Breast Lift in Beverly Hills

Life's journey, including pregnancy, weight changes, and natural aging, can lead to changes in your body that affect your confidence and comfort, particularly with your breasts. If you find your breasts no longer have the youthful firmness and lift they once did, breast lift surgery can restore a higher, more youthful shape.

At Dr. Kelly Killeen's Beverly Hills practice, we believe your decision to pursue a breast lift (mastopexy) is deeply personal. Dr. Killeen's approach combines her extensive surgical expertise, advanced techniques, and artistic vision to deliver beautifully natural results tailored uniquely to you. As a double board-certified surgeon with specialized training in complex breast procedures, she brings a focus on precision, safety, and natural-looking results.

Dr. Killeen's practice is located in the heart of Beverly Hills, with breast lift patients traveling in from across the greater Los Angeles area, including West Hollywood, Santa Monica, Brentwood, Bel Air, Pacific Palisades, Hollywood, Pasadena, Calabasas, and Sherman Oaks. As a double board-certified female plastic surgeon, she performs both breast lifts and combined lift/augmentation procedures.

Every breast lift is performed at an accredited facility, either the Quad A (AAAASF) accredited surgery center in Dr. Killeen's Beverly Hills office or Cedars-Sinai, with board-certified anesthesiologists. Patients who stay overnight after surgery at the center recover at a partner recovery facility. For patients traveling from outside the LA area, the team helps coordinate scheduling, recommended recovery accommodations nearby, and post-operative follow-up so the experience feels seamless from consultation through final result.

Breast lift surgery raises and reshapes sagging breasts by removing excess skin and rearranging the breast tissue into a higher, perkier shape. Unlike augmentation or reduction, a breast lift primarily addresses the position and contour of your existing breast tissue, repositioning nipples and areolas for a youthful, rejuvenated appearance.

Every lift is a trade: a better, longer-lasting shape in exchange for a scar on the breast. Sagging is linked to age, weight loss, pregnancies, smoking, and breast size (not, as it turns out, to wearing a bra).

Most of Dr. Killeen's breast lifts are done without implants. A lift alone creates a natural slope up top and a rounded bottom; an implant can be added for more volume or upper fullness, but an implant by itself does not lift a sagging breast. Learn more about breast augmentation. Fat grafting can fill a hollow upper chest that a lift alone does not correct.

The lift pattern depends on your anatomy and how much lift you need. As Dr. Killeen puts it, the lift chooses the patient:

Performed at our accredited Beverly Hills surgery center or Cedars-Sinai, your comfort and safety are paramount. Surgery typically takes 2-4 hours under general anesthesia with meticulous, precise techniques, and it is usually an outpatient procedure, so you go home the same day.

Pain after a breast lift is usually on the lower end for plastic surgery. A typical timeline:

1. First Week

   A long-acting numbing medication covers the first few days, and most patients get by with ibuprofen after that. Drains are typically not needed, and many patients go home with a Prevena incision dressing that stays on for about a week.
2. Weeks 1-4

   Most patients with desk jobs return to work after about a week; physical jobs can take up to a month. No lifting over 5 to 10 pounds and no exercise for about four weeks, and consistent bra wear helps the lift settle.
3. Weeks 4-6

   Scar care with silicone gel or sheets and sun protection begins once the initial healing is done. Early on, the breasts can look square or flat on the bottom; this square phase is temporary.
4. 6-12 Months

   The shape settles over six months to a year. Scars often look good early, turn pink and thicker for a while, then fade over six months to two years.

A breast lift is safe because it is elective, done in a controlled setting, and done on healthy patients; risk rises when it is combined with other operations, especially a tummy tuck. Learn how safe a breast lift is.