- Breast Surgery
- many importance point for body volume and line
Breast reduction
- Natural and functional breasts reduction
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Cause of excessively large breast is not known exactly.
It is known that it happens when women are sensitive
with estrogen but sometimes it happens without that reason.
It also happens with overweight and there is genetic effect too
- Problems related with excessively large breast
- 01.Back and neck pain
- 02.Shoulder depression by bra strap
- 03.Headache
- 04.Clothes fitting
- 05.Problem with exercise
- 06.Mental anguish
- 07.Contact dermatitis under breasts
- Benefit of Breast Reduction
- 01.Easy to find fitting clothes, health and exercise ability improves.
- 02.Sexual capacity improves.
- 03.Improved life quality.
- Goal of operation
- 01.Main goal is reducing size of breasts but it also need to be natural and beautiful.
- 02.Reduced size need to be maintained.
- 03.Sensation needs to be retained.
- 04.Patients need to be able to do breast feeding.
- 05.Minimized scar
- Preoperative check-up
- Mammogram need to be done before any breasts operation. It is hard to check after operation due to scar and fiber tissue, it can be easily confused with cancer tissue
- Surgical method
- Surgical method is different by surgeon and clinics. Aone choose method that minimize scar and helpful for projection. Minimum incision look like lollipop, maximum incision is look like coat hanger. It usually takes 2~3 hours but in case of minimum incision it takes 2 hours
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1.Preoperational design for minimum
incision, it shapes like snow man -
2.Blood is supplied to nipples and areola.
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3.Skin, fat, and mammary tissue is dissected.
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4.Nipples and areola is repositioned
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5.Mammary tissue is sutured to the center.
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6.Skin closure.
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- Video footage of operation
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- After care
- 01.There is no specific care after operation. There is no severe pain or immobility.
- 02.Patient is able to walk 2 to 3 hours after operation.
- 03.Shower is possible 2 to 3 days after operation.
- 04.Stitch is off 7 to 10 days after. Patients wear band till stitch off.
- 05.Patients wear sports bra, can they can do simple exercise and running.
- 06.From 4 weeks, exercise and other activity is possible like before.
- 07.In most cases breast feeding is possible. But, under 10% of patients experience difficulties.
- Complication
- 01.Wrinkled skin : mostly temporary
- 02.Bulge inframammary fold
- 03.Infection / inflammation
- 04.Bleeding / Hematoma
- 05.Over correction / Under correction
- 06.Asymmetry
- 07.Scar
- 08.Lost nipple sensation * Operation usually doesn’t affect breast feeding, but there are odd cases.
- Conclusion
- Patients are very satisfied after operation. 97%of the patients commented that their problems are improved after operation. And 60% of them commented their problem disappeared. 95% of patients are satisfied with this operation, 98% out of satisfied patient wants to recommend this operation to others. Most patients regret that they didn’t have it earlier. Recovery is very fast with breast reduction, they can go back to work 2 to 3 days after operation. There is almost no pain and discomfort
Surgical result
