Breast Reduction in Scottsdale and Phoenix, AZ

Am I a Good Candidate for A Breast Reduction?

During your consultation, our surgeons will make sure that a breast reduction can meet your goals. Breast reduction surgery is designed to address:

• Breasts that are too large for your frame
• Heavy, pendulous breasts that you find uncomfortable or less than ideal aesthetically
• One breast being larger than the other
• Back, neck, and shoulder pain caused by overly large breasts

A good candidate for this procedure is also able to withstand general anesthesia used during surgery, be a non-smoker, and have realistic expectations about what a breast lift procedure can accomplish.

Benefits of a Breast Reduction

Breast reduction, or Reduction Mammoplasty, can be a life changing surgery for patients struggling disproportionally large or heavy breasts. A breast reduction simply means bringing your breasts into balance with the rest of your body. After surgery, you will have beautiful, healthy looking breasts, and the relief you experience will show. A breast reduction can help ease back pain, rashes, pain from bra straps, difficulty breathing and more.

Most men don’t talk about it, but enlarged male breasts (gynecomastia) are a very common condition affecting about 40% to 60% of men. Unfortunately, many men find it deeply embarrassing and suffer silently rather than seeking help. If you are living with gynecomastia, our surgeons at MD Plastic Surgery can give you a flatter, firmer chest.

Recovery & Results From Breast Reduction Surgery

After your breast augmentation procedure, you will be sent home with bandages around your incision sites to help reduce swelling and minimize bleeding. Your surgeon will give you specific instructions for what you can and cannot do immediately after surgery and in the weeks to come.

The recovery process varies from patient to patient based on the extent of the procedure and your ability to heal– fat transfer breast augmentations usually have a lesser recovery. In general, you will need to avoid strenuous activity for a few weeks, although many patients begin to feel like themselves a few days after their procedure.

For many breast augmentation patients, it can take a few months for all the swelling in the breasts to subside. This is just a natural part of healing for many women, and you should not be worried if it has been a month, and your breasts feel hard or look swollen.