Breast Reduction by Liposuction
When undergoing liposuction breast reduction surgery, a general anaesthetic is used. Once the anaesthetic has taken effect, your surgeon will create an incision around the areola, down the front of the breast, and into the fold. Your surgeon will then remove excess breast tissue and skin. Next, they will reposition the nipple and areola.
Once the necessary changes are made, your surgeon will close the incision using sutures. In some cases, your surgeon may place a surgical drain to prevent the accumulation of blood and other body fluids inside the breasts.
Liposuction Surgery (Removal of Stubborn Fat Pockets)
Your surgeon will advise you that during your recovery period, you should wear a support bra to protect and maintain the new size and shape of your breasts.
While large breasts are usually inherited, several factors can contribute to an increase in breast size, including hormonal fluctuations, multiple pregnancies, and menopause.
Women with increased breast size might suffer from backaches, neck pain, shoulder pain, as well as other discomforts. In order to experience relief from these discomforts and allow them to participate in activities that were formerly difficult due to large breasts, these women may choose to undergo liposuction breast reduction surgery.
Liposuction with Breast Reduction Surgery
Traditional breast reduction techniques can lead to significant scarring. These concerns have led to the emerging use of liposuction in breast reduction surgery either as a primary or adjunct modality. In fact, liposuction breast reduction surgery has been around for over two decades now because of its advantages over traditional breast reduction.
Various innovations focused on patient safety and better surgical outcomes have now been used in liposuction breast reduction surgery. Different surgical techniques may be more suitable depending on your breast volume, body type, and cosmetic preferences.
The following new techniques are now used:
Use of pre and post-operative mammogram.
Surgeons once thought that liposuction breast reduction surgery could only be successful in patients with increased breast fat. Although liposuction can remove fat more efficiently than breast tissue, the procedure can reduce the size of firm breasts with a large amount of tissue by using the proper surgical techniques and cannulas.
By ordering a pre-operative mammogram, your surgeon can assess breast fat and tissue content to determine the right surgical techniques. In addition to this, a pre-operative mammogram can determine the presence of medical conditions that may affect surgical outcomes, such as breast cancer. After six months of surgery, most surgeons recommend another mammogram to assess healing and the presence of complications.
Correct patient positioning.
After a liposuction breast reduction surgery, you may be at increased risk for breast asymmetry. To ensure symmetrical elevation to counteract the natural gravitational pulling of breast tissue, most surgeons recommend placing post-surgical patients in an upright position.[4]
Use of proper cannulas and surgical techniques.
Surgical incisions may be made around the areola (periareolar), below the mammary gland (inframammary), or underarm (axillary). Once these access incisions are made, most surgeons recommend using 3-mm to 4-mm cannulas attached to a 60-ml syringe, and the dissection is performed in a spoke wheel pattern.[5] Finally, your surgeon may use absorbable sutures to close surgical wounds.
Other surgery techniques performed by Coco Ruby surgeons include:
- Breast Augmentation (Augmentation mammoplasty)
- Breast Lift (Mastopexy)
- Armpit Incision (Transaxillary)
- Breast Reduction (Reduction mammoplasty)
- Male Breast Reduction
- Asian Breast Augmentation
