Category: breast reduction

One of the most common plastic surgery procedures done for teenage girls is breast reduction. Most women, young or older,  have this surgery because they have large breasts that restrict their activities and give them pain. While older women usually have large breasts that have considerable sag (ptosis), teenage girls will not have as much Read More…

  1.      What is the difference between a breast reduction and a breast lift?   In some respects, they are quite similar…from a skin standpoint. Every breast reduction incorporates a breast lift as part of the operation. But a breast lift does not incorporate a reduction of breast tisue.   The skin portion of the Read More…

  Breast reduction is well known to reduce a variety of musculoskeletal conditions, most prominently back, shoulder, and neck pain. It is this alleviation of pain that serves as the primary medical reason that insurance companies provide reimbursement for the operation. In my Indianapolis plastic surgery practice, I occasionally will get a patient who will Read More…

  Large breasts, known medically as macromastia, affects a significant percent of the female population. Last year, nearly 90,000 breast reductions were performed in the United States according to statistics from the American Society of Plastic Surgeons. Breast reduction surgery can not only offer cosmetic benefits (a breast lift) but medical benefits as well, relieving Read More…

  Breast reduction is one of the most common and successful plastic surgery procedures. It usually rates as one of the most satisfying operations that we do because of its immediate and significant relief of the back, neck, and shoulder pain that comes heavy hanging breasts. Even within hours of surgery, patients report musculoskeletal pain Read More…

  Breast reduction remains as a very popular and commonly performed plastic surgery procedure. It provides a dual reconstructive and cosmetic benefit by making the large breast better shaped and more uplifted and improves back, shoulder and neck pain by breast volume reduction. As part of the breast reduction procedure, segments of breast tissue are Read More…

  Breast reduction surgery reduces the weight and size of breasts and can help alleviate symptoms such as back pain, neck pain and bra strap grooving. Because the reduction will lift the breast, the result is typically a smaller, more shapely breast that sits higher up on one’s chest. The musculoskeletal benefits of breast reduction Read More…

  The treatment of large breasts with breast reduction surgery is one of the most common plastic surgery procedures performed on women in the United States. It is remarkably effective and every women gets an immediate and significant reduction in their musculoskeletal symptoms. While one can see the final scars on the outside of the Read More…