BREAST LIFT VS. BREAST REDUCTION: THE RIGHT OPTION FOR YOU

Published on 15/02/2025 .

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Whether you should undergo a breast reduction, or a breast lift depends on your specific needs and aesthetic choices. If you’re dissatisfied with the size, shape, appearance, or positioning of your breasts, it might be time to consider surgical options. However, based on your unique concerns and issues, Dr. Lyor Hanan helps you make the decision between a breast reduction and a breast lift (mastopexy). Sometimes combining the two treatments will boost your confidence and breasts.

Breast Reduction

Breast reduction surgery is beneficial for women who are physically or emotionally uncomfortable with their large, heavy breasts. If you have chronic neck, back, or shoulder pain, it may interfere with your daily activities. Exercise and other activities become difficult because of the noticeable “grooving” of the bra straps in the shoulder blades caused by the weight of the breasts.

Breast reduction surgery gives the breasts a beautiful shape by elevating and repositioning them on the chest wall in addition to eliminating excess tissue. Your breast size becomes much more proportionate to your body, and your lifestyle much improves. Scars from a breast reduction heal well and are typically shaped like an anchor. Dr. Lyor Hanan carefully arranges your incisions to minimise visibility.

Breast Lift

Increasing the breasts’ lift and shape are the primary goals of breast lift surgery. If you are satisfied with the size of your breasts but have noticed that they have shrunk (either due to breastfeeding, weight loss, or simply ageing), you might be a good candidate for a mastopexy.

The specific portion of the breast that must be elevated is the focus of each of the many mastopexy techniques. The scars that surround the areola may be round, lollipop, or anchor scars. The degree of breast laxity determines the type of breast lift that is performed.

While both procedures improve the appearance of your breasts, the primary goals of a breast reduction are to lessen their size and alleviate pain.

Whether you have a mastopexy, breast reduction, or both, your breasts will be lifted, reshaped, and moved to sit more beautifully on your chest. Women sometimes combine breast procedures as part of a full mommy makeover surgery, which addresses several postpartum changes in the body in a single procedure with a single recuperation period.

Article written by Doctor Hanan

Dr Lyor Hanan specializes in aesthetic and reconstructive surgery, with a particular expertise in facial surgery.