A boob lift requires anesthesia and carries with it the risks associated with surgery, including potential adverse reactions from anesthesia, nerve, blood vessel, or muscle damage, or the formation of a hematoma that must be drained off afterward. Other potential issues may include numbness in breast skin nipples or areolas and difficulty breastfeeding in the future.
What You Can Expect
After surgery, your breasts should look firmer and younger. Once swelling and bruising have subsided, the full effect should become visible. To prolong these enhanced breast contours over time, avoid weight fluctuations by maintaining a stable healthy weight by maintaining stable eating patterns as much as possible and refraining from fluctuations.
Based on your preferences, your surgeon may use the “lollipop” incision technique, which involves making two horizontal incisions on either side of your areola and another vertical one across your nipple crease to allow reshaping and removal of excess skin with minor scarring while creating minor changes to both areola and nipple size as necessary. If necessary, relocation or reduction could also occur depending on their position on your areola.
A boob lift can reverse the effects of pregnancy, age-related volume loss, and weight changes on your breasts by lifting sagging tissue and repositioning your nipple. Unfortunately, however, this procedure won’t stop or prevent future sagging, making it important to discuss your surgical goals with your plastic surgeon beforehand.
Recovery After Boob Lift
After having boob lift surgery, you may experience discomfort for several weeks as your incisions heal. Swelling and bruising in the breasts could occur as well as numbness in nipples and areolae lasting up to six weeks. For optimal recovery results it is important to rest and take it easy during the recovery period, meaning avoiding strenuous activities such as straining or bending over; sleeping on your back to avoid placing pressure on the incision sites; showering should not directly aiming water towards incision sites when showering or using shower head-mounted systems aimed directly towards incision sites when showering directly towards incision sites.
If you are taking blood thinners, speak with your primary care physician about adjusting the dosages accordingly. Compression garments may help speed the healing process; though results will take several months to become fully apparent.