Breast Lift Turkey

You take your bra off at night and catch yourself in the mirror. They're lower than you remember. For a lot of women it happened after children and the months of feeding that came with them. For others it was losing a lot of weight. Sometimes it just crept in with the years. Whatever the cause, it's the reason most people start looking into a breast lift in Turkey.

Higher up the page you'll find how the operation moves the nipple and removes surplus skin. Down here we've gathered the questions that come before and after the surgery itself. We start with how a surgeon decides how far your breast has dropped. Timing comes next, along with what a lift can do to feeling and breastfeeding. After that it's recovery, how to read breast lift before and after photos, and finally the price.

How much has the breast dropped?

Surgeons don't go by "a bit saggy". They measure where the nipple sits compared with the crease under your breast, standing up, in millimetres. Roughly speaking, there are three grades. In a mild drop the nipple is still just above the crease and pointing forward. Once the nipple has come down level with the crease, surgeons call that moderate. Below the crease is the most advanced stage, and by then the breast usually hangs forward over the fold.

One version catches people out. The nipple hasn't really moved, yet the bulk of the breast has slipped down underneath it. That's usually a sign of lost volume, and a lift on its own may not be the right answer.

Posture changes all of this. Lean forward, pull your shoulders back or lift your arms, and the breast seems to move a whole grade. It's one reason a photo is a starting point for us and nothing more.

Which breast lift scar will you have?

Three patterns are used, and the grade picks between them. A circle around the areola suits a mild drop. A circle with a line running down to the crease, often called a lollipop, handles a moderate one. The anchor adds a third line hidden in the fold, for breasts with surplus skin both lengthways and across.

The smallest scar is what nearly everyone wants, and we understand why. A circle of stitches around the areola can only hold so much, though. Ask it to lift a breast that really needed a longer line and the areola gets pulled wider. Within a year or two the bottom of the breast usually slips back down. Putting that right means the bigger scar anyway, on tissue that's already been operated on. Since all three patterns cost the same here, the choice can be made purely on what your breast needs.

Breast lift or implants? Sometimes neither

Some of the women who write to us about a lift end up on another page entirely. A breast that's emptied out, with flat upper fullness but a nipple still well placed, usually needs volume more than position. That's breast augmentation territory. A breast that's heavy enough to cause neck and shoulder pain calls for a breast reduction, which has a lift built in.

And if you're having implants taken out, a lift is often what stops the breast looking deflated afterwards. Our breast implant removal page covers that combination.

Breast lift with implants

A lift raises what's there. It doesn't add any. After pregnancy or weight loss, many women find a lift makes the breast neater while the top stays flat. If upper fullness is what you're after, the lift can be combined with an implant in one operation.

That changes the long-term picture, though. Adding an implant brings something into your life with a shelf life. You'd need scans from time to time, and at some point it's likely to come out again, maybe sooner, maybe much later. Keep the lift on its own and there's nothing in there to check. Plenty of women decide that's worth a flatter top.

When to have a breast lift after pregnancy or weight loss

Plan around your family first. A pregnancy after the lift will stretch everything again, so if another baby is on the cards, most women hold off. Once you've finished feeding, give it at least six months. The breast keeps changing for a while, and we'd rather operate on the shape you'll actually keep.

Weight works the same way. If you're still losing, or planning to, get your weight steady first. After a large loss, for example following a gastric sleeve, the skin can be very loose, and the anchor pattern is often the one that does the job.

Feeling, feeding and nicotine

The nipple stays attached to its own blood and nerve supply while it's moved up. Even so, changes in nipple feeling are common for the first months. Most of it comes back. For some people sensitivity stays lower, or occasionally higher, for good. Distance matters here. A nipple that only moves up a little is less likely to stay numb than one that has to go a long way.

In a standard lift the milk ducts stay connected, and many women breastfeed afterwards. Some find their supply is lower, or that it doesn't work. No surgeon can promise either way.

Smokers and vapers will need to give it up for a while, before the operation and right through healing. That includes patches and gum. Think of the nipple as sitting at the end of a long, thin supply line. Nicotine pinches that line, and tissue that's short of blood heals slowly, or in the worst cases doesn't survive. We check, rather than simply asking.

Breast lift recovery

After a breast lift in Turkey, the first night is spent on the ward. You move to your hotel the next day. For the first few days your chest will feel tight, more of a pull and an ache than real pain. By around day five most women notice it easing off. The surgical bra stays on round the clock. For a while, anything kept on a high shelf will have to come down with someone else's help. Most people manage desk work after about a week.

Here's the part that surprises people. The shape usually looks best around three weeks after surgery. The scars, meanwhile, look their worst at about three months, when they're red, raised and firm. They flatten and fade over the months after that. With an anchor scar, watch the spot under the breast where the lines meet. Healing there is often slowest, and we'll be checking it at your follow-ups.

Beyond that, problems are uncommon, but you should hear about them before you sign. Fluid or blood can gather under the skin and may need draining. Infection happens occasionally. Now and then a small firm lump of fat forms where tissue was moved. The nipples can also end up at slightly different heights. Some unevenness between the sides is often there before surgery, and it may stay.

How long does a breast lift last?

Nobody's breasts stop ageing after surgery. Some degree of drop comes back over the years for everyone. Weight is the big factor. Larger breasts drag on the new shape every day, and they tend to drop again sooner than small ones. Having another baby and feeding it does the same, and so does a big change on the scales in either direction.

Done at the right time, breast lift results usually hold well for many years. It also leaves you with nothing that needs scans or replacing, which is a real difference from an implant.

Breast lift before and after photos

Check when any breast lift before and after photo was taken. A picture at three weeks shows the shape at its best and the scars before they've had time to look their worst. Twelve months tells you much more. Our gallery labels lift-only cases separately from those where an implant was added, and that's worth checking anywhere you look, because the two give very different results.

Breast lift reviews are useful in the same way, especially those with a before and after photo taken at around the same time. A review written a year on tells you how the scars settled and whether the results held.

Breast lift cost and price in Turkey

Our breast lift price in Turkey is €3,500, whichever of the three scar patterns you need. With a round implant it's €4,500, and with a teardrop implant €4,900. Surgeon, anaesthetic, the night in hospital and your surgical garment are all part of that. So are transfers, an interpreter and a full year of check-ins. We'll book a hotel for you too, though that's paid on top, from €75 a night.

For comparison, a mastopexy is commonly quoted at around €6,450 to €10,800 in the UK. When you weigh up any breast lift cost, check one thing first. Does the price change with the scar pattern? If it does, the clinic has a reason to steer you towards one. Ours stays the same.

Before you get in touch

Take photos standing relaxed, front on and from both sides, with your arms down. Take one set wearing a non-padded bra, then repeat them without. If you've had children, let us know how many. It matters whether you're planning more. Say if your weight has been steady lately, too. Our surgeons in Istanbul will reply with the grade, the scar that grade calls for, and a straight answer on whether a breast lift in Turkey alone will give you the shape you have in mind.