Should You Combine Breast Augmentation with a Breast Lift?

Should You Combine Breast Augmentation with a Breast Lift?

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02.04.2025

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Choosing to enhance your breasts surgically is a personal and often empowering decision. Whether prompted by changes after pregnancy, weight loss, ageing, or simply a desire for a more balanced shape, breast surgery can offer results that align more closely with how you want to look and feel.

Two of the most popular options are breast augmentation, which adds volume and fullness, and a breast lift, which reshapes and repositions the breast. While each can be effective on its own, combining them can deliver a more complete and natural-looking transformation—especially when volume loss and sagging are both concerns.

This blog explores what each procedure involves, when combining them might be the right option, and what to expect if you’re considering a breast augmentation with a lift. 

What is Breast Augmentation?

Breast augmentation is a surgical procedure that increases breast size and enhances shape by inserting implants. It’s a popular choice for women who feel their breasts are too small, uneven, or have lost volume over time.

There are several types of implants used in breast augmentation. At Adnova, we offer silicone implants as they offer a softer, more natural feel.

The implants are typically inserted through an incision under the breast fold, (other approaches exist but have disadvantages compared to the incision in the fold). and positioned beneath the breast tissue or under the chest muscle. The placement depends on factors such as your anatomy, lifestyle and the look you hope to achieve. 

What Is a Breast Lift?

A breast lift, or mastopexy, is a surgical procedure that lifts and reshapes the breast without significantly altering its size. It’s designed to correct sagging by removing excess skin, tightening the surrounding tissue, and repositioning the nipple and areola.

Sagging, also known as breast ptosis, can develop for many reasons: the natural ageing process, hormonal changes, pregnancy, breastfeeding, weight loss, or simply genetics. When the skin stretches and loses elasticity, the breast tissue begins to descend, often leaving the breasts looking deflated or uneven.

Depending on the degree of lift needed, your surgeon may recommend one of several techniques, ranging from a small incision around the areola to more extensive anchor-shaped incisions for greater reshaping. 

Why Combine Breast Augmentation and a Breast Lift?

Combining breast augmentation with a breast lift can be the ideal solution for women who are concerned about both the size and shape of their breasts.

Breast implants can restore volume, but if the skin and tissue have already stretched or sagged, implants alone may lead to an unnatural or unsatisfying result. Similarly, a lift can reposition the breast but won’t add fullness.

Combining the two procedures allows for a more complete transformation. The lift addresses sagging by elevating and reshaping the tissue, while the augmentation restores volume and enhances the overall silhouette. The result can be a fuller, perkier, more youthful profile that looks natural and well-proportioned. 

breast augmentation with breast uplift

What Are the Benefits of Combining Breast Lift and Augmentation?

When performed together, a breast lift and augmentation can achieve what neither procedure can fully deliver alone. It’s a combination that addresses both volume and positioning—restoring fullness, correcting sagging, and creating a more youthful and proportional contour.

For patients who have experienced a loss of firmness and shape—often following pregnancy or significant weight loss—this dual approach offers a comprehensive solution. The breast lift restores the breasts to a higher position, reshaping the tissue and tightening the skin. At the same time, the augmentation enhances volume and improves overall symmetry and upper pole fullness.

What’s particularly appealing is how the two procedures work in harmony. Rather than simply increasing size with implants and hoping the skin will support the added weight, the lift ensures the implant is well positioned and adequately supported—reducing the risk of future sagging and delivering longer-lasting results. 

There’s also a practical benefit to combining procedures. By having both the lift and augmentation done in one operation, patients go through a single recovery period and only require one round of anaesthetic. For many, that’s a simpler and more manageable journey—physically, emotionally and logistically.

Perhaps most importantly, patients often report feeling more confident in their bodies following this combination. The results look balanced and natural, restoring a sense of proportion and uplift that often matches how the patient feels on the inside. 

Who Is a Good Candidate for Breast Augmentation with Lift?

If you’ve noticed both a loss of volume and an increase in breast sagging, you may be a good candidate for a combined breast lift and augmentation. This situation is particularly common among women who have experienced significant body changes—whether due to pregnancy, breastfeeding, ageing or weight loss.

Signs that a combined procedure might be a good fit for you include: 

  • Nipples sitting below the crease of the breast or pointing downward
  • A feeling that your breasts appear deflated or have lost their upper fullness
  • A desire for more volume but concern about existing sagging 

You’ll also need to be in good general health and have realistic expectations about what surgery can achieve. A consultation with a qualified plastic surgeon is the best way to understand your options and decide whether this combined approach aligns with your goals. 

Is a Breast Lift with Augmentation Right for You?

If you’re looking to restore both volume and shape, a breast augmentation with a lift could offer the best of both worlds. It’s not simply about going larger—it’s about creating balance, support and a look that aligns more with how you see yourself. This combined procedure can deliver long-lasting, natural-looking results that enhance confidence and self-image.

The first step is a consultation with a trusted surgeon who understands your goals and can help you navigate your options. At Adnova, we support you through every stage of your journey—from research and decision-making to recovery and beyond. If you’re considering breast enhancement surgery, we’ll help you explore your choices with clarity, care and confidence. 

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