Table 1.

Regnault’s Classification of Breast Ptosis Based on the Position of the NAC Relative to the Inframammary Fold

Scale	Criteria
Pseudoptosis	NAC is above the IMF
Type I (mild)	NAC is at or 1 cm below the IMF
Type II (moderate)	NAC is 1–3 cm below the IMF
Type III (severe)	NAC is at the lowest portion of the breast

NAC, nipple–areola complex; IMF, inframammary fold.

Reprinted with permission from Wolters Kluwer Health from Plast Reconstr Surg. 2011;127(4):91e–102e.