The size of breasts can influence how a woman feels about her body. If you are uncomfortable about your breast size, you might think of surgical procedures. The most common surgeries are breast augmentation and breast lift.

What is breast augmentation?

Breast augmentation (augmentation mammoplasty) is a surgical procedure that involves breast enlargement. Breast implants are placed under the chest muscles or the breast tissues. Before you resolve to undergo this surgery, it would help if you consult with an expert.

Four vital considerations determine if you can undergo breast augmentation surgery. These are implant shape and size, placement incision, type of the implant, and the risks associated. Breast augmentation enhances the breast’s appearance (if you think they are too small), reduce the size after pregnancy or breastfeeding, and correct uneven breasts.

What is Breast Lift?

Also known as mastopexy, a breast lift is a surgery that intends to change the breasts’ position. The tissue is reshaped by removing excess skin, raising the breasts. If your breasts are sagging or the nipples point downwards, you might consider a breast lift.

Why is a breast lift done?

With time, your breasts change and lose elasticity. Several issues cause the change in breast elasticity, including pregnancy-the breast ligaments stretch to support the breasts. Other reasons could be changes in weight- as your skin changes, the breasts lose firmness and gravity, pulling the breasts.

A breast lift reduces sagging by raising its position (the nipples and the areolae). In the process, the breast size can be reduced so that they have the appropriate proportion. You can consider a breast lift if you have either of the following:

• Your breasts are flatter and longer or sagging
• The nipples fall below the breast creases or point downward
• The areolae are no longer proportional

Though patients with sagging breasts can undergo a breast lift, you might have to postpone the decision if you intend to conceive. Ladies who are breastfeeding should avoid the procedure to get excellent results. Women with larger breasts might not love the appearance- the breasts will sag again years after the surgery.

How do you choose the right procedure?

Before settling for either or both procedures, several factors should influence your decision. These include:

• Nipple’s position – if the nipples sit below the breast crease or point downwards (your breasts are sagging), a breast lift is viable.
• Breast’s volume –It refers to the breast’s fullness. Age, weight loss, or pregnancy can alter the breasts fullness. Both surgeries can are viable for excellent results.
• Breast size –if your breasts are smaller, the appropriate surgery should be breast augmentation.

Either way, both surgeries vary and have advantages and disadvantages. If you want to increase the size of the breasts, you should consider breast augmentation. On the other hand, breast lift should be viable if you have loose or sagging breasts.

Patients who want to increase the bust’s size should do both surgeries. When you combine both surgeries, you will get two benefits; fuller and firmer breasts. Since breast surgeries are personal decisions, you need an expert’s input –you can contact Hetal Fichadia for comprehensive information and the appropriate surgery.

If you’re dissatisfied with the appearance of your breasts, it’s important to know you have options. The most popular is breast augmentation, which involves increasing your breasts’ cup size through the use of implants or fat transfer. A breast lift, on the other hand, involves restructuring the breasts so that they are higher and perkier when you have sagging and deflation. It’s important to know when and why you should choose one of these procedures over the other. Sometimes, you can benefit from having them both together, so here’s what to know about choosing the right option for you.

Reasons to Have Breast Surgery

There are a variety of reasons you might choose to have breast surgery. These include:

• You want to correct sagging
• You wish your clothing fit better
• You want to increase the fullness and angle of your breasts
• You wish to restore the volume your breasts had prior to weight loss or pregnancy
• You want to better contour your figure
• You want to balance out the proportion of your figure
• You wish to improve the symmetry of your breasts
• You want to boost your self-confidence and esteem

Is Breast Augmentation or Breast Lift Better for Me?

According to the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, hundreds of thousands of women undergo breast augmentation procedures each year. Specifically, this includes procedures like breast augmentation, breast implant surgery, and breast enlargement. Overall, breast augmentation has stayed at the top of the list of cosmetic surgery procedures at number two in the United States. At the same time, breast lift surgeries have grown in popularity by around 70 percent since 2000.

Advantages of Each Procedure

There are some well-documented benefits to breast augmentation. They include the following:

• High satisfaction rates
• Improvement in your figure for the long term
• Minimal scarring

There are also plenty of benefits to a breast lift. You can expect the following:

• Improvement in the shape, symmetry, and projection of your breasts
• Your clothing fits better, giving you better self-confidence
• Minimal scarring that’s easily hidden with clothing
• Lasting results if you maintain your weight

Combining Both Procedures

While many women opt for either breast augmentation or breast lift, in some cases combining breast augmentation and breast lift procedures can be a great option. This is often best when you have sagging breasts with a loss of volume and dissatisfaction about the size of your breasts at the same time. When the two procedures are combined, it can have a twofold benefit in saving you money and recovery time. This option is often a popular choice for mommy makeover procedures because it combines the best of both worlds.

Schedule a Consultation

The best way to learn more about your breast surgery options is by meeting with Dr. Hetal Fichadia to begin planning the ideal breast augmentation with lift procedure for you. To get started, we invite you to contact our Portland office by calling or filling out our online form.