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If you’ve been considering a breast lift to correct elongated, pendulous, or sagging breasts, you may have come across the common misconception that this procedure will make you lose a cup size or two. In truth, yes, most women may need to change the size of their bras, but not because the breasts are smaller. Many women are buying and wearing the wrong cup size to accommodate the extra skin or sagging tissues of their breasts. So, when achieving a new breast shape with a breast lift, women are finding their true bra fit.

While a breast lift involves carefully removing excess skin, tissue, and fat to restore a lifted breast appearance, the likelihood of having smaller breasts after the procedure should not prevent women from having a breast lift. A better understanding of how a breast lift is performed and its results can help many women feel at ease while exploring this beneficial procedure.

Read on to learn more about breast lift procedures at Livingston Plastic Surgery in Houston, TX, and how they affect the shape and size of your bust.

What Is Breast Lift Surgery?

Breast lift surgery, as the name suggests, is a procedure that lifts the breasts to a higher position on the chest, restoring a more refreshed and youthful appearance. Breast skin will be excised from around the areola and the lower portion of the breast to tighten tissues, remove fat, and eliminate skin sagging using one of three primary incision techniques, creating a taut breast shape and feel.

Does Breast Lift Surgery Result in a Smaller Bra Size?

Through many studies and final results, it’s been determined that breast volume decreases only moderately, but women feel more comfortable wearing smaller bra sizes due to the change in shape and volume of the lower breast. They no longer have to contend with larger bra sizes or uncomfortable underwires to accommodate sagging skin, and instead, they can wear bra sizes that fit them more naturally.

Can You Maintain Your Current Cup Size After a Breast Lift?

While breast lift surgery can achieve excellent benefits on its own, it can easily be combined with additional surgical techniques, including breast augmentation with lift. A breast augmentation complements a breast lift because it can restore or enhance breast volume, allowing you to maintain your current cup size after a breast lift. When combined with the results of a breast lift, you can enjoy the compressive breast rejuvenation results and keep your feminine curves. During a consultation at Livingston Plastic Surgery, Dr. Livingston will recommend the best surgical option to help you achieve your ideal goals.

What Are the Expected Changes in Breast Volume Post-Lift?

A better understanding of what a breast lift can accomplish can help answer this question. While a breast lift removes excess skin, tissue, and unwanted fat to raise the breast position, the procedure also creates changes to the profile of the breasts post-lift. It is important to understand how these changes impact your expected results and may explain why your bra size might change. When the breast tissue is repositioned during a lift surgery, it decreases the volume in the lower portion of the breast while increasing the volume in the upper pole of the breasts. This exchange helps give the breast a more lifted and fuller appearance.

How Does Breast Tissue Removal During Lift Affect Cup Size?

It’s important to remember the distinctions between a breast reduction and a breast lift when considering how breast tissue removal will affect your cup size. A breast reduction focuses on removing excess breast tissue and skin, and a breast lift focuses on repositioning breast skin and tissue while removing a minimal amount of tissues to achieve the results you desire. During a breast lift, only the necessary amount of breast tissue and skin is removed while the rest is manipulated to lift, shape, and proportion the breasts. Some women find that their cup size hasn’t been affected, but their bras fit more comfortably. Other women find their cup size has gone down by one or two due to more advanced tissue removal.

Are the Changes to Breast Size Permanent After a Breast Lift?

The final results of your breast lift will be long-lasting if you follow all aftercare instructions provided by your surgeon and take proper care of your body. Over time, your breasts will continue to change due to hormonal shifts, weight fluctuations, pregnancy, aging, and the effect of gravity. You’ll be able to maintain your results by managing a healthy weight and exercising regularly.

Can You Increase Breast Size During a Breast Lift?

If you would like to lift your breasts and add volume as well, you can choose to have a breast augmentation procedure at the same time as your breast lift. Dr. Livingston offers breast augmentation with silicone or saline implants or fat transfer to the breast. The procedure involves making an incision for the implants and then reshaping the rest of the breast tissue and skin around it. The right incision and technique will depend on many factors, including the kind of implants you want and the health of your tissue and skin. During your consultation with Dr. Livingston, he will discuss these options with you and customize a procedural plan tailored to your ideal results.

Schedule Your Breast Lift Consultation at Livingston Plastic Surgery

A breast lift can give you the confidence boost you’ve been seeking. The procedure offers truly transformative results when performed with the keen attention and skill of a qualified plastic surgeon like Dr. Christopher K. Livingston. To get started, contact our office by calling (281) 501-1812 or completing our online consultation form.