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Breast reduction surgery is the procedures that are needed in pregnancy, when the breasts are larger than normal, in cases related to overweight and breastfeeding. Breast size is a serious health problem as much as it is an aesthetic surgery. Because large breasts cause problems such as back pain, neck pain, shoulder pain, restriction of bodily activities, wounds under the breast, inability to wear the desired clothes and bra straps cutting shoulders. In order to prevent these disorders of people who are disturbed by this situation, part of the tissue, fat and skin section that gives fullness to the breasts is removed. Then the proportion of the breasts with the body is provided. Neither of your breasts may have equal size. Different operation techniques can be applied to both breasts in order to provide symmetry in breast reduction surgeries. Before starting breast reduction surgery, the size and weight of the patient’s breast are calculated and new breasts are drawn accordingly. Then, breast tissue and more skin are removed by applying general anesthesia method to the patient. Breast reduction surgery lasts approximately two to four hours. Even if there are slight pains in arm movements during the first days after surgery, these pains are temporary pains. After two weeks after the surgery, the patient’s stitches are removed and at the end of this period, the patients will be able to return to their jobs easily.
What should I pay attention to before undergoing breast reduction surgery?
The first thing you need to do before performing breast reduction surgery is definitely a breast ultrasound. Then you should stop using aspirin, blood thinners and some painkillers two weeks before surgery. It is important not to use it in blood thinners such as vitamin E, green tea, ginseng, plant cracks and flaxseed. It is also recommended to quit smoking about a week before surgery. Otherwise, the wounds will take time to heal.
Will there be any traces left in my body after breast reduction surgery?
As in many aesthetic surgeries, small marks will remain on breast reduction surgery. In breast reduction surgery, there is a trace in the form of a reverse t. Since this mark remains around the nipple ring, it will never be known as it coincides with the color change area. The marks under the chest will eventually turn into thin and unsething stripes.
I’m thinking of having breast reduction surgery. Does that stop me from breastfeeding?
After breast reduction surgery, the likelihood of breastfeeding a breastfeeding lady being able to breastfeed again has been further increased by today’s techniques. In breast reduction surgery, some of the nipples of women who have especially large breasts are taken. However, the taking of some of the nipples does not lead to any changes in milking functions. If you are thinking of having breast reduction surgery for the process after birth, you can easily consider having surgery at least 6 months after the end of your breastfeeding period.
What do I experience in the period after breast reduction surgery?
Meme küçültme ameliyatı çok ağrı hissedeceğiniz bir ameliyat olmayacaktır. Hasta meme küçültme ameliyatının ardından bir gece kontrol amaçlı hastanede kaldıktan sonra ertesi gün evine gidebilir. Meme küçültme ameliyatının ardından hasta hiçbir ağrı hissetmeyeceği için bu süreci son derece rahat atlatacaktır. Bütün meme ameliyatlarında olduğu gibi meme küçültmede de diren kullanılmakta, direnler 24 saat sonra çıkartılmaktadır. Hastaya ameliyattan sonra bant taktırılabilirken genellikle bir ay boyunca sporcu sütyeni takması da istenilebilir. Operasyon dikişleri deri altında kalan ve kendiliğinden eriyen dikişler olacağı için dikişlerin alınmasına da gerek olmayacaktır. Hastalar bir hafta kadar dinlendikten sonra işlerine rahatlıkla dönebilirler. Ameliyatın ardından belirli bir süre boyunca kol hareketlerine dikkat edilmeli ve çok ağır şeyler kaldırmaması önerilmektedir.
Will the results be permanent after breast reduction surgery?
After breast reduction surgery, the results will last a lifetime. Your proportional image to this new body will also increase your self-confidence. You’ll also be free of your painful state before the surgery. However, it will still be effective as long as you pay attention to your smoking, skin quality, genetic factors, exercise, water drinking and alcohol use after surgery.