A breast lift restores shape, firmness, and position—helping you feel more confident in and out of clothes. Whether your breasts have changed over time or you’ve always wanted a different silhouette, a lift helps you reconnect with your body on your terms.
A breast lift reshapes and raises sagging breasts to restore a more youthful, natural contour.
You’ll be up and moving within a day, with most daily activities resuming in about 1 week
Enjoy lifted, firmer breasts with improved symmetry and shape—no added volume required.
Removes excess skin and tightens the surrounding tissue to lift and reshape the breasts without increasing their size. Perfect for those who are happy with their current volume but want a more youthful, natural shape.
Combines lifting with added volume. Perfect if you’re looking for more fullness in addition to elevation, especially after pregnancy or weight changes.
Reduces breast size while lifting and reshaping. Often chosen to relieve back, neck, and shoulder discomfort while restoring balance to your figure.
Removes excess skin and tightens tissue to raise and reshape the breasts—without changing size. Ideal if you’re happy with volume but want a more youthful contour.
Combines lifting with added volume. Perfect if you’re looking for more fullness in addition to elevation, especially after pregnancy or weight changes.
Reduces breast size while lifting and reshaping. Often chosen to relieve back, neck, and shoulder discomfort while restoring balance to your figure.
A lollipop breast lift is a popular option for women who want to lift and reshape their breasts without excessive scarring. Named for its incision pattern—around the areola and down to the breast fold—it’s ideal for moderate sagging and helps restore a more youthful, perky shape. Many women choose this technique after pregnancy, weight loss, or simply to feel more confident. It offers beautiful, natural-looking results with less scarring than more extensive lift procedures.
Tired of trying to find a bra that will give you the youthful shape you want? A breast lift in Charlotte can help sagging breasts become beautiful breasts by doing away with excess, stretched skin, lifting the breasts into a higher position, and reshaping a firmer, naturally youthful appearance. Even the best bra can’t do that!
Dr. Ditesheim specializes in the breast lift short scar technique, which incorporates two incisions: one around the areola and one vertically from the areola down to the breast crease. During the procedure, a “lollipop incision” is traced around the nipple and partially down the breast.
The nipples are repositioned to give them a more youthful appearance consistent with the adjusted shape. Finally, excess breast skin is removed to make up for lost elasticity. Some of the incision scars will be concealed while others may be more visible. However, the lines do fade significantly over time.
Breast lifts in Charlotte usually lasts 2 to 4 hours, under general anesthesia administered by a physician anesthesiologist to minimize discomfort during the procedure.
The procedure is done in the comfort of our private, AAAASF accredited surgical suite. Following your procedure, you will be able to go home to continue your recovery.
Dr. Ditesheim and his experienced staff will provide you with pre-surgical information that includes guidelines about drinking, smoking and avoiding certain vitamins and medications.
Additionally, you may be required to have a mammogram exam before the procedure depending upon your age and medical history. Dr. Ditesheim’s veteran staff has a wealth of experience in preparing patients and families for the recovery process.
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Breast lift recovery is typically smooth with some lifting restrictions early on. You’ll see visible changes quickly, with final results continuing to take shape over time.
Most patients return to light activity after the first week. Discomfort is manageable and swelling starts to decrease. You'll be wearing a support bra and limiting movement to support healing.
Most restrictions are lifted. Swelling continues to decrease, and you'll feel more comfortable resuming normal routines.
Your shape is becoming more defined, and scars begin to soften. Breasts start to feel more natural as healing progresses.
Swelling subsides, scars fade, and your final shape is fully revealed. Results look more natural with time and feel increasingly like “you.”
Most patients return to light activity after the first week. Discomfort is manageable and swelling starts to decrease. You'll be wearing a support bra and limiting movement to support healing.
Most restrictions are lifted. Swelling continues to decrease, and you'll feel more comfortable resuming normal routines.
Your shape is becoming more defined, and scars begin to soften. Breasts start to feel more natural as healing progresses.
Swelling subsides, scars fade, and your final shape is fully revealed. Results look more natural with time and feel increasingly like “you.”
Our pricing is all-inclusive—covering everything from your pre-op visits and surgery to all post-op care. It also includes anesthesia, your custom compression garment, and scar treatment. These estimates are meant to give you a clear, accurate idea of what to expect.
