reduction mammoplasty
Reduction mammoplasty
Introduction
Reduction mammoplasty is a surgical procedure that reduces the voluminous breasts and breast size and then results in lifting the breast. This surgery is done with the aim of beauty or functional, or combination of both. During consultation, Dr. Majid Nadaf, determines that which procedure is suitable for you
Breast reduction, also known as reduction mammoplasty, removes the problems related to having volumetric breasts, such as neck pain, and eases discomfort or to get a breast size proportionate to your body. Generally, aims of performing reduction mammoplasty, are to:
• Reduce the breast size
• Lift the breast
• Create round shape of breast
• Lift the areola
Who are the best candidate of reduction mammoplasty?
If you have:
• Voluminous breasts
• Neck or back pain due to pressure of your breasts
• Droopy breasts and want to lift and reduce them
Patients should:
• Be healthy
• Avoid smoking 1-2 weeks before the surgery
• Have reasonable expectation about the result of surgery
Pregnant women, or those who lactated, should perform reduction mammoplasty, 4-8 weeks after ending lactation.
Reduction mammoplasty procedure
During the procedure, the surgeon makes an incision around the areola and down the breast.
Technique which uses during the surgery, depends on the level of droopy and size of the beasts. Generally, small breasts with less droop needs more incisions. During consultation and before surgery, the best surgeon determines the best procedure and technique.
After reduction mammoplasty
Patients should:
• Rest at home and avoid to do heavy activities and exercises.
• Use prescribed drugs. Patients may have little pain, 3-7 days after surgery, so, these drugs reduce the pain.
• Refer to their surgeon to consider the incisions and sutures.
• Start heavy activities 4-6 weeks after surgery.
• Use bandage on the breast to reduce the swelling and forming the breasts.
Conclusion
Such as other surgeries, reduction mammoplasty has its own recovery time and complications. You should consider after take cares to have the best result. You should patient about the result of surgery, during first days after surgery, you may have abnormal or asymmetric breasts, but after a few time, your breasts become normal you see the beat appearance and result.
Contact Dr. Nadaf, Plastic & Reconstructive Surgeon:
Address 1: Unit 10. Floor 2. Kaj Building. No 1. 9th st. Above Kaj sq. Saadat Abad. Tehran. Iran.
Tell: +9821- 22134934
+9821-22134997
Address 2: Unit 7. Floor 3. Tiam Building. No 18. Next to Hosseini ave. Andarzgoo blvd. Farmanieh. Tehran. Iran.
Tell: +9821-26459573
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