BREAST REDUCTION
Breast Reduction in Mumbai
A breast lift, also known as Mastopexy, raises the breasts by removing excess skin and tightening the surrounding tissue to reshape and support the new breast contour.
Droopiness of the breast is a common legacy of motherhood, nursing and the force of gravity taking their toll, and the effect of pregnancy and a distension of the breasts with milk causes the fibrous bands which support the breasts in their youthful shape to break down and the skin to stretch.
The goal of breast reduction surgery is to reduce the size of your breasts and reshape them so that they are proportionate to the rest of your body and are no longer a source of physical discomfort. This commonly requested, predictable procedure has the dual benefits of improving your appearance while relieving the physical and emotional burden of overly large breasts.
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IDEAL CANDIDATE
Women who seek breast reduction often have had children, are overweight, have a predisposition for large, disproportionate breasts, or are sensitive to estrogen. Big breasts often run in a family, inherited from mothers and grandmothers.
The ideal candidate for breast reduction are as follows:
- If your breasts are too large for your body frame and create neck, back, or shoulder pain.
- If you have heavy breasts with nipples and areolas (pigmented skin surrounding
- If one breast is much larger than the other.
- If you are unhappy and self-conscious about the large appearance of your breasts.
BENEFITS OF BREAST REDUCTION
- Relieves the physical discomfort caused due to large breasts.
- The results are long lasting, provided the patient maintains the weight.
- Feels more comfortable.
- Smaller, lighter and firmer breasts.
- Reduces skin irritation.
HOW IT IS DONE ?
- Breast reduction surgery, which usually takes from three to five hours, is performed in a hospital or surgical center. An overnight stay is not usually required. The surgery commonly involves three incisions.
- After the surgeon removes excess breast tissue, fat and skin, the nipple and areola
- are shifted to a higher position. The areolas may be reduced in size. Skin that was located above the nipple is brought down and together to reshape the breast. Liposuction may be used to improve the contour under the arm.
TYPES OF PROCEDURE
- Silicon Implant Placement: This is most commonly used method for breast augmentation. Silicon implants are available in various sizes and a size appropriate to the person’s physique is chosen. Implant placement is done through infra-mammary incision, which remains well hidden.
- Fat Graft Mammoplasty: Fat grafting had been employed as a method of breast augmentation as early as 1895 when Czerny first transplanted a lipoma from the back to the breast for a mastectomy patient. Fat grafting involves the harvest of donor adipose tissue, most commonly from the buttocks or lower abdomen, and transplanting it to the patient's breast tissue. Fat grafting is also useful as a primary technique for small-volume augmentations2 or reconstructions (i.e., postlumpectomy reconstruction).
RISKS
Every surgery involves some element of risks. This does not imply that the procedure is dangerous for patient’s health. In such of procedures there are common risks which may or may not occur. Choosing a right doctor is important for reducing the chances of occurrence of such risks.
- Bleeding
- Reduced or loss of nipple feeling.
- Infection.
- Unfavorable scarring.
- Blood clots.
- Breast asymmetry.
- Possibility of revision surgery.
- Allergies.
- Fluid accumulation.
RESULTS
- The results of breast reduction surgery are long-lasting.
RECOVERY
- It is vitally important that you follow all patient care instructions provided by your surgeon. This will include information about wearing compression garments, care of your drains, taking an antibiotic if prescribed and the level and type of activity that is safe. Your surgeon will also provide detailed instructions about the normal symptoms you will experience and any potential signs of complications. It is important to realize that the amount of time it takes for recovery varies greatly among individuals. The patient can go home after few hours of surgery.