Breast growth begins during puberty and its growth will halt after it reaches a certain size. Gigantomastia or breast hypertrophy is a condition where breast continues to grow even after it has reaches a state where the growth was supposed to stop.
Breast growth can be caused by addittional factors such as weight changes, pregnancy and lactation.
Being a condition that can cause aesthetic anxiety, giant breast could also reduces life comfort by affecting an individual’s body proportion. Associated with back and neck pain, individuals with large breast might require hernia surgery if the pain is too acute. Ordinary issues identified to have correlation with giant breast are permanent bra marks, clothing size problem, overweight appearance, rash formation at lower parts of breast and fungal infection.
A unique solution to these problems is breast reduction. Additionally, this operation will also be able to solve breasts’ asmmetry problem. This operation calls for general anesthesia and will take approximately around 2-3 hours time.
Patient’s age, needs and desires will be taken into consideration while choosing the breast reduction technique.
There are two breast reduction techniques, namely liposuction and T method.
This method is normally performed by removing excess fat tissue in the breast. It is also done in the absence of scars and incisions. However, this method might not be suitable for everyone since one of the important criteria needed for this method is the presence of excess fat in patient’s chest area.
However limited extraction of adipose tissue from the breast is possible hence this method doesn’t notably decreases breast size. Since breast skin is sensitive, surgeon will need to determine the amount of fat to be extracted beforehand or it could leads to sagging.
In this method, a straight incision starting from breast’s tip towards bottom is made. A horizontal incisions will be made on breast’s lower part if necessary, and in this way an inverted T will be formed. Excess tissue will then be extracted and incisions will be stitched up.
Scars obtained from T Technique will be more visible compared to liposuction techniques. However, the scars will gradually reduce and become unnoticed over time.
Selecting an experienced and skilled surgeon who gives confidence to the patient is the first step in having a successfull operation. It is possible for the patient to reach their desired results with the right choice of surgeon and clinic. Meanwhile wrong choice of surgeon and clinic will lead to irreversible drawbacks.
Upon choosing a surgeon and clinic, patient’s most vital duty will be to carefully follow the pre-operation recommendations:
Hospitilization length will differ according to the technique used. While liposuction procedure patients can be discharged on the same day, it will not be the same for patients who had undergone T Technique procedure. Since a silicone tube (drain) will be attached, T Technique procedure patients may require to be hospitalized. The drains will be detached and patient’s wound will be dressed before they will be discharged from the hospital.
Patients may experience different levels of pain, tingling, and swelling after the operation. These symptoms are temporary and will vanish after a while. Therefore it is futile for patients to worry.
After breast reduction operation, patients should give attention to the followings for best result:
The operation normally takes approximately around 2 to 4 hours.
Breast reduction operation requires the bones and tissues to be completely developed. Therefore the minimum age requirement for breast reduction is 18 years old as an individual needs to complete their adolescence period first.
Patients may experience minor pain for 2-3 days after the operation. However this pain could be overcome with pain killers.
There will be temporary numbness in the treated areas.
Patients will be able to return to their daily life in a week’s time.
Depending on the type of technique used, liposuction method will not produce any scar. However, there is a possibility of scarring for operation conducted with T Technique.
Patients who had undergone liposuction technique will be able to leave the hospital within the same day. However patients who had undergone T Technique operation will need to be hospitalized for one night depending on patient’s condition. It is recommended for patients to rest at home for the next 2-3 days before resuming their normal life.
This procedure is perfect for individuals who experience breast growth after breastfeeding, individuals who are suffering from low back and neck pain which is caused by genetic breast size (hypertrophy) and individuals who suffers from asymmetry breast.
Patients will have complete recovery within 6 months after the operation.
Breast reduction operation calls for general anesthesia.
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