Breast Reduction: Dispelling Some Pervasive Myths

May 25
08:16

2011

Aloysius Aucoin

Aloysius Aucoin

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As with any form of plastic surgery, there are a lot of myths in the air about breast reduction. This would be fine, but it leads others to make poor decisions based on inaccurate information. If you've been considering a procedure, but have been swayed by possibly bad information, read on to find out if it's true or not.

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As with any form of plastic surgery,Breast Reduction: Dispelling Some Pervasive Myths Articles there are a lot of myths in the air about breast reduction. People tend to believe things they heard from a friend of a friend long before they make up their minds to find out on their own. They, in turn, tell their own friends, and before long you have a population that believes things that are wholly without truth. This would be fine, but it leads others to make poor decisions based on inaccurate information. If you've been considering a procedure, but have been swayed by possibly bad information, read on to find out if it's true or not.

Breast reduction is painful: Like any other form of cosmetic surgery, it requires the doctor to make incisions. As opposed to augmentation; however, the surgeon here is going to remove tissue and skin rather than put implants into the body. Augmentation is generally more painful, due to the stretching that occurs.

The body has more to deal with when accommodating a foreign object than it does when getting used to the absence of something: Yes, there will be soreness following the procedure, but there should not be any acute pain.

I'll have a sagging chest: For some reason, it is a pervasive myth that breast reduction surgery leads to a sagging chest even with the smaller breasts. Perhaps this is due to what people have seen when others lose weight very quickly and leave behind loose, sagging skin. This might be true of this procedure as well, except for the fact that almost every procedure combines removal of tissue with a full lift. An artist in plastic surgery - and that, in the end, is what every surgeon should aspire to be - would never perform a procedure that intentionally left the patient looking worse afterwards.

It isn't covered by insurance: This myth can't be entirely dispelled. Unfortunately, some insurance companies won't cover the procedure. Some will, however, and it would be in your interest to find out what your own company's policy on the subject is. The criteria will be different among every company, but they will want to see some proof that the size of your chest is affecting your health in some way. This could be from back problems, prevention of exercise and normal activities, or something along those lines. Consult with a doctor and ask him to write a letter of pre-determination to your insurance company so you can get the ball rolling and find out whether or not breast reduction would be covered in your case.