Remove excess: features of breast reduction surgery

Surgical interventions on the mammary gland account for the largest percentage of all plastic surgeries. The desire to increase and / or tighten the breast appears in almost every woman, especially after the birth of a child and lactation, and plastic surgery provides such an opportunity. But for some women, large breasts are not a reason for pride, but, on the contrary, a disadvantage. Women who by nature have an excessively large bust turn to the specialists of the Medical Club clinic to perform breast reduction surgery.

Breast reduction - aesthetic and health surgery

Breast reduction is considered one of the most complex surgical interventions in plastic surgery, which is not only aesthetic, but also health-improving. Excessive breast enlargement during puberty or during pregnancy occurs as a response of breast tissue to changes in the hormonal background of a woman.

There is a classification according to which a breast volume from 600 to 800 cmᶾ is considered relatively pronounced hypertrophy, up to 1000 cmᶾ - significantly pronounced, and 1500 cmᶾ or more is gigantomastia.

Excessively large breasts look unattractive and cause a lot of problems for women, which can be cured by breast reduction surgery.

Breast reduction:

• indications for breast reduction surgery;
• skin flap options for breast reduction;
• important conditions for breast reduction surgery.

Indications for breast reduction surgery

The main indication for breast reduction surgery is large, sagging and heavy breasts. Women with such breasts experience a significant load on the spine, constant pain in the back, neck, shoulders and forearms. Macerations can form in the crease under the breast, creating ideal conditions for the development of an infectious process. In addition, with large breasts it is difficult to play sports and even simple physical exercises. A woman is often embarrassed by her large breasts and experiences severe psychological discomfort in dealing with people.

Another indication for reduction mammoplasty is hypertrophy of one of the mammary glands with their asymmetry. If there are indications for surgery, the Medical Club clinic performs breast reduction in order to make it beautiful and attractive.

Skin flap options for breast reduction

Breast reduction surgery consists in excision of excess mammary gland tissue, followed by cutting out and moving the skin-fat flap with the nipple-areolar complex to a new position. The following variants of skin flaps are used:

• upper-lower skin flaps: formed after excision of the skin and glandular tissue from the middle part of the outer and inner quadrants of the chest, their blood supply is provided by both the upper and lower feeding vessels;
• Super-lateral flaps: formed after removal of the skin and tissues of the gland in the area of ​​the lower quadrants, they are supplied with blood by the lateral and upper feeding vessels;
• lower flaps: skin and glandular tissue of the outer and inner upper quadrants are removed, blood supply is from the lower feeding vessels;
• lateral flaps: the result of the removal of a large amount of skin and glandular tissue in the upper, lower and lateral quadrants. In this case, the flap is supplied with blood through internal or external supplying blood vessels.

Important conditions for breast reduction surgery

Breast reduction is a complex and rather specific operation, the technique of which has some characteristic features:

• a large mammary gland can be formed into an arbitrarily small gland;
• breast reduction surgery must be performed exclusively in one stage, without the possibility of corrective surgeries;
• Nipples and areolas should be kept natural, if necessary, the diameter of the areola can be reduced.

Another important consideration for breast reduction surgery is related to breastfeeding.

After breast reduction, lactation is strictly prohibited, it is important to inform the patient in a timely manner.

Specialists at the Medical Club clinic recommend breast reduction if pregnancy is no longer planned. If a woman wants to reduce her breasts now and have children in the future, she will need to take drugs that suppress lactation.