Cosmetic Breast Surgery

Breast Surgery Delhi Large breasts are often a source of embarrassment along with problems of ill-fitting clothes, inability to wear modern, designer clothing as well as back pain, bra strap marks on the shoulder, sweating and fungal infection below the breast line, and a general decreased self esteem. Large breasts may be from teenage itself or more commonly after childbirth and lactation. The only treatment for these problems is surgical reduction known as reduction mammoplasty or breast reduction. No other non surgical procedure is successful, may it be use of ultrasound technology or radio frequency based devices. Dr. Amit Gupta offers services for Breast augmentation procedure, breast augmentation procedures, breast augmentation surgeon, breast augmentation surgeries, breast lift augmentation, breast lift cosmetic surgery.

Procedure

Breast reduction involves an actual removal of excess breast tissue & skin,with internal breast tissue reaarangement to create a more shapely breast. Commonly this involves two different techniques

The first is a Wise pattern (inverted ‘T’ scar pattern); the other is Vertical Short Scar Pattern. The latter technique is now well established, has a smaller scar, but can take upto 3 months to give the final breast shape

The ‘T’ scar technique

This involves a scar on the breast in the shape of an inverted T. The final shape is immediately visible after surgery, with little changes in the long term period. The disadvantages of this procedure is long scar ( though the scar is hidden below the breast, so is visible only on lying down.

The vertical short scar technique

The procedure involves a vertical scar without the horizontal component. As a result of which the skin excision is more in the region around the areola (upper part). This procedure has been popularized by Dr Ruth Graf (Brazil)(with whom the author has trained with). The puckered appearance of the scar usually settles down in about 3 months.

The advantages of this procedure is shorter scar

The disadvantages of this procedure is that there may be need to revise the surgery in almost 30% of patients, the skin shaping is as not as good, because lesser skin is removed from the lower half of the breast and there are chances of scar stretching in the region of the areola.

This technique is not for women who have undergone rapid weight loss, and thus have more of loose skin. The success of the surgery depends to a large extent on the elasticity of the skin, and thus it is better to do a T scar procedure in these patients.

The Pectoralis Sling Procedure

This procedure involves using breast tissue from the lower part of the breast as a flap to increase volume in the upper part of the breast to give a pleasing shape. A sling is made from the Pectoralis muscle to support this breast tissue. This procedure has been popularised by Dr Ruth Graf (Curitiba, Brazil)

Possible problems with breast reduction

The patient will be required to stay in the hospital for 1 day after the surgery. The possible problems associated with the procedure are

lactation ability is lost on most patients. Ability to feed is the exception in most cases
Sensibility of breast tissue will take almost 6 months to recover
Chances of asymmetry are there
In large reductions, some tissue loss is possible, but this heals.
There may be chances of seroma or a hematoma formation