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The first step you must do if you have decided to have a breast reduction is find a good doctor. Check online, ask your friends, or consult your regular doctor or gynecologist. Once you find the doctor you are comfortable with set up a consultation. The reasons behind breast reduction cosmetic surgery are usually pain related; back and neck. Make sure this is what you really want to do. It’s a big step.
Discuss the full procedure in depth with your doctor. Both of you must be on the same page to fully get the results you desire. Your cosmetic plastic surgeon will thoroughly examine your breasts and possibly take pictures. Since your nipple and areola will be moved higher, discuss where they will be positioned, ideally, even with the crease beneath your breast. Scars will be evident, but hidden behind a bra, and will fade over time.
The procedure for breast reduction involves removing excess breast tissue, fat and skin. Before your surgery, marks will be drawn on your body, outlining the correct nipple position along with the tissue and skin to be removed. General anesthesia is used, with the surgery lasting three to six hours.
Most plastic surgeons use the technique where the nipple remains attached to the underlying tissue. This allows the nipple to retain sensation. Skin and tissue is removed from both sides, above the nipple and from below. This is where a skilled doctor is vital, he will use his artistic ability to shape the breasts, making them symmetrical and attractive. After an appropriate amount of tissue and skin is removed, the doctor closes the skin in two layers. Dissolving sutures are used in the first layer and thicker sutures are used on the outer.
Half the patients spend a few hours in the recovery room and can go home the same day with a surgical bra.