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March 14, 2022

True Or False: Breast Lift Surgery

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breast lift, breast augmentation, breast surgery, cosmetic procedures, plastic surgeon No one wants to get old; or more accurately, no one wants to look old. And drooping, sagging breasts are one of the most common aesthetic concerns that I hear about from my patients. In addition to hanging down lower than the ideal breast position that most women prefer, sagging breasts often lose their shape and firmness. Breast sagging can result from several factors including gravity, weight fluctuation, pregnancy, breastfeeding, and aging. Thankfully, breast lift surgery (also known as mastopexy) can provide tremendous relief for women who experience breast sagging. With so much information available online, it can be difficult to know what is true and what is false regarding your potential breast lift. That is why I am happy to provide some facts about breast lift surgery and the results it can help women achieve.

I Can Undergo a Breast Lift Even If I Plan to Become Pregnant in the Future

While this is true, I typically advise my patients to wait until they are finished having children before undergoing a body contouring procedure like a breast lift. Pregnancy and breastfeeding can negatively impact the results of your breast lift and create the need for additional procedures down the road to help you recapture the aesthetic results that you initially desired. Ultimately, the decision is yours, but I normally recommend waiting if you can.

My Breast Lift Results Will Last Forever

This is technically false. Breast lift surgery results are quite long-lasting, but that doesn’t necessarily mean forever. No plastic surgery, no matter how effective, will be able to stop the natural aging process entirely. Patients can however prolong their results by closely following their post-surgical instructions, avoiding considerable weight fluctuation, and living a healthy lifestyle in the years following their procedure.

There Will Be Considerable Visible Scarring After a Breast Lift

Thankfully, this is false. Scarring should not be significant following a breast lift procedure. During the surgery, I am often able to make my incisions in areas that will be easier to conceal any potential scarring. It’s important to remember that any scarring you experience will also fade and improve over time with the right post-surgery care.

I have always taken pride in being able to provide my patients with the knowledge and information they need to feel as confident and informed as possible heading into their cosmetic surgery procedure. To me, the more a patient understands about his or her potential surgery and what it can accomplish, the more realistic their expectations will be and the more satisfied they inevitably are after their surgery is complete. For more information or to schedule a breast lift surgery consultation appointment, contact me, Dr. Franklyn Elliott. You can also follow along with me on Facebook for additional plastic surgery tips, news, videos, and much more.

April 22, 2014

How Mastopexy Lifts & Shapes for More Youthful-Looking Breasts

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Within the over 25 years of experience specializing in and mastering breast procedures, board-certified plastic and reconstructive surgeon Dr. Franklyn Elliott has found that many patients are disheartened by the droopy appearance and lax skin of the breasts that often accompanies age, heredity weight gain, and pregnancy/breastfeeding. Many women who identify with these qualities may benefit from breast lift surgery, also known as mastopexy.

breast-reduction-atlanta-georgia Due to numerous factors, women can become dissatisfied with their breasts’ firmness, shape, or lack thereof. Mastopexy remedies the unwanted effects of these circumstances by simply raising the position of sagging breasts. Once positioned, Dr. Elliott removes excess skin and tightens tissue left behind while reshaping the breasts based on your individual needs and aesthetic goals.

As an added benefit to proper candidates, breast lift surgery can be combined with breast augmentation or breast reduction. For example, for patients looking to lift breasts and increase volume, breast implants can used in combination with breast lift surgery. If you seek to reduce sagginess and too much volume, Dr. Elliott may perform breast reduction surgery simultaneously with the lift.

Breast lift surgery is commonly performed within mommy makeover procedures. Pregnancy can alter multiple areas of the body including breasts, abdomen and unwanted fat pockets. These customized combinations of procedures are tailored to individual women to restore the body to its pre-pregnancy state. Within the procedure, breast augmentation, lift, or reduction, tummy tuck, and/or liposuction will be performed.

For information on breast lift surgery or another cosmetic procedure, please schedule a consultation. Be sure to connect with Dr. Elliott on Facebook, Twitter, and Google+ for the latest cosmetic and reconstructive news and information.

March 17, 2014

Dr. Elliott Honors Breast Reconstruction Pioneer Carl Hartrampf with Live Surgery and Lecture at Atlanta Breast Surgery Symposium

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For the annual Atlanta Breast Surgery Symposium, cosmetic and reconstructive breast surgeons around the globe convened at the Intercontinental Hotel in Buckhead to collectively study the most precise and efficient breast surgery approaches, tools, and technologies. Board-certified plastic and reconstructive surgeon Dr. Franklyn Elliott was privileged to give the honorary Hartrampf lecture, themed around the “retrospectoscope,” an informal term in the medical world for reviewing various happenings of the past and notating what could have been done better. To further demonstrate Hartrampf’s legacy at Atlanta Plastic Surgery, P.C., Dr. Elliott demonstrated the TRAM flap technique in a live telecast surgery.

Atlanta Breast Symposium 2014 The first symposium was held nearly 30 years ago, originally founded by Atlanta Plastic Surgery’s Dr. Carl Hartrampf, who is credited with the development of the TRAM Flap method of breast reconstruction. Dr. Elliott’s honorary lecture reflected on the developments made in cosmetic and reconstructive breast surgery and the spark for innovation ignited by Dr. Hartrampf.

Prior to delivering the lecture to hundreds of fellow surgeons and attendees, Dr. Elliott performed a live bilateral TRAM flap surgery using the Hartrampf technique. TRAM (transverse rectus abdominus myocutaneous) surgery for breast reconstruction harvests a portion of a woman’s abdominal fat, muscle, and skin to reconstruct a removed or mastectomy-altered breast.

For the remainder of the weekend, Dr. Elliott served as moderator on several panels covering subjects such as breast augmentation, revision, and mastopexy. Dr. Elliott also led a discussion covering problem cases from the audience at the meeting, where surgeons could address real-life patient topics and problems in efforts to discover and implement practicable solutions from the thoughts and wisdom of fellow surgeons.

If you are interested in a cosmetic or reconstructive procedure from Dr. Elliott, please contact us today. For more on breast reconstruction and other procedures, please visit Dr. Elliott’s website and follow him on Facebook, Twitter, and Google +.