Cosmetic Surgery - Breast

Breast reduction | Uplift

Miss Hunter has helped countless patients to achieve a better proportioned breast shape, in addition to reducing back or neck pain, resulting in newfound confidence. During your consultation, she will be pleased to show you before and after photographs and explain what you can expect to achieve.

The procedure involves lifting the nipple, the nipple is kept alive on a column of tissue inside the breast, wedges are taken out of the breast skin and tissue to reduce the volume and reshape the breast. An uplift or mastopexy involves lifting the nipple in a similar way, it may only involve reshaping the breast and tightening the skin around it as opposed to reducing the volume; there is always a scar all around the nipple. Depending on the shape and size of your breasts initially and what you are hoping to achieve, there are often other scars, there may be a vertical scar from the lower edge of the nipple to the fold underneath the breast and a horizontal one in the fold itself, these make an ‘anchor’ shape or ‘inverted-T’ scar.

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Breast uplift (mastopexy)

An uplift or mastopexy involves lifting the nipple in a similar way; it may only involve reshaping the breast not reducing the volume but tightening the skin around it. There is always a scar all around the nipple. Depending on the shape and size of your breast to start with and what you are hoping to achieve, there are often other scars; there may be a vertical scar from the lower edge of the nipple to the fold underneath the breast and a horizontal one in the fold itself. These make an ‘anchor’ shape or ‘inverted-T’ scar.

For more information please see our fact sheet in patient information

Breast Augmentation (Enlargement)

Implants are used to enlarge your breasts and may create a subtle uplifted appearance too. Generally, small scars are placed in the fold under the breast to achieve this. Implants can be placed under the breast tissue only (sub glandular), under the chest muscle (sub muscular) or partially under the chest muscle (dual plane). This depends on your natural breast shape and your desired outcome; Miss Hunter will advise you which type she would recommend for you.

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Augment | Mastopexy

A mastopexy may be combined with an implant to both enlarge and uplift the breast, this is called an augmentation mastopexy.

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Fat Transfer

This surgery involves aspirating fat from underneath your skin through small cuts (generally at least two ‘stab’ incisions of about 5mm in length per area aspirated), processing it so a good portion of healthy fat is obtained and then injecting tiny globules of fat into another area.

This is usually performed to augment another body region, such as the breast. It is a more natural way of achieving volume compared to an implant but is less reliable, usually requiring several episodes.

This procedure achieves subtle changes to improve contour or in order to obtain a boost of perhaps up to a cup size.

For more information please see our fact sheet in patient information