Mastopexy in London with Paul Banwell

The Banwell clinic always advises patients to have their cosmetic needs professionally treated by someone you can have complete confidence in and know they will deliver the best treatment possible.

Mr Banwell is an award winning British and internationally trained consultant plastic surgeon with a range of different treatment options.

During your mastopexy consultation we will carefully go through the details of the breast uplift procedure with you so that you are aware of all the health risks and benefits of the treatment.

At his clinic in London, Mr Paul Banwell provides safe and expert cosmetic surgery and treatment that achieves effective results for all his patients.

Book your consultation to discuss procedure and next steps. Please email help@paulebanwell.com or call 01342 330302.

Mastopexy is the plastic surgery procedure for raising sagging breasts (breast ptosis), by changing and modifying the size, contour and elevation of the breasts. It is also known as breast uplift surgery.

In medical terms, it is a surgical operation that cuts and removes excess tissues, overstretched suspensory ligaments, and transposes the nipple-areola complex higher upon the breast hemisphere. 

Mastopexy surgery techniques are also applied to reduction mammoplasty, which is the correction of oversized breasts (or breast reduction surgery).

The following are the four most common reasons that clients seek mastopexy in London with cosmetic surgeon Paul Banwell:

• Sagging breasts, which have fallen forward after breast-feeding, menopause or significant weight loss.
• Post-explantation ptosis, which is the sagging of the inelastic skin envelopes, once emptied of the breast implants.
• Congenital conditions such as tuberous breast deformity (constricted breast).
• Post-mastectomy breast reconstruction.

Many women undergo one of the many breast surgery procedures in order to enhance their appearance and improve their self-confidence. They turn to breasts uplift surgery,or mastopexy in London to reshape sagging breasts and increase firmness of naturally soft breasts.

Gravity is the most common cause of breast sagging, or ptosis. Here’s how it can impact the breasts of women in different age groups:

• In a young woman with large breasts the sagging occurs because the volume and weight of the bust is disproportionate to body type, and because of the great elasticity of the thin, young skin envelope of each breast.
• In middle-aged women, breast ptosis usually is caused by postpartum hormonal changes to the maternal body and because of the inelasticity of the skin envelope that is overstretched during breastfeeding.
• In post-menopausal women, in addition to gravity, breast ptosis atrophy is aggravated by the inelasticity of overstretched, aged skin.

Breast uplift techniques are known according to the number of scars they produce. Before your operation, Mr Banwell will help you decide the appropriate surgical technique that will achieve the best degree of breast-lift. The different degrees are:

• Grade I: Mild breast ptosis or sagging, which involves breast implant augmentation, or with a periareolar skin resection (crescent lift) with or without breast augmentation.
• Grade II: Moderate ptosis, which involves a circumareolar donut mastopexy technique.
• Grade III: Severe ptosis, which involves circumvent and horizontal incisions of the Anchor mastopexy.

Book your consultation to discuss procedure and next steps Mastopexy in London. Please email help@paulebanwell.com or call 01342 330302.

Mastopexy surgery is performed under local or general anaesthetic, depending on the operation and patient. The full details of the procedure and subsequent recovery period will be thoroughly explained to you at our clinic. Local anaesthetic wears off after a few hours, and general anaesthesia can last for over 24 hours.

After-care post removal is an important stage of all procedures and treatment. Once treated, if you have only gone under local anaesthetic, you will be able to return to sedentary activity (eg an office job) a few days after. You should avoid all strenuous activity for a minimum of 2 weeks.

After local anaesthetic you can usually drive the following day if you are careful.

All patients must strictly adhere to any aftercare advice post-treatment, regardless of the individual, in order to minimise risk.

Paul Banwell BSc(Hons) FRCS(Eng) FRCS(Plast) is internationally renowned in the fields of cosmetic surgery, mole removal, scarring, skin health and skin cancer. He lectures worldwide on these subjects.

Mr Banwell has also published extensively, is a Visiting Professor of Plastic Surgery to Harvard Medical School and in his early career worked under the tutelage of a Nobel Prize nominee.

He is also a reliable favourite with Beauty Editors and his work has received numerous accolades from Tatler, the BBC and The Times.

Mr Paul Banwell

19 Harley Street

Marylebone

London

W1G 9QJ