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FHMC is different from either a general medical hospital or a large university medical center. We provide you with specialty surgery and personal care by the best specialty surgeons and staff.

Just like the major medical centers we have the latest modern equipment and facilities, but that is not what makes us different. The personal care you will receive is unlike the typical impersonal healthcare offered in most large university medical centers. At FHMC we are committed to caring for you as our family.

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Reconstructive and Plastic Surgery

Mastopexy/Breast Lift

The mastopexy operation involves removal of the extra skin surrounding the glandular tissue of the breast in a pattern that tightens the skin vertically and horizontally. This often utilizes a "keyhole" pattern of skin removal that leaves a skin closure suture line around the nipple, along the fold below the breast, and an additional vertical incision connecting the bottom of the nipple circle to the fold. Only the outside skin is removed. The glandular tissue (the volume of the breast) is preserved. The incisions are designed to be covered by underclothing and clothes but are visible without clothing.