During pregnancy, the mammary glands change shape: skin stretching, asymmetry and ptosis (sagging) are often observed - in this regard, breast restoration after childbirth and breastfeeding becomes a pressing issue for many women. Massage, creams, exercises, special diets, cosmetic procedures - various methods are offered to restore the bust to an attractive appearance, but they do not always achieve the desired result. If a woman is categorically not satisfied with the shape and size of her breasts after childbirth, then mammoplasty is used to correct certain deficiencies. In this article we will tell you what problems can be solved with plastic surgery.
Why did my breasts change so much after giving birth?
The female breast consists of lobules of glandular tissue, fatty tissue, ligaments and skin. It is these anatomical elements that determine its appearance. During pregnancy, the lobules of the mammary glands fill with milk and increase in size, so the breasts become larger. At the same time, the load on the ligaments increases, and the skin stretches - the breasts sag. The nipples may change size, and the skin becomes thinner: a network of veins and blood vessels can be seen through it. Special care contributes to successful breast recovery after breastfeeding. But it is almost impossible to return the mammary glands to their previous “girlish” shape after childbirth.
So, external changes in the mammary glands during pregnancy and lactation depend on:
- original anatomy and breast size;
- heredity;
- breast care during this period;
- hormonal background.
The most common problem that mothers face is breast sagging as a result of breastfeeding. Many women try to restore their breasts to a firm and attractive appearance through exercise, cosmetics and procedures. And if these methods do not help, they turn to plastic surgeons. Mammoplasty is possible 6-12 months after completion of lactation and feeding the child. Stretched and lost elasticity of the mammary glands should not overshadow the joy of motherhood, but, on the contrary, become a reason for new changes and a pleasant gift. Why not make your postpartum breasts even better than they ever were before? Mammoplasty is an operation to correct the shape and size of the mammary glands. With its help, women who have become mothers can solve several aesthetic problems.
Quickly tighten your breasts with exercises at home
To lose weight, be sure to perform a set of physical exercises. And do this constantly. Excess weight negatively affects the elasticity of the breasts.
Gymnastics is necessary to strengthen the back muscles. Good posture emphasizes the chest line.
| Exercise | How to perform | Effect |
| Push ups | Take a lying position. The body is elongated into a string. It is more effective to place your hands close to each other to increase the load on the chest area. Do the exercise slowly | The chest muscles are strengthened. A month later, it is visually noticeable how the breasts have become taller |
| Palm rest | Bring your hands together in front of you at chest level. Palms touching. Press your palms against each other with force | The muscles and ligaments that support the girl’s bust work. The chest becomes stronger |
| Chinese way | Place your right hand on your left forearm in the elbow area. The left hand is positioned in a similar mirror manner. Hands at chest level. Sharply try to move your hands away from each other as much as possible, without releasing your forearms from your palms | The effect is obvious after the first week of regular training. The mammary gland retreats, transferring its position to the muscles |
Playing sports is mandatory to strengthen muscles .
They will help you quickly and effectively tighten your bust without surgery. Charging can be done at home. Use dumbbells. Take dumbbells weighing no more than one kilogram in each hand. Stretch your arms in front of you and lower them, spread them to the sides and lower them.
Note ! Exercises for chest elasticity are performed at home or in the gym under the guidance of an experienced trainer.
Training in the gym is good because the instructor will select the optimal set of exercises aimed at solving a specific problem.
Sagging breasts: what to do? Breast lift after childbirth.
Sagging breasts are called “ptosis.” Causes of breast drooping include:
- age;
- hormonal changes that lead to a decrease in gland volume and fibrofatty involution;
- the influence of the Earth's gravitational forces;
- skin stretching and thinning;
- sprain of the ligaments that support and secure the mammary glands.
Mastopexy (breast lift) is performed separately or in addition to endoprosthetics and correction of the nipple-areolar complex. The operation does not affect a woman's ability to breastfeed in the future.
