Breast implant removal combined with a lift, known as explant surgery with mastopexy, helps many women regain a natural breast contour after years of augmentation.
This procedure addresses sagging skin and stretched tissue caused by implants, boosting confidence through improved aesthetics.
Patients often seek it for personal, health, or lifestyle reasons, with expert guidance ensuring optimal results.
Reasons Patients Choose Explant with Mastopexy
Women opt for breast implant removal with lift due to changes in body image preferences, implant complications, or life stage shifts like post-pregnancy or menopause.
Implants can stretch breast skin over time, leading to ptosis or droopiness once removed, which mastopexy corrects by reshaping and lifting the natural tissue.
Common motivations include relief from capsular contracture, implant rupture concerns, or a desire for a more natural silhouette without foreign materials.
Mr Philip Turton, Consultant Oncoplastic & Specialist Cosmetic Breast Surgeon, notes that factors such as weight fluctuations or ageing exacerbate sagging, making combined procedures ideal for restoring firmness.
The Surgical Process Explained
The procedure typically occurs under general anaesthesia as a day case or short stay, lasting 2-3 hours per breast.
Surgeons access implants via original incisions, remove them—often with surrounding capsules if needed (en-bloc capsulectomy)—then perform mastopexy using techniques like vertical or wise-pattern scars to excise excess skin and reposition the nipple-areola complex. Mr Turton’s technique is superior to this, derived from over 20-Years of evolution into an equity combination that combines safety, with exceptional cosmetic outcomes. The ability to remove the surrounding breast capsule as one unit, is very important to many patients, and this is factored into his specialist approach.
Mr Philip Turton, based at Nuffield Health Leeds Hospital, employs advanced methods including biomedimensional planning for precise surgery, ensuring tailored outcomes in his extensive practice covering implant removal and mastopexy.
Adjustments during surgery account for tissue quality, with fat transfer sometimes added for volume.
Healing Timeline and Recovery Tips
Recovery begins with 1-2 weeks off work, focusing on rest, a surgical bra, and pain management with paracetamol or prescribed analgesics.
Swelling and bruising peak in days 3-5, subsiding by week two when light walking resumes to aid circulation.
By weeks 3-4, most return to desk jobs; sutures come out, and showers are permitted.
Full activity, including exercise, waits 6-8 weeks as scars mature, with follow-ups monitoring progress—Mr Turton advises avoiding heavy lifting to prevent complications.
Aesthetic Outcomes and Long-Term Benefits
Post-surgery, breasts settle into a perky, natural shape within 3-6 months, with improved upper pole fullness from lifted tissue.
Studies show mastopexy with explant yields better aesthetics than removal alone, especially for those with thin skin or prior ptosis. But if a redo-augmentation is desired, this can be done 6-months later, tailored to how you want it.
Patients report high satisfaction, as the procedure aligns with natural ageing, supported by his certification.
Why Consult a Specialist like Mr Turton
Mr Philip Turton offers bespoke consultations, leveraging over 20 years’ experience in cosmetic and reconstructive breast surgery.
His practice includes en-bloc removals and mastopexies, with access to diagnostics like ultrasound and MRI.
