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Breast Reduction
What Is a Breast Reduction?
A breast reduction involves removing excess breast tissue and skin to lessen the stress and weight on the neck, shoulders and back caused by heavy breasts. A breast reduction includes lifting and reshaping the breast to create an optimum round full breast shape. This helps many patients balance out the proportions of their figure and alleviate back and neck pain caused by heavy breast tissue. It can help improve your confidence and make it easier to find clothing that fits. Breast reduction has one of the highest patients reported satisfaction ratings.
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Who Is a Good Candidate?
- You should be at or close to your ideal weight, with a BMI less than 35. Check your BMI below.
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- The best candidates are non-smokers. Smoking increases the chance of complications including nipple and skin death.
- You are no longer planning on breast feeding.
- If you are suffering from physical or psychological symptoms related to large breasts including
- Back, neck or shoulder pain.
- Indentations in the shoulders from bra straps.
- Poor posture.
- Limitations on exercise of physical activity.
- Trouble finding clothing that fits.
The procedures
- This is an outpatient surgery. You will go home the same day.
- An anchor-shaped incision will be drawn on the breast. This will outline the amount of skin and tissue to be removed as well as the new nipple and areola position.
- Breast tissue and skin will be removed during surgery that correlates with your desired reduction in cup size.
- The remaining tissue will be carefully sculpted in order to create a full round breast shape.
- The tissue will be closed in multiple layers, ensure there is strong internal support and proper wound closure.
- The incision will be covered with dressings and you will wake up wearing a surgical bra.
- Surgery time varies depending on breast size, goal size and if additional procedures will be performed at the same time. The average length of surgery is between 2.5-3.5hrs.
- The most common procedures performed at the time include
- Liposuction of the lateral chest – this helps to slim the sides of the chest after breast reduction which can appear more prominent now that the breasts are lifted and in proportionate with the rest of the body.
- Galatea Mesh placement – Galatea mesh is an absorbable mesh which acts as an internal bra to further support the weight of the breast tissue. This helps to extend the life of the breast reduction even longer. Patients report improved fullness of the upper breasts. This mesh dissolves after approximately 2 years and scar tissue forms in its place.
The Incisions
Typically, an anchor shaped incision is necessary to lift, reduce and reposition the breast tissue to create the optimum shape. Skin and excess tissues will be removed.
Procedure Video
[Title screen for Procedure – Breast Reduction & Lift]
[Dr. Gupta speaking to the camera like an interview]
Many patients are self-conscious about the large size of the breasts.
[3 side by side images showing why some women may want a breast reduction & lift procedure]
It also makes it uncomfortable for them to pick the right clothing and can also cause neck pain or upper back pain or rashes under the breasts.
[Image of woman pointing out her breasts]
Breast reduction, by reducing the size of the breast and lifting the breasts to a normal anatomical position, can help with a lot of these issues.
[Dr. Gupta in a consultation appointment with patient]
When patients come to us, we really try to get into their mindset to see what size they are most comfortable with. Are they looking to look better in particular kind of clothing? And that’s an integral part of the consultation because we really want to know what size will fit them the best and provide them with that size.
[Dr. Gupta speaking to the camera like an interview]
Breast reduction always comes with breast lift. If you have larger size, typically the breasts have some sagging as well, so it makes sense that while you’re reducing the size of the breasts, you lift them up as well. However, breast lift can be done by itself as well without reducing the size of the breast. So if the woman is happy with the size of the breasts but there is some sagging that they want to correct, we can do breast lift procedure by itself.
[Before and after photos of breast reduction & lift procedure patients]
[Dr. Gupta speaking to the camera like an interview]
Most women feel self-confident after these procedures.
[Patient admiring results post procedure in the mirror]
They like how they look in the mirror or without the clothes,
[Dr. Gupta speaking to the camera like an interview]
and we love this procedure at work plastic surgery and specialize in it.
[Closing title screen with Verve Plastic Surgery logo]
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Dr. Gupta and his entire staff are absolutely amazing! So kind caring and professional. I had some procedures done and Dr. Gupta listened to exactly what I wanted. I left feeling that my results were amazing! I had Blephroplasty and a breast reduction! I highly recommend Dr. Gupta's services if you are looking to have cosmetic surgery done!
FAQs
- Yes. Surgical drains will be required to prevent excess fluid accumulation in your newly shaped breasts.
- They typically stay in place 5-10 days depending on the volume of fluid output.
This varies widely depending on your individual insurance plan. Other factors that contribute including your height, weight, current cup size and desired cup size. For insurance covered procedures, there is a special calculation that is performed to dictate the minimum amount of breast tissue to be removed. This calculation is based on your height and weight. Additional procedures such as liposuction, breast augmentation and placement of Galatea mesh support structure is not covered by insurance.
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