This is a 25YO lady that has been having significant neck and shoulder pains due to her large breasts. Also, she has developed drooping of the breasts. Her breasts are large and droop more than she desires. She still wanted to maintain fullness and a better shape in the breasts as well as have the nipples placed in a more appropriate position. She underwent a bilateral breast reduction. The scars are usually red for around six to nine months. Once the redness goes away, they are not very noticeable. A breast reduction is a procedure that is usually partially covered by insurance.
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This is a middle-aged patient that desired a breast reduction. She is 5’5″ tall and weighs 230 lbs. She is a 42DDD. She has had several children. She weighed 150 lbs prior to her birth of her children and was a C cup. Following the birth of her children, the breasts enlarged during pregnancy and did not revert to pre-pregnancy size. She complained of neck, back, and shoulder pains with rashes beneath the breasts. She had pain in the back of her head and across her shoulders. She had prominent chest folds that extended almost to her back. She underwent a breast reduction with free nipple grafting removing over 1,000 grams from each breast. The lateral chest fold was also excised. Later, she had prominent bilateral axillary tissue excised. She is shown several months status post axillary breast tissue excision. She has gotten an outstanding result from the surgery. Her neck, back, and shoulder symptoms are essentially gone. The contour of the axilla is now normal. The scars are flat and soft. She is very happy with her results.
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These are pre-op and 4 month post op pictures of a breast reduction with free nipple grafting. She is from the Florida panhandle. She is 5’10” tall and weighs 220lbs. Her bra size is a 38G. She has had several pregnancies. She complained of painful shoulders and shoulder grooving, upper back pain, and lower back pain. She had been involved with chiropractic care for years which was transiently helpful. Exercise was very difficult and painful. She wished a breast reduction to improve her neck, back, and shoulder pain and to facilitate exercise. She had removal of over 1,000 grams from each breast. She is extremely pleased with the results of her surgery and has had near complete resolution of her symptoms. Exercise is getting easier. She and her husband are both happy with her more appropriate size and resolution of her symptoms. Her breasts are symmetrical and have a pleasing shape. She has glandular ptosis in the lower pole and some fullness in the upper pole. The scars are flat, soft, and non-tender. All in all, she got a really nice result.
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This is a lady that has been having chronic neck and shoulder pains due to her large breasts. She desired a breast reduction. Postoperatively you can see that a significant amount of weight has been removed from the breasts. The grooving in her shoulders has been improved. The breasts are now uplifted and in good position. This is a procedure that insurance will usually cover a significant portion of. People are usually off work around one week after this procedure.
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This lady I had seen years earlier for consideration for a breast reduction. In the interim, she was diagnosed with right breast cancer. She underwent a lumpectomy followed by a breast reduction which allowed manipulation of some of the right breast tissue to fill out the lumpectomy defect. She subsequently had radiation on the right breast for cancer. She is shown preoperatively and two months postoperatively. She has more appropriate size breasts that are symmetrical in size and shape. They have good projection. Her neck, back, and shoulder symptoms are completely resolved.
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These are pre-op and 4 month post op pictures of a breast reduction with free nipple grafting. She is from the Florida panhandle. She is 5’10” tall and weighs 220lbs. Her bra size is a 38G. She has had several pregnancies. She complained of painful shoulders and shoulder grooving, upper back pain, and lower back pain. She had been involved with chiropractic care for years which was transiently helpful. Exercise was very difficult and painful. She wished a breast reduction to improve her neck, back, and shoulder pain and to facilitate exercise. She had removal of over 1,000 grams from each breast. She is extremely pleased with the results of her surgery and has had near complete resolution of her symptoms. Exercise is getting easier. She and her husband are both happy with her more appropriate size and resolution of her symptoms. Her breasts are symmetrical and have a pleasing shape. She has glandular ptosis in the lower pole and some fullness in the upper pole. The scars are flat, soft, and non-tender. All in all, she got a really nice result.
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This is a young female that is 5’4” tall and weighs 150lbs seeing us for consideration for a breast reduction. Her bra size was a 34E. She complained of daily posterior neck pain, upper intrascapular back pain, and headaches on the back of her head. She had numbness and paresthesia in the ring and little fingers of her right hand from compression from her bra straps. She underwent a three month course of physical therapy which was not helpful. The large, droopy breasts created indentations across the leading edge of the shoulder and the pulling on the trapezius muscle was responsible for the symptoms she was having. She underwent a breast reduction with free nipple grafting removing a total of 700 grams from the right breast and about 600 grams from the left. Her bra size is now a C cup. All of her symptoms have completely resolved. The breasts are nicely shaped and symmetrical. They are off her abdomen and her rashes have also resolved. She is shown preoperatively and three months post op.
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