Question:
How visible is the scarring after a breast lift?
Answer:
A breast lift can be done with various incisions. First, the incision can be placed around the areola only, or it could be a lollipop-shaped incision, or a lollipop with a short horizontal incision in the crease under the breasts. All of these incisions depend on how much breast tissue there is before the surgery, how much extra skin there is but typically these incision lines heal very nicely, especially with the precautions that we take with scar management. All of the sutures will be placed internally with dissolvable sutures. There will be no stitches on the outside and about two weeks after surgery scar management techniques such as massaging and silicone gel will be started in order to make the scar as nice as possible.
About the Author: Dr. Edwin Williams
Dr. Edwin Williams is a double board-certified facial plastic surgeon who founded The Williams Center in 1993. He has performed over 10,000 facial plastic surgery procedures and has pioneered the deep plane facelift. He served on the Board of Directors for the American Academy of Facial Plastic Surgery for over a decade, and served as President from 2015-2016. In 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019, Dr. Williams earned the Castle Connelly Top Doctors award in New York Facial Plastic Surgery.
Dr. Edwin F. Williams III attended Cornell University in Ithaca, New York where he received a Bachelor of Science degree in 1982. He began medical school at the State University of Buffalo School of Medicine and received his Doctor of Medicine in 1986.
Dr. Williams is actively involved in teaching facial plastic and reconstruction surgery to the residents of the Albany Medical Center and is former Chief of the Section of Facial and Plastic Reconstruction Surgery at Albany Medical Center where he received an academic appointment of Clinical Professor, Department of Surgery.