Your Complete Guide to Breast Reduction and Breast Lifts
By Alain Polynice and Aloysius Smith
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Fortunately, surgical options are available that can greatly reduce your discomfort. Thousands of women have found relief through breast reduction surgery. Authors Alain Polynice, M.D. and Aloysius Smith, M.D. are board-certified plastic surgeons who have performed hundreds of these breast procedures and now share their expertise and experience with you. They answer such questions as:
How much can breast size be reduced?
What kind of anesthesia is used?
Where are the incisions placed?
Where will I have scars?
Is there much pain after surgery?
How long is the recovery period?
What are the potential complications?
In Your Complete Guide to Breast Reduction and Breast Lifts, the authors guide you through the entire experience of breast reduction surgery; they also cover another popular procedure—breast lifts. From your first consultation to post-surgical care, they deliver information that will help you decide whether cosmetic breast surgery is for you.
This book also contains 60 color photos, including dozens of "before and after" photos of women who have had breast reductions and breast lifts, aresource section, glossary, and index.
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Your Complete Guide to Breast Reduction and Breast Lifts - Alain Polynice
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CHAPTER ONE
Contemplating Breast Reduction Surgery
1
Contemplating Breast Reduction Surgery
If you have large breasts, you are all too familiar with the frustrations that may come with having them. You know what it feels like to have people talking to your chest.
Perhaps you avoid days at the beach or pool because you feel self-conscious of your large breasts. Have you ever turned down offers from friends to shop for clothes because of the embarrassment you feel when shirts and dresses don’t fit across your chest? Do you turn down the invitation to participate in physical activities?
If you answered yes
to these questions, you’re not alone. Many women feel restricted by their bodies and actually avoid certain activities that others enjoy because of this discomfort. They don’t remember the last time they felt carefree at the beach. They don’t even try on sexy lingerie anymore, because they know it won’t fit quite right. All of this is because they are not comfortable with their own breasts.
What might life be like without large, heavy breasts? Maybe you’d notice people paying attention to you and not just your chest. Maybe you’d exercise at the gym without pain. Maybe you’d stand taller, because you wouldn’t feel self-conscious about your breasts. There’s a good chance that you’d notice a difference in the way you feel, the way you move, and how you carry yourself.
How Breasts Develop
Think back to your adolescent years for a moment, back to when it all began. Some girls developed breasts early and some were late bloomers. Either way, it seemed that very few were pleased with the rate of their development. Some girls, embarrassed, changed for gym class in bathrooms down the hall, instead of the locker rooms to hide the fact that their breasts were more fully developed than many of the other girls’. Other girls, equally ashamed, tried to hide their underdeveloped breasts and wondered when on earth they would ever catch up to the others.
These girls were simply caught in various stages of breast development. Breast growth is one of the earliest indications that puberty has begun. The process begins with the secretion of hormones from the pituitary gland, at the base of the brain. This gland controls bodily functions such as growth and ovary production. It’s common for breasts to begin to grow sometime between the ages of eight and twelve. Whenever the onset of breast development, it’s likely that breasts will continue to grow for approximately four years after girls begin menstruating.
Breasts develop in five separate stages. The first stage is actually the flat chest that children have before development begins. Stage two begins when children begin to bud, meaning that their breasts form small peaks as nipples swell, and tenderness sets in. The third stage of breast development starts when adolescents begin to build fat in their breast tissue. Breasts grow more rapidly in this stage than in any other. Often, it’s during this time that girls begin to menstruate. After this point, breast size does not usually increase much; instead, during stage four, the shape of the breasts changes as the nipples begin to protrude. Only during the teenage years will nipples point straight ahead and not sag at all. Stage five is full maturation, and breast development is complete. This entire process should conclude around age seventeen or eighteen. Permanent breast size should be evident at this point.
Breast Anatomy
A woman suffering with large breasts needs to know that she has options. With new techniques in breast reduction with minimal scars we can offer relief from the physical discomfort associated with large breasts and dramatically improve self-image.
— Alain Polynice, M.D.
Why Some Woman Have Large Breasts
All of us have the same basic breast anatomy, so why does breast size vary so much from woman to woman? The answer is deceptively simple—fat! It’s true. We all do have roughly the same number of breast ducts and lobules, which allow lactation to occur, but we do have different amounts of fat deposited within our breasts.
Genetics
Breast size is generally determined by genetics. In fact, breast size has much more to do with your genes than it does with your hormones or diet. This fact can be confusing, though, if your breast size greatly differs from that of your mother’s or your sister’s. Understanding genes is sometimes tricky, because they’re complex. Your genes are derived not only from your mother’s but also from your father’s side of the family. You may have a breast size similar to many of your close female relatives, or you may take after your Great-Aunt Betty.
Estrogen
Estrogen is a hormone that surges during puberty, ages eleven to fifteen, and during pregnancy. Any increase in estrogen levels causes breasts to enlarge. Although breasts do become enlarged during pregnancy because of the increase in estrogen, they often shrink and sag after childbirth or after breastfeeding ceases. Usually breasts will regain some of their previous fullness a few months afterward.
The use of oral contraceptives or post-menopause estrogen replacement pills may enhance breast size because of their estrogen content.
Weight Gain
Gaining weight will typically cause the breasts to become bigger. However, breasts usually return to their previous size once weight is lost.
Evolution of Cosmetic Breast Surgery
It’s believed that the first breast reduction surgery was performed by an English doctor, William Durston, in 1669. Since then, a variety of innovative and skilled surgeons have perfected breast reduction techniques that maximize results and minimize risks.
What Is Breast Reduction Surgery?
Breast reduction surgery, also referred to as a reduction mammoplasty, is a surgical procedure that involves reducing the size, weight, and mass of the breasts. This is accomplished by excising fat, skin, and glandular tissue. The skin is then pulled together and sutured. As a result of this surgery, the breasts are smaller and more shapely. Although the intent of breast reduction surgery is to decrease the size and weight of the breasts, the procedure also lifts the breasts to correct drooping. This procedure is most commonly performed on women who have large, pendulous breasts, which may be causing both physical problems and social embarrassment.
The number of women seeking breast reduction has remained steady over the past few years. According to the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS) more than 100,000 women have breast reduction surgery annually.
Reasons for Breast Reduction Surgery
Physical Reasons
Most people