Talk:Ptosis (breasts)

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Some pictures or some drawings would really bring this article to life. Acewolf359 01:32, 13 December 2006 (UTC)

Agreed, could use those on the breast page and just note them appropriately. Mathmo ^Talk 03:57, 11 January 2007 (UTC)

Listing of images on wikipedia of breasts [1] Mathmo ^Talk 06:13, 11 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Recent additions

I reverted the most recent series of edits because they cite no reliable sources. The two main sections that I removed are about ptosis having "grades" of severity, and a section about mastopexy. The idea of ptosis being a "deformity" necessarily requiring surgical "correction" is POV. The information about mastopexy should go at mastopexy, not here. What is this about "grades" of ptosis? Reliable sources are necessary. Joie de Vivre ^T 04:12, 20 June 2007 (UTC)

• I got the information from a medical website.--Lord Balin 02:24, 21 June 2007 (UTC)

• Please review the above links regarding sources. Joie de Vivre ^T 02:25, 21 June 2007 (UTC)

[2] [3] [4]--Lord Balin 03:06, 21 June 2007 (UTC)

I'm not convinced that the people who profit from elective surgeries on breast ptosis are the ones to ask. The condition is completely benign. It's as though an organization of estheticians offering skin bleaching were to invent "grades" of "freckle density" based on the number of freckles on the skin per square inch, with a corresponding level of bleaching treatment necessary to "correct" the "deformity". These so-called "grades" of the ptosis condition do not seem exist anywhere outside of the business which profits off of "correcting" ptosis. This could go at mastopexy, with a note that plastic surgeons have divided the levels of ptosis into three "grades". Joie de Vivre ^T 02:54, 21 June 2007 (UTC)

• Fine, ok? All I tried to do was to improve the content of the article. And as far as editing the talk page I was adding my references even as you were answering me. But fine...I will leave your little article alone, but I suggest you expand on it.--Lord Balin 03:05, 21 June 2007 (UTC)
  • BTW...my wife suffers from ptosis, and the pic I had in the article was her (with permission).--Lord Balin 03:07, 21 June 2007 (UTC)

I have responded on your Talk page. Joie de Vivre ^T 03:37, 21 June 2007 (UTC)