to identify any issues and correct them promptly.