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Mastoptosis Aesthetic Surgery: Thread Lifting Techniques

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Glandular mammaria ptosis is a well-known aesthetic problem, which gives a woman unpleasant sensations, bringing the need for cosmetic surgery in this area to consistently increase over the last several years. The central problem raised by the surgeons is the achievement of long-term shape stability and high glandular mammaria position after performing the operation. The authors discuss the technique of thread breast lift and show the results of the procedure.

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Sulamanidze, M., Sulamanidze, G., Sulamanidze, C. (2015). Mastoptosis Aesthetic Surgery: Thread Lifting Techniques. In: Mugea, T.T., Shiffman, M.A. (eds) Aesthetic Surgery of the Breast. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-43407-9_38

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