San Antonio Breast Reduction (Mammoplasty)

The Typical Breast Reduction Patient

• Enlarged, heavy, sagging breasts often associated with shoulder pain, back pain, numbness, and shoulder grooves from heavy bra straps
• Nipple/areolae near or below the breast crease
• Most of the breast volume is in the sagging lower portion of the breast
• Large nipples and areolae
• Desire for a more youthful appearance of the breasts
• Desire for more comfortable, less painful breasts and better fit into clothing
• To determine whether you are at an appropriate weight for breast reduction plastic surgery, you can calculate your body mass index using our BMI Calculator

Breast Reduction Procedure Information

• General anesthesia can be used and surgery normally takes about four hours
• Incisions depend on the size and contour of the breast and are slightly conspicuous; incisions can often be hidden around the areolae and in the lower breast crease; they tend to widen as they heal
• A careful exam of the breast tissue is undertaken to make sure no abnormalities are present
• Excess skin and breast gland is removed and tucked and lifted to a higher position on the chest wall
• The nipples and areolae are elevated to a higher position and sometimes reduced in diameter
• The only dressing is a surgical bra
• Drains are used for the first two days, and these are removed painlessly in the office
• Breast reduction can be combined with other plastic surgery procedures

Recovery from Breast Reduction Plastic Surgery

• You can go home after several hours or stay overnight
• You can shower on the second day after surgery
• Mild pain for about the first two days that is mostly gone by the third day is easily controlled by medications
• You may very groggy for the first two days and weak for about ten days
• Swelling is typically mild to moderate for the first week after which it rapidly disappears
• Usually only very mild or no bruising
• Breasts are somewhat square for the first three weeks and then settle into a very normal rounded position
• You can expect to resume many activities within the first week, and most after three weeks
• No stitches to remove; Dr. Pittman–Waller uses dissolving sutures
• You should expect to take five to seven days off from work

Results from Breast Reduction Plastic Surgery

• Elevated, full breasts with beautiful size and shape
• Immediate relief from neck, shoulder, and upper back pain and discomfort
• Very natural result that tends to get better with time; able to breast feed later, in most cases

Complete details of breast reduction surgery and recovery will be given during your personalized consultation with San Antonio cosmetic surgeon Dr. Pittman–Waller.

Breast Cosmetic Surgery Information

• Read an excerpt from Dr. Pittman–Waller's book The New Breast Book: New Breasts for a New Look and a New Outlook

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