MASTOPEXY

Local anesthesia, during mastopexy surgery, occurs through the introduction of anesthetic at the level of the mammary nerve plexuses in order to effectively eliminate the sensation of pain. The insertion of this so-called solution also takes place with a vasoconstrictor (adrenaline) to avoid bleeding, because it reduces the blood supply in the area to be treated allowing the operating surgeon to work better and gently, while maintaining a better view of symmetry.

Another advantage is to have an immediate return to social life without having to endure classic situations of fatigue, dizziness and exhaustion typical of the disposal of general anesthesia drugs.

There are different variations of mastopexy depending on the skin incisions and scars that one wants to design to achieve the final result. Dr. Mattia Colli has decided to abandon the old surgical techniques that involved numerous scars around the breast and to adhere to the more modern ones that see as few incisions as possible in order to preserve the breast in its naturalness without visible incisions; to date, in fact, mastopexy allows you to raise a breast with a very small scar at the level of the areola. The breast must be guarded, preserved as much as possible in its skin integrity precisely to avoid the existence of unpleasant or noticeable scars.

The scar, although totally hidden by the bra, is always followed in its natural evolution: the most recent regenerative techniques make it possible to give the scarring a soft effect, re-establish the skin color from the first months and be able to let the tissues heal optimally. At Dr. Mattia Colli, scientific research is always placed in the foreground: in addition to the methods of regenerative micro-surgery, the patient can find creams specifically designed for stimulation and scar re-generation; this programming in following the patient during the healing phase, allows to obtain results of the highest level: the scars are very thin, flat and the initial rosacea color is brought to fade fulfilling the expectations and happiness of the patient.

At the end of mastopexy surgery, compression dressings are carried out with special disinfectants and local antibiotics that must be maintained for the following days. Medications to be taken in the postoperative period after mastopexy surgery are described, as well as how to behave with regard to rest, movement, and nutrition.

Mastopexy is a procedure that displaces the nipple areola complex. By Dr. Mattia Colli the advanced and modern methods used for this type of surgery allow in the vast majority of cases to maintain the ability to breastfeed precisely  because all the glandular tissue is preserved and as a whole moved but not affected. If the new surgical methods could not be applied, the ability to breastfeed can be partially or even entirely compromised: for example, in rare cases, when the breast is very saggy and the nipple could suffer the high weight it must support, it is preferred to carry out an areola-nipple transplant without the possibility of recovering the ability to breastfeed.

• Senile Decay: the natural and programmed (we mean at the genetic level) aging process involves a reduced production of elastin, that elastic spring that allows tissues to stay toned, young and taut. Here, then, as the years go by, the skin tissues give way, no longer supporting their own weight and unable to counteract the force of gravity. This is very evident on the neck and cheek area of the face and at the level of the inner thigh.
• Sudden changes in weight: gaining weight and losing weight in a short period of time first puts the skin tissues in mechanical traction, traction that tries to be compensated by the elastin of the skin and secondarily stimulates a sagging of the skin. Over time, the repetition of these two opposite and opposing physical stimuli causes elasticity to decrease and the skin to collapse.
• Pregnancy: during pregnancy and later in the lactation phase, the breast changes its volume, increasing in size. Subsequently, the exact opposite occurs, that is, the breast loses volume in a branded manner; this is due both to a change in glandular adipose tissue that, after pregnancy slightly modifies its own tissue, and to the emptying of the glandular component that has finished providing breast milk. The phase of increase and reduction of the volume of the breast is very sudden and the skin is affected with great stress remaining loose.
• Weight of Gravity: Gravity is the force against which elastic tissues oppose. As the tissues change, the force of gravity always remains the same and therefore plays a decisive role in the fall of the skin.