The goal of Breast Reduction (Reduction Mammoplasty) is to give a woman with cumbersome breasts relief from a variety of medical problems caused by the weight and size of her breasts.
Bra straps, even wide ones, may groove the shoulders, while underwire bras poke and irritate the skin under and at the sides of the breasts. Extremely heavy breasts are associated with a variety of medical problems such as back and neck pain, skeletal deformities, and breathing difficulties. Breast reduction offers benefits to the woman of any age, including the teenage girl, who is painfully self-conscious of her breast size.
Whenever a patient tells me that her parent, spouse, or partner doesn’t understand why she wants breast reduction, I suggest that she divide five pounds of potatoes into two bags, tie the handles together with a length of string, and then have her critic wear this pendant around their neck for a couple of hours. This usually stops all future but I love you the way you are conversations.
Breast reduction operations not only reduce the size of your breasts, but often reshape them by relocating the nipple to a higher, more youthful, position.
The breast is composted of firmer gland and softer fat. The glandular portion produces milk and accounts for the fluctuation experienced during menstruation and the increase in volume during and after pregnancy. The fatty portion of the breast provides additional volume. The amount of gland relative to the amount of fat changes over time. In general, the breasts of a young woman have more gland than fat and older women tend to have more fat than gland; there are, however, many exceptions to this observation.
While sensible diet and exercise are good habits for everyone, weight loss does not always result in a proportionate reduction in breast size. In addition, women of otherwise normal weight may be troubled by their large breasts.
Breast reduction operations are safely performed in a hospital or in an accredited out-patient facility, usually under general anesthesia. The standard incision follows the keyhole pattern, similar to that used for a mastopexy. All other patterns are variations of the keyhole. All incisions are placed so that they may be concealed by regular clothing. Most patients return to a desk job in two to three weeks.
One of the newest means of breast reduction takes advantage of the fatty components of the breast. Liposuction removes the fatty components of the breast while leaving the glandular elements in place. Since liposuction requires much smaller incisions than any of the alternatives, scarring is greatly reduced. Liposuction is rapidly becoming one of the most popular ways to reduce breast size with minimal down time. Most patients feel up to a desk job in two to three days after liposuction breast reduction.
If you are living with the discomfort of cumbersome breasts, consider Reduction Mammoplasty as a possible solution.
