Breast Reduction
A breast reduction is a cosmetic operation to make your breasts smaller, and sometimes to improve their shape.
| Procedure time | 2-3 hours |
| Anaesthetic type | General |
| Day case or overnight | Day case – No drains |
| Downtime/recovery | 2 weeks |
Disproportionately large breasts relative to your overall figure can cause both physical and emotional distress. The size and weight of large breasts can cause a variety of medical problems including:
- Neck, shoulder, back pain.
- Shoulder indentations – Bra strap grooving.
- Chronic headaches.
- Persistent or recurrent skin intertriginous infections, rashes, maceration, and irritation.
- Self-image impact – loss confidence, emotional distress, self-consciousness, and social stigma (feeling people are staring at their breasts).
- In extreme cases, degenerative arthritis of the cervical and thoracic spine
- Wardrobe concerns – difficulty finding suitable bra and clothes that fit – often needing much large size tips compared to bottoms.
- Difficulty undertaking exercise, limitations in physical activity and ability to lead an active life
Breast reduction is a procedure to remove excess breast tissue and skin to achieve a breast size and shape more in proportion with your body and to alleviate the discomfort associated with excessively large breasts. Breast reduction can change a patient’s life – potentially alleviating several of the discussed medical problems and it has a high patient satisfactions rate and been shown to improve self-image. It can also help patients who are unhappy with the shape, size, weight, and droopiness of their breasts
