Breast Lift (Mastopexy)

Pregnancy, weight loss, time, or the removal of implants can leave the breast lower and emptier than it once was. A breast lift — mastopexy — lifts and reshapes your own tissue to restore a more youthful contour, without implants.

When a breast lift helps

• After pregnancy and breastfeeding — restoring shape and position once your family is complete.
• After significant weight loss — including weight lost with GLP-1 medications, which often leaves loose, deflated breast skin.
• With implant removal — many women who decide their implants should come out pair breast implant removal with a lift, so the breast is reshaped rather than left empty.
• With a reduction — a breast reduction always includes a lift; when the goal is shape rather than size, a lift alone may be the answer.
• With an implant — augmentation mastopexy — when a lift alone won't restore the fullness you want, an implant can be placed at the same time, combining the lift with added volume in a single operation.

Dr. Li's approach

Dr. Li is a breast specialist first: reconstruction and reshaping of the breast is what she does every operating day. Her mastopexy technique focuses on using your own tissue to rebuild upper fullness — in selected patients, an auto-augmentation repositions your existing tissue to add volume where it was lost, with no implant at all. When you want more fullness than a lift alone can restore, she also performs augmentation mastopexy — combining the lift with a breast implant, sized to the result you're after.

See real results

The breast lift gallery shows Dr. Li's own patients, including lifts after major weight loss, photographed before and after.

To find out what a lift could look like for you, book a consultation with Dr. Li in Arcadia or Pasadena, or call 626.888.9728.