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Mastopexy Without Implants

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The female breast has a high aesthetic value giving beauty and harmony at the female corporal lines. The mammary shape is an important point of the psychosocial well-being of women. The breast is a strong symbol characterizing the female identity. Modification of its shape can give aesthetic corporal damage and eventually functional and psychological alterations that can create difficulties in social relationships and in self-image. The breast has a real beauty when it is young, but generally loses its shape with the years, with variations of volume due to pregnancy or weight gain. The surgeon should appreciate the motivation of the patient who has breast ptosis not only as an aesthetic wish but overall like a necessity to recover a sensation of corporal harmony and of sensuality. The surgical correction of breast ptosis is a way to recuperate the female identity and recover personal satisfaction.

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  1. Plastic Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery, Hôpital Privé d’Athis Mons, Athis Mons, France

    Louis Benelli MD & Charles Benelli MD

  2. Dipartimento per le Applicazioni in Chirurgia delle Tecnologie Innovative, Università di Bari, Bari, Italy

    Michele Pascone MD

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  1. Dept. of Plastic Surgery, University of Rome, Rome, Italy

    Nicolò Scuderi

  2. University of California- San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA

    Bryant A. Toth

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Benelli, L., Pascone, M., Benelli, C. (2016). Mastopexy Without Implants. In: Scuderi, N., Toth, B. (eds) International Textbook of Aesthetic Surgery. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-46599-8_13

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