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Breast Reduction (Mammoplasty)

Sometimes the breast are too voluptuous and cumbersome making common tasks more difficult than they need to be or cause chronic shoulder, neck and back pain. Over-developed breast may make some women appear out of shape and over-weight or limit their participation in certain activities and exercises. This often results in embarrassment or self consciousness.

Mammoplasty can improve the appearance of the breasts. A reduction can also relieve the physical symptoms related to large, heavy, pendulous breasts. In exchange for this improvement the patient must accept scarring on the lower part of the breasts. The long term results of the operation cannot be predicted in a specific patient, due to many factors unrelated to surgery, such as normal slackening of tissues, pregnancy, use of birth control pills, breast feeding and weight changes. This operation permits the patient to feel better about her figure, to more easily acquire properly fitting clothing and to be more comfortable while engaging in physical activity.

This type of surgery has been practiced for more than 40 years. Better results are now being achieved through new surgical techniques.
Reductions are carried out to relieve back, shoulder and neck pain, skin irritation and problems with clothing which are common in women with large, pendulous breasts, as well as for improvement in appearance. They may also make sports more enjoyable.

Women are not the only ones who suffer from this condition. In men enlargement of the male breast tissue, also known as gynecomastia, can be an equivalent source of discomfort and embarrassment.For men the breast reduction procedure is often performed using liposuction.

The dangers of breast cancer are no greater after this type of breast surgery, and self examination of your breast post-operatively is still possible and important.