Breast Reduction

This patient is a very pleasant 43 year old female with macromastia. She indicates that she has had large breasts since puberty. She has suffered significant disability to include breast pain, shoulder pain, neck pain, grooving in her shoulders, and intertrigo for 5 years. She wears a 38DDD size bra. Her height is 5 feet 3 inches and her weight is 163 pounds. Functionally she says she is unable to exercise secondary to the large size of her breasts. She underwent a medial pedicle bilateral breast reduction with the removal of Right 735g Left 680g removed per breast. From a DDD cup to a C Cup. Her symptoms resolved within 2 weeks. Breast reduction (reduction mammaplasty) is a procedure to remove excess breast fat, glandular tissue and skin to achieve a breast size in proportion with your body and to relieve discomfort associated with overly large breasts. There are many different breast reduction techniques. This medial pedicle breast reduction technique: lifts the nipple to a more normal position, creates a more youthful shape to the breast emphasizing cleavage and upper pole fullness while minimizing the scarring (no scars in the décolletage).