SURGICAL PROCEDURES
Breast Reduction (Available Upon Request)
Overview
A reduction mammoplasty is a surgery to reduce breast size and treat back pain due to the amount of weight placed in the area. A volumetric reduction involves removing extra glandular tissue, skin and fat from the breasts.
Macromastia, also known as breast hypertrophy, leads to debilitative back pain and obesity due to the pain that arises from exercise. Symptomatic macromastia leads to shoulder, chest and neck pain, headaches, poor posture, and numbness in the hands.
Unfortunately, non-surgical treatments do not alleviate back pain as a result of having overly large breasts. The only way to resolve this is to undergo breast reduction surgery.
Procedures
General anaesthesia and intravenous sedation help numb the area for surgery to take place. The entire procedure takes place through breast incisions. Several incision patterns exist, including a circular pattern (lollipop incision) and a keyhole incision or anchor-shaped pattern (inverted "T"). Afterwards, repositioning of the nipple along with the blood and nerve supply occurs. Next, we excise the skin around the areola to reduce its size. Then, the plastic surgeon lifts and reshapes the remaining breast tissue.
However, the medical team removes and transplants the nipple and areola to the upper portion of the breast for extremely large breasts. A free nipple graft is a traditional breast reconstructive procedure that involves removing and replacing a nipple skin graft.
The lollipop technique boasts fewer incisions, and therefore there is a lower risk of tissue damage than the anchor pattern technique.
Recovery
With the lollipop reduction technique, recovery is much faster than a traditional surgical T-patterned method. A return to work and daily routine can be expected a week after the surgery. Another benefit of this type of procedure is that the surgical wounds will not need drains to pump out fluid or blood. Swelling and redness around the site are expected but should subside in time.
The results after surgery are worth the recovery because the breasts are well-shaped, symmetrical and aligned to your body composition while maintaining your signature curves.