Breast Lift – What is a Crescent Lift Mastopexy?

A Crescent Mastopexy is a small Breast lift that has two principal advantages:

1. It is technically simple
2. It has a very well disguised scar

Hear me illustrate how a crescent lift helps with mild asymmetry during a breast augmentation:

The Crescent Mastopexy is perfect for situations where only a small breast lift is needed. As I have become  familiar with the technique, I use it exclusively for small breast lifts. There is no need for a lot of scars when a well disguised scar will do. The Crescent Mastopexy gives me the flexibility to get the breast implant and the nipple areolar complex placed exactly where I want.

Let’s take the case where the breasts hang just a little. Before the Crescent lift technique was available, plastic surgeons had the choice of either:

• doing a full breast lift with a lot of scarring or
• placing the implant lower on the chest wall

Doing a full breast lift with a lot of scars is not desirable for a patient who only needs a small lift. Likewise, placing the implant lower on the chest wall results in little upper pole fullness (top of the breast) and less lifting of the breast as a whole.

For small breast lifts, the crescent breast lift allows me to get perkiness, upper pole fullness, and the size of implant the patient wants. It is a great breast lifting procedure. I use it a lot, especially on women who have small breasts and have breastfed.

Another area where the Crescent breast lift has improved my results is in cases of mild asymmetry. Whereas before I used to tell patients to accept a mild asymmetry, now I can offer the patient a much better result by using the Crescent lift mastopexy. The video above illustrates these concepts much better than words can.

(originally published 2/15/2009)