What You Need To Know About Breast Reductions

What you need to know about breast reduction surgery including who is a good candidate and what to expect. Read on to learn more.

Breast reductions surgery is a surgical method to remove excessive skin and tissue from breast that are to large for a woman’s body frame to carry. Excessively large breast can develop during pregnancy and continue afterwards or just develop with puberty. But if your body frame can’t support the size and weight of your breast it can lead to chronic neck, back and shoulder pain and discomfort.

Men can also be a candidate for breast reductions surgery if their breasts have become over developed, which can be ay side effects from prescription medication or steroid use.

The surgery is done under general anesthesia on an outpatient basis and should take between three and five hours to complete. Your doctor will probably put in two fluid drain tubes to remove excessive blood and fluids but they can generally be removed in a day or two when the surgical dressings are changed. Your sutures can be removed in five to ten days and your total expected recovery time will be about one to two weeks.

The most common concerns with this type of surgery is the possibility of losing nipple/areola sensation if the nipple/areola are removed and relocated on the breast due to changing the size of the breast. This can cause permanent nerve damage to the area and affect your ability to feel. Sometime the loss of sensation is temporary and if the nipple area is not surgically removed and reattached it shouldn’t have any effect on sensation at all.

The surgery will leave visible scars that will fade over time but are usually easily hidden under clothing or bras. Other concerns that your doctor will address, as with any surgery, include the possibility of excessive bleeding, infection, reaction to the anesthesia and the possibility of blood clots occurring.

Since breast reductions surgery can be done for reasons that are health related such as chronic back, neck and shoulder pain, insurance may cover the expected cost. Your cost for this type of surgery will vary of course by geographic location, your doctor’s qualifications and skills and what is actually done, but you should expect to pay in the neighborhood of $3,857 the average going rate for this type of surgery. Your cost will be divided into three different areas including the surgeons fees (the highest amount) your anesthesia fees and your facility fees.

The results of breast reduction surgery are long term and surgery shouldn’t have to be repeated if successful. Most patients who go into the surgery with realistic expectations are happy with the end results.

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