Breast Reduction

• General
• The Consultation
• The Operation
• Recovery
• Gallery

During your consultation, your cosmetic surgeon will take a medical history and ask for details of any breast surgery you may have had. He will examine you and show you what you can expect post-operatively by defining the area of breast to be removed and the new position of the nipple.

Your cosmetic surgeon will also explain the procedure itself and ask you about the results you hope to achieve. When neck and shoulder pain are significant preoperative complaints, women may wish for their breasts to be made "as small as possible". Most young women prefer that their breasts, while smaller, remain somewhat larger than average after breast reduction surgery.

In addition, your cosmetic surgeon discuss several factors you may wish to consider:

• He will explain that it is normal for breasts to be asymmetric that, while he will strive to make your breasts as symmetric as possible they will never be truly identical.
• He will discuss the fact that scarring will take place and that, whereas scars will eventually return to skin colour, they will remain visible.
• He will alert you to the fact that, after breast reduction surgery, breast-feeding is unpredictable. If this is of concern, you may wish to delay your procedure.