What is Breast Reduction?

Breast reduction is designed to reduce the size of a woman’s breasts. It may also improve the overall appearance or shape of the breast and help balance breast asymmetries. Many women with large breasts experience physical complaints such as neck, shoulder, and back pain, which can be alleviated through treatment.
 

To achieve smaller and more aesthetically pleasing breasts, skin, breast tissue, and fat are surgically removed. An added benefit where ptosis (droop) exists is a simultaneous uplift of the nipple-areolar complex to a more normal position. The may also be reduced in size and made more symmetric.

-Patients who want smaller breasts

-Patients with general breast asymmetry

-Healthy patients

-Patients who have realistic expectations about the procedure

-Patients who will tolerate breast scars

-Patients who complain of chronic neck, shoulder, and back pain from excessive breast size

-Patients with large breasts who experience chronic skin irritation along their bra straps and under the breast folds