A: I recently made another two-week visit to Brazil, working with Dr. Joao Carlos Sampaio Goes M.D. Ph.D, on minimal incisional breast lifting.

The problem with a woman’s breasts, if she has had several pregnancies, is significant drooping of the breast tissues and a stretching out of the skin envelope or the skin brassiere; the breasts have a ‘sad look’ referred to as ‘droop’ by the patients.

The ‘droop’ of the breasts is the result of the misshapen, shrunken breast tissue and the excess skin. The nipple points downward towards the floor. This constitutes a very aged and distressing shape which cannot be rectified by the insertion of a breast implant. If a breast implant alone is used, the breasts will be even more distorted, large and unattractive.

Working with Dr. Goes in Brazil was a marvellous opportunity. It was a great privilege to be shown the finer points of his technique. I believe the trend is away from the traditional operation with the ‘anchor’ type scar. In my opinion, patients will not accept the excessive scarring of breast lifting from the traditional operation, nor should they. Instead, once informed, patients will choose the periareolar Bennelli or, as I now call it, the Brazilian Goes technique for lifting the breasts.

The procedure of breast lifting can be carried out as an outpatient procedure and we are performing these procedures on-site at the Double Bay Day Surgery.

Breast Lifting (Goes Technique)

Before After

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