Breast reduction/Breast lift(Mamma reduction/ Mastopexy)

Sometimes there are patients, which have got significantly enlarged disturbing breasts already in young age. By occurring of complications they should be operated already at that time.

Too large breasts can lead to a psychological strain accompanying with diffidence, unsociability and inferiority feeling. The organic disorder, such as fault in posture and muscle pain in occipital and back region, line of depression and painful bra traces on the shoulders and skin changes underneath the breast, can also be the consequences.

The normal size breast, that has significantly changed its external shape and firmness due to weight loss, pregnancy and nursing, can also influence the woman's self-confidence considerably.

Depending on the needs, desires, expectations and anatomic conditions the appreciate operations method will be chosen from the diversity of possibilities and individually adapted.

Photographs: Before/After - Comparison

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Indication:

Breast reduction Large, heavy breasts, asymmetric breasts

Breast lift considerably sagging breasts with excess skin integument

Operation:

Breast reduction: Narbensparende Brustverkleinerung (Lejour-Technik, Technik nach Hall-Findlay): By more voluminous breasts the skin with gland tissue in lower breast area will be removed. The scars will remain around the breast nipples and vertical to the crease under the breast. The sensibility of breast nipples and ability to nurse remains unchanged.

Breast reduction with reversed T-scar: OP- method that with scar around the breast nipple enters T-shaped in the lower breast area is suitable for especially voluminous breasts or very strongly "sunken" breast nipples. The sensibility of breast nipples and ability to nurse remains unchanged.

Breast lift: Breast lift around the breast nipple: Excess skin lift around the breast nipple (mamilla). In some time a circular scar around breast nipple appears that will be closed pouch-shaped. It is appreciated by moderate skin drooping, thereby it is no mammary gland tissue reduction. Here the areola (dark skin around the breast nipple) reduction can be additionally performed.

Raising or lateral placement of breast nipple (mamilla lift): Half-moon-shaped skin removing above or sideways of breast nipple and replacement on 1 to 2 cm. By very strongly "sunken" breast nipples the whole breast should be lifted, because in other case the flattening and deforming of breast nipple can occur.

Narbensparende Bruststraffung (Lejour-Technik, Technik nach Hall-Findlay): As in above-mentioned scar-saving breast reduction only without gland tissue reduction. Here the excess skin will be simply removed and the breast will be newly formed.

Anaesthesia:

Normally the operation is performed under general anaesthesia.

Clinic stay:

The inpatient stay in the clinic for 2 -3 days is recommended.

After-care:

Wearing the supporting bra if necessary with breast-band during first 6 weeks day and night to preserve the OP-results, first inspection a day after surgery, no physical exertion and elevated jobs, the stitches will be removed within 14 days.

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