Tag: breast reduction
What is involved in a breast reduction?
This is a common question and was answered by Dr Damian Marucci on the Plastic Surgery Hub forum recently.
Here is the answer given by Dr Marucci:
Thanks for your question.
A breast reduction procedure is designed to decrease the weight and size of your breasts and also improved the shape. Surgery is performed under general anaesthesia. Most patients go home either the same day or the day after. Most patients are back to doing everything they want to do after a few weeks. Before...Read More
Breast reduction Sydney – what are the advantages?
What type of patient benefits from breast reduction surgery? What symptoms can be treated? Who is the ideal candidate for a breast reduction?
Sydney Plastic Surgeon, Dr Damian Marucci, is a breast reduction surgery expert. Patients seek breast reduction surgery for different reasons. Some patients are troubled by back and shoulder pain related to their heavy breasts. Other patients have difficulty finding clothes that fit properly. Some patients have difficulty with hygiene in the fold underneath...Read More
What is the difference between a breast lift and a breast reduction?
Well, what is the difference?
Sydney Plastic Surgeon, Dr Damian Marucci recently answered this very question on the breast.com.au forum.
The questions was:
When one has a breast reduction, is a lift involved as well or are these two separate things?
And Dr Marucci’s answer was:
Hi and thanks for your excellent question. A breast lift or “mastopexy” is done when the shape of the breast needs to be changed – and the most commonly requested change is...Read More
How does pregnancy affect a breast reduction procedure?
For women of child-bearing age, the decision to undergo a breast reduction procedure is complex. Many women are troubled by their heavy breasts, causing such problems as back pain, neck pain, difficulty finding clothes that fit and social isolation. A breast reduction procedure can safely and effectively remedy these problems – without affecting a woman’s ability to breast feed in the future.
However breast shape and size changes with pregnancy – so the question is, do you undergo...Read More
Can breast reduction operations remove too much tissue?
There is an old saying that the key to plastic surgery is “just enough but not too much”. This is very much the case with breast reduction surgery – where the goal is to remove enough breast volume that the patient experiences an improvement in her symptoms, but not TOO much volume such that the breasts are now too small and out of proportion with the rest of the body.
Sydney Plastic Surgeon, Dr Damian Marucci, recently answered a question on this very topic on the breast.com.au...Read More
Breast reduction can help with neck and back pain
Many women suffer from neck and back pain from having heavy breasts. Macromastia (“large breasts”) can have a significant impact on a woman’s quality of life. Here is a recent question answered by Sydney Plastic Surgeon, Dr Damian Marucci, on the breast.com.au forum.
I have wanted a reduction for many years. I am almost 50 and i have had 3 children. I have always had large breasts and they developed early when i was younger they were embarrassing. when i lose weight i never lose any...Read More
Some advice for patients considering breast reduction surgery
Breast reduction surgery is one of the more common and popular plastic surgery procedures performed in Sydney. It can be done in conjunction with an overnight stay in hospital, such as St George Private Hospital, or even done as day surgery.
Here is a recent question answered by Dr Damian Marucci, Sydney Plastic Surgeon, on the breast.com.au “ask a plastic surgeon” page.
The question was:
I need help & advice, I’m 20 years old (165cm tall) about 70-80KG and...Read More
Combining Breast Reduction and an Abdominoplasty “Tummy Tuck”
Can you combine a breast reduction procedure with a tummy tuck?
This was a recent question on the breast.com.au forum:
Hi there, i am 41 years old and have had 3 children by c section. I am desperate for my breasts to be reduced as they are causing me back and neck pain because they are so heavy. Also when i look at them i feel depressed. I am 14DD now and before children i was a 12c. I would also like to discuss stomach surgery as well as i have an overhang of muscle and skin over my scar....Read More