There are 3 types of mastopexy:
- Periareolar - the doctor makes an incision around the areola. The method allows you to raise the nipple-areolar complex by more than 2 cm. It is also used if excision of the skin is required.
- Vertical - the plastic surgeon makes two incisions: the first runs along the contour of the areola, and the second - vertically to the line of the inframammary (submammary) fold. The method allows you to lift the breasts even higher and carry out more extensive resection of excess skin.
- Anchor (or “T-shaped”) - the first incision runs along the line of the lower semicircle of the areola, the second one descends from its center to the middle of the inframammary fold, along the contour of which the third incision is made. The operation is suitable for patients with severe ptosis and allows additional asymmetry to be removed.
Depending on the degree of ptosis and the anatomical features of the patient’s mammary glands, the plastic surgeon will select the optimal surgical option at the initial consultation.
As a result of mastopexy, the breasts become toned and firm, and their beautiful shape is restored. If the patient wishes to increase her bust size, this operation can be combined with endoprosthetics.
Vertical breast lift with 385 ml implants. Result after 4 months. The work of the head of the plastic surgery department of the clinic named after. N.I. Pirogov Oleg Leonidovich Nesteruk.
Methods for breast lift
To prevent sagging mammary glands, during lactation you need to follow the following rules:
- The bra must be made of natural fabric and the appropriate size.
- Do not walk without underwear for a long time. This especially applies to women with naturally curvy figures.
- Apply the baby to each breast alternately to avoid asymmetry of the glands and stagnation.
- If necessary, express using a breast pump.
Establishing proper nutrition
During the breastfeeding period, women try to eat a lot of food to saturate the milk with nutrients. After the end of breastfeeding, the daily calorie intake should decrease.
The diet should contain more raw and stewed vegetables, products containing plant and animal protein, and be sure to consume any cabbage and fish oil.
You should avoid flour, sweets, carbonated drinks, and mayonnaise. It is better to replace sweets with dried fruits.
The diet should contain plenty of raw vegetables
Scrubs and masks
Scrubbing procedures and tightening masks will help restore breasts after breastfeeding. Scrubs help reduce stretch marks and help limit the production of elastin, making the skin more elastic.
Peeling should be used once every 7-10 days. You can prepare a scrub mixture at home: mix sea salt or sugar (for delicate skin) and vegetable oil.
Top 3 breast lifting masks:
- Nutritional oatmeal milk ½ cup of oatmeal pour a glass of hot milk, let it brew and apply warm to the décolleté and chest area. Cover with a towel and wait 15-20 minutes.
- Curd and egg Grind the fatty cottage cheese until pureed, add the yolk, mix thoroughly. Apply the mixture to the chest and hold for 25-30 minutes. After rinse with water, apply nourishing cream.
- Melt beeswax, add olive oil (the ingredients must be mixed in equal parts). When warm, apply to chest skin and leave for 30 minutes. This mask does not require rinsing with water; just remove the residue with a napkin.
Massage
An effective and useful method is massage. If you do the procedures regularly, the results can be seen after 2-3 months. The muscles supporting the bust are strengthened during the massage, and blood circulates faster.
It is recommended to massage using oil: olive, coconut or almond.
The mammary glands should be massaged carefully and gently, in a circular motion, without squeezing them.
Before the procedure, you need to warm up your palms: rub them together, rinse with warm water and apply 2 drops of oil.
Then do the following:
- the right hand, palm down, covers the mammary gland from above, the left hand, palm up, supports it from below;
- Make circular massage movements for 2-3 minutes, then “sawing” and finally pinching the skin.
After the procedure, it is not advisable to wear a tight bra for an hour.
Cold and hot shower
A contrast shower helps restore breast elasticity.
A contrast shower stimulates skin cells, thereby restoring skin elasticity.
It is better to carry out the procedure in the morning. To do this, you need to pour warm water over your breasts for 10 minutes, gradually reducing the temperature of the water. One procedure should consist of several dousing cycles.
