What it is good for:

1. Sagging breast where the nipple-areolar complex needs to be lifted 5 cm or less.
2. Breasts with upper or medial hollow. An example is a breast with all the breast tissue distributed below the nipple or when the breast tissue is too wide, or the nipples are too wide.
3. Patients who are sagging and want an augmentation of any volume.

Why is it different then the competition:

1. The lift is from above. The breast tissue is pulled up and re-attached to the chest wall higher up. Other lifts push up from the bottom of the breast.
2. Pulling up the breast tissue fills the upper and/or medial parts of the breast.
3. Pulling the tissue up puts the nipple areolar complex exactly where you place it In other words, the nipples are symmetrical.
4. The implant is used only to add volume, not to help lift the breast, therefore your volume is exactly what you want – not too big or too small.

The procedure was performed like this: the old implants were removed, the breasts pockets were closed laterally with my breast splint (previously reported), a tunnel was created from the incision to the breast tissue on the inner breast and then the breast tissue was moved medially and anchored in place. This maneuver moved the breast tissue and nipple toward the center. A new implant was put into and beautiful breasts were the result. After our 1 week follow-up the results were still great! I will show follow-up photos in later blogs – so be on the lookout for The IBM procedure.