Breast Reduction and Lift: Your Surgery Options
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Breast reduction, or reduction mammoplasty (or mammaplasty), is the surgery to reduce the weight, mass and size of the breasts for whatever reason. Macromastia is the state of having disproportionate, heavy breasts on an otherwise average-sized body. When a woman has very large breasts, it is difficult to exercise, play sports, fit into clothing, or sometimes even stand up straight without pain. Add to the mix of physical limitations and psychological feelings of insecurity that big breasts may foster and it's understandable how macromastia can be a nightmare. Breast reduction surgery is designed to alter the size of the breasts to better the life of the patient. Breast reduction is often combined with a breast lift to further enhance the final outcome of the surgery. |
Indications for Breast Reduction
If you have backaches, neckaches, find it difficult to breathe, have stasis ulcers (irritation or necrosis of the skin due to pressure), notice grooves in your shoulders from your bra straps, have numbness of any portion of the breasts and upper chest from the excessive weight, are displeased aesthetically, or dislike the general size of the breasts for any reason, breast reduction may be an option for you. Breast reduction surgery is safer than it once was, but it is still major surgery that sometimes requires a short hospital stay in moderate to severe cases. While macromastia is an affliction that can negatively affect the quality of a woman's life, breast reduction and breast lift can enhance that life.
Many women who seek breast reduction are either post-partum, overweight, have a predisposition for large, disproportionate breasts, or a sensitivity to estrogen during development or pregnancy.
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