During dousing, the breasts should be massaged with a medium-hard brush. After a shower, apply a nourishing cream to the skin of your chest.
Swimming in the pool
Swimming is a good way to get your breasts back to their original shape. Exercising in the pool has a beneficial effect on the muscles and skin of the chest. In addition, people who swim regularly do not suffer from excess weight.
Small breasts after childbirth: what to do? Breast endoprosthetics.
It is believed that breast size naturally increases during pregnancy, but these expectations are not always met. When lactation, that is, milk production in the glands, ends, the breasts noticeably decrease in volume. At the same time, the birth of a child leads to a restructuring of the entire organism. After pregnancy and breastfeeding, fibrofatty involution of the mammary glands occurs, which reaches a peak during menopause. This means that under the influence of hormonal changes the amount of glandular tissue decreases and its deficiency is compensated by fatty tissue.
Breast replacement with specially selected implants allows not only to enlarge small breasts, but also to give them a beautiful and expressive shape, and to correct asymmetry and ptosis. To solve these problems, the plastic surgeon will select implants of a suitable volume and profile, based on the anatomical features of the breast and the wishes of the patient. They are installed under the muscle, fascia or under the mammary gland. The method of installing implants is no less important:
- perialar (through the areola);
- submammary (under the breast);
- axillary (through an incision in the armpit).
If a woman expects to have another child in the future, doctors prefer submammary access due to the minimal risk of damage to the milk ducts.
Breast augmentation with implants 310 milliliters, submammary access, 3 months later.
Large breasts after childbirth: what to do? Reduction mammoplasty.
Reduction mammoplasty is the most effective method for solving such a problem as gigantomastia. Due to the high load on the spine, the formation of diaper rash, skin stretching and ptosis, breast reduction surgery is performed not only for aesthetic reasons, but also for medical reasons. In the USA and some European countries, reduction mammoplasty is included in the compulsory health insurance program. The essence of the operation is the resection of excess fatty tissue, glandular tissue and skin. As a result, the patient may partially or completely lose the ability to breastfeed, since during this operation the intersection of the milk ducts is inevitable. The method of reduction mammoplasty is selected individually: it depends on the initial volume of the mammary glands and the preferred result. The plastic surgeon strives not to disrupt the innervation of the nipple, and during the process of reduction mammoplasty he can adjust the size of the areola - make it commensurate with the reduced breast.
Reduction mammoplasty performed by Oleg Leonidovich Nesteruk.
I don't like how my nipples and areolas turned out after giving birth. What to do?
Plastic surgeons at our clinic can also perform correction of the nipple-areolar complex in combination with a lift, endoprosthetics, reduction mammoplasty, or separately. As a result of this operation, it is possible to reduce the size of the areola by excision of excess pigmented tissue, and also to correct an inverted or elongated nipple.
Recovery after correction of the shape and size of the areolas occurs quickly - the patient can return to normal life on the day of surgery. The operation is performed upon completion of breastfeeding.
Breast reconstruction after childbirth and breastfeeding at the clinic named after. N.I. Pirogov (St. Petersburg)
The plastic surgery department of the Pirogov Clinic in St. Petersburg has been operating since 1999 and is recognized as the leading one in the city. We are proud of our doctors, whose many years of experience and professionalism have been awarded. Our specialists are fluent in modern plastic surgery techniques, perform complex reconstructive surgeries and reduce the risks associated with surgery to a minimum. In addition, we offer our patients:
- regular discounts and promotions for all types of mammoplasty;
- a comfortable hospital for 1-2 people, the stay in which can be extended if desired;
- operating rooms and intensive care units equipped with modern equipment from reliable foreign manufacturers;
- personal support of patients from Russian cities at all stages of the operation;
- interest-free installment plan for all operations in the plastic surgery department.
The price of operations aimed at breast reconstruction after childbirth and breastfeeding consists of several parts. If you do not find the information you need on the website, call +7 (812) 320-70-00 - contact center specialists will answer your questions, provide advice and help you make an appointment with a plastic surgeon.
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