Mastopexy bad results: discover what the consequences of a poorly performed breast lift look like

Mastopexy is the surgery performed to correct breast sagging, without reducing their volume. What this procedure seeks is to give harmony to the female chest. However, it is common for patients to come to our clinic with uneven breasts from a previous operation. Discover what mastopexy bad results look like and what the best solution is to resolve this aesthetic problem. Don’t miss it!

Causes of breast sagging

Breast sagging is something common in women, not only due to a bad mastopexy. These are the factors that cause breast sagging:

• Genetics: some women have a greater predisposition for the skin of the chest to lose elasticity than others.
• Aging: the passage of time causes the skin to lose firmness and elasticity, not only that of the breasts, but in general.
• Changes in the structure of the breast.
• The volume and weight of the chest: the gravity exerted by the weight of the breasts causes them to sag.
• Weight changes: if you gain or lose weight, the breast gains or loses volume and the skin takes time to adapt and becomes weaker. If the changes are abrupt, this decrease in resistance is more pronounced.
• Breastfeeding during pregnancy: regardless of whether you breastfeed or not, the breastfeeding period increases the volume of the breasts, which puts strain on the skin.
• Practicing sports without support.

How do I know if I have sagging breasts?

By definition, true breast ptosis is considered to exist when the areola–nipple complex is located below the inframammary fold. Women with breast ptosis have an excess of skin compared to the underlying breast volume.

Normally, in these cases, the skin is thin, lacks elasticity, and the presence of stretch marks is common. Due to the thinning of the ligaments that support the breast, the glandular tissue shows significant mobility over the chest wall.

It is worth noting that breast sagging is independent of breast volume, and there may be breast ptosis with small volume or with breast hypertrophy.

Mastopexy bad results

The bad results of a mastopexy are very evident. These are some of them:

• The most common is the appearance of asymmetry between both breasts (one more lifted than the other, for example).
• Excessive and unaesthetic scars in the treated areas.
• A loss of self-esteem caused by the bad results.
• In some poorly performed procedures, it is common for one or both breasts to sag again.
• Excessive stretching of the skin.

How to fix a mastopexy bad results

Mammoplasty is the surgery that aims to repair and correct the bad results of a previous breast procedure. Depending on the bad results, the sagging will be corrected and the scars will be concealed.

Mastopexy requires great experience from the surgeon, as they must know all the techniques and adapt each of them to each case, since the after-effects vary in every patient and the technique to be used does as well.

With more than 30 years of experience, doctor Alfredo Fernández Blanco is an expert in secondary breast surgeries or secondary mammoplasty, being the pioneer in this field in Spain.