Webster's dictionary defines sag as: to sink downward by, or as if by weight or pressure. Cosmetic surgeons have definition of sagging and it's far when the nipple falls underneath the infra-mammary fold, or the crease of the breast. A Ptotic (or sagging) breast, is measured according to the level of droop that is reward.
Which way are your nipples pointing? If you turn to the side and look in a mirror, where are your nipples in relation to the fold of your breast? If they're just at, or above that fold, chances are that your breasts would not be thought to be to be sagging. If your nipples is lower than the fold, then sag is reward.
Sagging or dropping of the breasts is a natural, inevitable process that happens to most all women at some point. The most notable sagging happens by normal life experiences.
If your breasts are bothersome, or you have thought about what can be done to improve the appearance and shape of your breasts, then a surgical intervention might be something to have in mind. A breast lift is designed to lip and re-shape the breast to offer it a more youthful, desired appearance. A breast augmentation is designed to restore volume and shape to the breast. Schedule a consultation with a board certified surgeon to find out what it will take to get you the breasts that dream of.
Copyright (c) 2007 Dr. Robert Kenevan
There are also childless women who feel that they have sagging breasts and wonder if it's normal. It is true that sagging happens to all women at some time or another. Even if you never get pregnant, your breasts will maybe start to droop as you age.
When you lose weight, some of that fat disappears from your breasts. Typically the skin and the ligaments within the breasts don't retract accordingly, resulting in an empty looking breast that then may sag.
Breasts can start drooping at any age, because they do not have muscles in them. They have ligaments and connective tissue. When the gravity pulls the breasts down, those ligaments and the skin can stretch, and so the breast droops. This depends on the elasticity of the skin and of the ligaments, as determined by your genes and diet and also, the normal aging process.
Some standard reasons for sagging is when a girl loses weight and by breast involution.
To determine if you have a in announcement ptotic breast you have to to get the recommendations of a board certified cosmetic surgeon. Through a physical exam and measurements, the surgeon could then give you accurate information in regards to your own special situation. Another way to get an idea if you are in doubt, is to word your breasts from the front and side.