Breast Lift
Offered at our convenient location in Hamburg
Over the years a woman’s breasts can lose their shape and youthful appearance due to many reasons, including: Pregnancy, breastfeeding, aging and loss of skin elasticity. This can result in deflated and saggy (ptotic) appearing breasts.
A mastopexy procedure aims at tightening and reshaping the sagging breasts to restore a more natural shape and firmness of the breasts. If there is also significant volume loss to the breasts which might occur following massive weight loss then breast augmentation can be recommended in addition.
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Consultation
The main goal is to provide you with realistic expectations. The skin incisions and complexity of the procedure chosen depends on individual characteristics such as age, breast size and shape as well as skin quality. The necessity of additional breast augmentation based on personal preferences can also be determined at this time.
Before and After Photos
Surgical Method
We employ the most up to date concepts in our surgical techniques. The operation for breast mastopexy is performed under general anesthesia. The technique applied is based on individual patient parameters, anatomical characteristics and most importantly the degree of breast skin excess and ptosis. During the surgery, skin excess is removed and the breasts are re-shaped and positioned higher giving the patient lifted and more shapely breasts. The nipples are also adjusted making their size and position more symmetrical and very often smaller. Scars cannot be completely avoided regardless of the technique employed. However, meticulous skin suture techniques are used to ensure the most inconspicuous scars possible. In general, most scars fade over time resulting in youthful more shapely appearing breasts.
Post Operative Care
There will be some degree of bruising and swelling, which tends to subside gradually over a few weeks. A breast lift procedure can achieve an improved and more feminine appearing breast shape.
Patients tend to be delighted that they no longer feel self-conscious when not wearing a push-up bra or padded bikini top.
FAQ: Breast Lift Operation
Can I still breast feed after a breast lift operation?
Theoretically, any type of breast operation has a potential for decreasing the chances that a patient will be able to successfully breast-feed. A breast lift results in more shapely, and fuller appearance of the breasts by raising of the nipple-areolar complex to an appropriate position. There is an incision made around the areola along with some rearrangement of the breast tissue including the milk ducts. This can also vary depending on the technique used. Despite this it is possible in most cases for women to breastfeed after surgery.
Is it possible to perform breast enlargement using fat transfer in combination with a breast lift procedure?
A breast lift procedure helps to create shapely breasts with elevation of the nipple-areolar complex by removing excess sagging skin. However, it does change the size of the breast. If breast enlargement is also desired in addition, then the harvested fat from unwanted areas such as the stomach or legs can be processed and injected into the breasts to give the desired shape and size.
About Dr. Dalia Tobbia
Plastische Chirurgie Am Klosterstern
- Board certification
- German Board Exams for Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery
- Education and training
- Bachelor-Abschluss in Kunst, Trinity College Dublin
- Internship und chirurgische Grundausbildung, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland
- Facharztausbildung, Universität Göttingen
- Bachelor in Medicine, University of Dublin, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland (2003)
- Doctorate of Medicine, University of Dublin, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland (2010)
- Fellowship, Department of Plastic Surgery, The University of Toronto, Post Graduate Medical Education, Toronto, Canada (2009)
- Fellowship, Microsurgical Lymphnode Transplantation, University Hospital Gent, Aalsters Stedelijk Ziekenhuis, Gent, Belgium (2012)
- Fellowship, Supermicrosurgery, University of Tokyo Hospital, Tokyo, Japan (2012)
- Fellowship, Department of Plastic Surgery, Division of Reconstructive Microsurgery, Chang Gung Memorial University Hospital, Linkou, Taiwan (2015)
- Clinical Fellowship, Reconstructive Microsurgery of the Head and Neck, Breast and Lymphedema, Chang Gung Memorial University Hospital, Linkou, Taiwan (2014–2015)
- Visiting Fellowship, Supermicrosurgery of the Lymphatic System, University of Tokyo Hospital, Tokyo, Japan (2015)
- Memberships
- Fellow, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (2007)
- Membership, The Royal College of Surgeons, Dublin, Ireland (2007)
- Awards
- Zeiss Microsurgery Award
- Research Fellowship Funding Grant, Henrietta Breast Cancer Foundation, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Center (2006)
- Research Grant, Canadian Institute of Health Research (2007)
- Clinical Fellowship Grant, Wolfgang-Müller-Osten-Stiftung, German Surgical Association (2008)
- Award for best Presentation, The Canadian Breast Cancer Research Alliance (2008)
- Award for best Podium Presentation for Microsurgery, Canadian Society of Plastic Surgery Annual Meeting (2008)
- Prize for best Clinical Tutor, Adelaide and Meath Hospital, Trinity College, Dublin (2009)
- Lewis Rudin Award, New York Academy of Medicine (2010)
- Heidenreich von Siebold Research Funding, Georg-August-University, Göttingen (2011)