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Key Points in Mastopexy

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Breasts represent femininity and any change of shape may affect their appearance. Breast ptosis may be caused by several factors, including significant weight loss, pregnancy, long breastfeeding periods, and involution of the postmenopausal breast tissue. Breast ptosis may be associated with breast hypoplasia; thus, in case of a mastopexy with or without the use of implants being indicated, several considerations have to be taken into account: the wishes of the patient, age of the patient, degree of ptosis, parenchymal volume, covering tissue, quality of the tissue, pocket implant, shape and content of the implant, and resulting scars.

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  1. Instituto Javier De Benito, Instituto Universitario Dexeus, Gran Via Carlos III, 71-75, Barcelona, 08028, Spain

    Javier De Benito & Kyrenia Sánchez

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De Benito, J., Sánchez, K. Key Points in Mastopexy. Aesth Plast Surg 34, 711–715 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00266-010-9527-5

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