Richard V. Dowden, M.D., C.M., F.A.C.S.
Certified by the American Board of Plastic Surgery
Cosmetic and Plastic Surgery, Inc.
6770 Mayfield Road, Suite 410
(Mayfield Heights) Cleveland, Ohio 44124
(440) 449-7470
Answers to Frequently Asked Questions about
breast enlargement through-the-navel ( TUBA ):
Can implants achieve some lifting of sagging breasts?
Definitely. The relaxation that occurs to breasts over time is the result of three factors in different proportions for different women:
- Increase in the amount of skin due to:
- stretching of skin
- loss of elasticity
- actual increase in amount of skin
- Loosening of the internal ligamentous support structures from:
- weight gain
- puberty
- pregnancy
- aging
- Decrease in the amount of breast volume due to:
- pregnancy
- breast-feeding
- weight loss
- aging
All of these factors combine to give the woman her unique situation, influenced by other factors such as skin quality, heredity, age at first development, and degree of enlargement with pregnancy or weight changes. Clearly, helping this situation depends upon either decreasing the excessive skin, or increasing the volume of what is inside that skin, or both.
Putting in an implant has the effect of increasing the contained volume, taking up slack in the skin, and lifting the breast. The larger the implant, the greater the lifting effect. The more relaxation there is, the larger the implant required to lift the breast.
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(440) 449-7470
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