Each surgical plan is personalized, so your exact pricing may vary. Additional options like fat grafting, Renuvion (scarless skin tightening), high-definition etching (to enhance muscle definition), higher BMI considerations (over 32), or an overnight stay may affect the total cost.
At Ditesheim Cosmetic Surgery, your consultation is more than a conversation — it’s a process built around you. In just three clear steps, we listen to your goals, evaluate your needs, and present surgery plan options designed to fit your lifestyle, body, and vision.
Meet with our team to talk through your goals, concerns, and vision—no pressure, just support.
We’ll walk you through the possibilities and explain what’s realistic for your body and lifestyle.
Your treatment plan is fully customized around you—designed to deliver results that feel natural and lasting.
Meet with our team to talk through your goals, concerns, and vision—no pressure, just support.
We’ll walk you through the possibilities and explain what’s realistic for your body and lifestyle.
Your treatment plan is fully customized around you—designed to deliver results that feel natural and lasting.
If you’re considering getting a breast lift at our Charlotte practice, you may have lots of questions regarding the details of your procedure.
At Ditesheim Cosmetic Surgery, board-certified plastic surgeon Dr. Jeffrey A. Ditesheim makes sure to take all the time needed to address your concerns so you can feel comfortable making your final decision about moving forward with surgery.
If you’re happy with the size of your breasts but want them to appear perkier and more youthful, a breast lift is probably the right path. For both increased volume and a more youthful appearance, a breast lift plus augmentation yields excellent results.
Although it’s not unusual to have decreased sensation on the breasts and nipples immediately following surgery, this condition is temporary and feeling will gradually return to normal over time.
In some cases, simply increasing the size of the breasts through augmentation can lead to breasts that sag. To prevent this, implants can be combined with a breast lift for better results.
The best candidates for breast lift surgery are women who are in good overall physical and mental health and have concerns about the degree of sagging in their breasts. Sagging or ptosis, is common among women as they age, undergo weight fluctuations or have gone through pregnancy. Women with moderate to large breasts are especially prone to sagging, although women with small breasts can also benefit from a breast lift. The best breast lift results are seen in women with downward-pointing nipples, excess breast skin or a deflated breast appearance.
Yes. Because a breast lift involves lifting and reshaping breast tissue before tightening the breast skin, the procedure usually also requires relocating the nipples to a naturally central placement.nnFor many women, this is an added benefit of the procedure, because sagging can cause the breast skin to stretch out, often resulting in nipples that are off-center or lower than they should be. In addition, your areolas can be resized if they have become larger than you would like as a result of sagging.
Keep in mind that a breast lift focuses on breast shape rather than breast size. While a breast lift won’t make your breasts any larger, most women feel that their new shape after a breast life gives them a more youthful figure with a perkier bust line. Depending on your goals, a breast lift might be enough to enhance your breasts. For others, ideal results can be created through a combination of a breast lift and implants.
The common approach to take for breast lift surgery is to place the incisions around the areola, extending downward to the inframammary fold, the natural crease below the breasts. This is often called a ‘keyhole’ incision, and allows Dr. Ditesheim to reshape the breast tissue and tighten the skin for the best breast lift results. While some breast lift patients worry about the appearance of scars prior to their surgery, after their breast lift, most patients are so happy with their results that the scars seem well worth it. In addition, the scars from breast lift surgery tend to fade quite a bit within the first couple of years after surgery, and for many, eventually heal to a point that they are hardly noticeable.
Depending on your exact needs, it’s quite possible that a breast lift can help you achieve greater breast symmetry. If you have one breast that is larger than the other, the smaller breast can be augmented or the larger breast reduced. These procedures can be combined with a lift on one or both breasts to create the most natural appearance. The best way to determine your options for asymmetrical breasts is to schedule a consultation with Dr. Ditesheim.
You should be able to notice some difference in your breast shape and position immediately after surgery. Initially, your end results will be obscured by swelling or bruising as your body heals from surgery. While most breast lift patients can return to work after only a few days of downtime, your final results will slowly develop over the next several weeks and months as the swelling dissipates and your breasts settle into their new position. At about 6 months following surgery, you should have a good idea of the end results of your breast lift.
