Breast Reduction Surgery
These surgeries get attention with the solutions that are provided in terms of overcoming neck back shoulder pain and improving the quality of life. In addition to providing bodily harmony, the smaller, shaped and smooth breasts gained after the surgery offer a new life style to the patient. Breast reduction surgeries are frequently preferred because of these bio-psychosocial gains and their results are very satisfactory.
Who can undergo the breast reduction surgery? While this operation can be performed for adolescent girls, who have not physical development yet only in case of juvenile breast hypertrophy, which restricts the life comfort considerably, it is possible to perform it for females at any age, who have completed their physical development.
Breast reduction operations should be performed, when the breasts remain large due to frequent pregnancy and prolonged breastfeeding, after excessive and rapid weight loss, after stomach reduction operations, in case of the existence of large, heavy and amorphous tits that are incompatible with the body after heavy diet workouts, in case of the existence of the deep and painful grooves caused by the bra straps on shoulder tips, when the redness and moisturizing problem increase in breast fold areas and most importantly when the patient person feels carrying the weight of large breasts as a penalty.
Gains after the Surgery
The net gains after breast reduction operations include shaped and small breasts, decreased risk of developing tumors in proportion to the size of tissues that are removed, self-reliance and socialization gained by a more energetic and sporty appearance, updated wardrobe, a mobile and better quality lifestyle. Even though it is possible to have he changes in the shape of the breasts after the surgery due to gravity and the weight gained after pregnancy, these can be fixed later
Breast Reduction Techniques and Recovery
Breast reduction operations should be performed in a full-fledged hospital environment with general anesthesia. After predetermined techniques are drawn over the breasts, the surgery begins with the decision to determine whether the breasts shall be given shape with a technique such as a liposuction and or fat transfer. The operation lasts about 2-2.5 hours. After shaping the breasts, the removed tissues are sent to pathology. If necessary, the lumps of fat extending to the region under the arms back or abdomen are shaped with combined liposuction.
The drains placed on both breasts are removed the next morning and the patient is discharged with pressed corset. After the operation, swelling and edema disappear within 3-4 days. Final improvement of the breasts, that is aesthetic formation, is completed after 2-3 menstrual periods. On the third day, the first control time, the patient can take a shower and travel, including air travel. The patient can start working on the 7th day at the latest. It is recommended to use corsets for 15 days. She can start light exercises such as walking after on 3rd day and heavy sports such as swimming weight lifting within the 3rd week.
Currently, the most preferred techniques in breast reduction are the ones that provide the fastest and permanent formation with minimum scars. With these techniques, called Vertical mammoplasty, it is possible to reduce and give form to the breasts of all sizes. Small deformities and asymmetries that could develop after the surgery could be fixed with small surgical retouches.
The Process of Breast Reduction
Most of the time reduction surgeries include breast lifting contouring procedures, including reshaping of nipples and the places where the breast are folded. In rare cases, where there is a history of breast cancer in family, the breast tissues are removed almost totally and a radical reduction is achieved. Following such a surgery, the creation of new breasts is called as reconstruction.
Breast reduction operations are applications that provide very satisfactory results together with current techniques that ensure fast recovery with minimum scars. Therefore, they are often applied. These are procedures that allow simultaneous interventions to other parts of the body.
