These procedures are designed to reduce size of the breasts. Large breasts are frequently associated with upper back/neck pain, shoulder grooving, under breast skin irritation. Therefore, most of these procedures are potentially covered by health insurance. Each patient has to be individually approved by her insurance company.
There are several techniques of breast reduction procedure. Generally they are either conventional inverted “T” techniques or vertical “lollipop” type surgery. Both are great ways to reduce breasts and have advantages and disadvantages. Our plastic surgeons utilizes both techniques for breast reduction. The choice which technique is used depends mostly on the size/shape of patient’s breasts and her desires for size change. This is usually discussed in detail during a personal consultation.
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