Breast Reduction

Many patients considering breast surgery find selecting a procedure challenging. Which one is right for you? Understanding the various types of breast surgery can help you prepare and make an educated decision with the help of your plastic surgeon. Breast surgery doesn’t just enhance the size and shape of your breasts, but it can also give you the confidence you deserve by creating a bustline that complements your body and desired aesthetics.

Understanding Breast Surgery & Who Gets It

Cosmetic breast surgery seeks to alter the size, shape, and position of the breasts. People get breast surgery for a variety of reasons, including to add volume, lift, and improve the appearance of their breasts. In some cases, people seek breast surgeries to reduce the size of their breasts for greater comfort and overall well-being.

What Are the Types of Breast Surgery?

With the different types of breast surgery available, it can be difficult to know which one will give you the results you’re looking for. That’s where Dr. Sweat and his expertise come in. Scheduling a consultation appointment at J. Sweat Plastic Surgery will help you determine the right breast surgery to meet your needs and aesthetic goals.

Some of the breast surgeries we offer include:

Breast Augmentation

Breast augmentation is the most popular breast surgery procedure. The procedure increases the size of the breast through implants filled with saline or silicone. In some cases, patients opt to increase their breast size with implanted autologous fat. If breast augmentation is right for you, Dr. Sweat will help you determine the type of breast augmentation needed to achieve the results you’re looking for.

Breast Lift

As people age, go through pregnancy, or lose weight, their breast tissue can begin to sag. For a breast lift, Dr. Sweat will make a small incision and tighten the existing breast tissue for a lifted and more youthful appearance.

Breast Augmentation & Lift

Some patients need a combination of a breast augmentation and a lift. Sagging breasts that have lost volume can look fuller, rounder, and more youthful after an augmentation and lift. With these two procedures, you can achieve a complete breast makeover!

Breast Revision

After augmentation, some patients come back in later years for breast revision surgeries to change the size, position, and shape of the augmented breasts. This can be done by moving the implant to the right position, adding silicone or saline to the implant for a greater enhancement, or removing and replacing the implant altogether.

Overly large breasts can cause pain in the shoulder, neck, and back and can even lead to poor posture. A breast reduction procedure removes excessive breast tissue and makes the breasts smaller and more manageable. If you’re experiencing pain, problems fitting in clothes, or issues performing everyday activities, a breast reduction may be the perfect option for you.

Gynecomastia Surgery

When males develop unwanted breast tissue and enlarged breasts (also known as gynecomastia), it can addressed by removing the tissue with a surgical procedure. Dr. Sweat will remove the breast’s glandular tissue and use liposuction to remove any excess fat in the chest area, giving you the more masculine contours you desire.

Schedule A Consultation

If you are unhappy with the size, shape, or volume of your breasts, breast surgery can help. To learn more about breast surgery and the right procedure for you, scheduling a consultation is a perfect first step. During your consultation, Dr. Sweat will examine your breasts and talk to you about your desired aesthetic goals. He will make sure you’re informed about all your options and help you decide which will be best to meet your needs.

Call our Sacramento, CA office today at (916) 400-0822 or use our online contact form. We look forward to helping you achieve your aesthetic goals!

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It’s not easy to decide to undergo breast reduction surgery. However, for many breast reduction patients, the benefits of breast reduction surgery often outweigh the downsides like needing time off of work to recover or simply needing to have surgery. Our hope is to lay out the pros and cons of undergoing cosmetic surgery to help you decide whether you want to consider pursuing breast reduction at J. Sweat Plastic Surgery.

How Do I Know I Need A Breast Reduction?

Several different signs indicate you might need to have breast reduction surgery. If your overly large breasts cause discomfort in any way, most commonly with shoulder grooves from bra straps, skin irritation, or chronic neck, back, or shoulder pain, it is worth looking into whether you could benefit from the removal of excess breast tissue.

If this applies to you, breast reduction surgery can make a huge difference in your life by allowing you to wear the clothes you truly want to, eliminating pain, and bringing your body into a more harmonious physical proportion.

Benefits of Breast Reduction

Although we know everyone looking into breast reduction has different motivations and goals from surgery, the generally experienced benefits following this procedure include:

Easier to perform physical activity
Less pain and discomfort in the breasts, shoulders, and neck area
Better social life, not having to worry about embarrassment or discomfort when in public
Better self-esteem
It is easier to find clothing that fits appropriately
Easier to move around
Less strain on the back, neck, and shoulders
Ease to sleep with minor disturbance from their breasts
Improved appearance of the figure with better proportions between upper and lower body size
Overall improved quality of life

Potential Risks of Breast Reduction Surgery

As with all medical procedures, there is the potential for risks developing either shortly after the breast reduction procedure or in the long term. Dr. Sweat encourages all patients to be well informed of the benefits, risks, and side effects prior to committing to a cosmetic surgery procedure. Risks of breast reduction procedures include:

The need to have multiple procedures if the result is not satisfactory after one surgery. This increases your total breast reduction cost and downtime, and the timeline for your final results to appear.
Physical limitations while you wait for your body to heal after the surgery. For example, it might not be possible for you to participate in activities for several weeks following your procedure.
Scar tissue formation in the breast region. This can lead to pain or discomfort around the incision site if too much tension is put onto these breast reduction scars during the recovery process, causing them not to heal in an ideal manner. This can also lead to deformation or less-than-ideal results that could require additional surgery to correct them.
Excessive bleeding during the operation. Bleeding is a risk of all invasive surgeries and could complicate the procedure and the healing process.

Breast Reduction in Sacramento, CA

Breast reduction surgery is a cosmetic procedure that can provide many benefits, but it’s not suitable for everyone. Make sure that you know the risks involved with breast procedures and discuss these with Dr. Jeffrey Sweat at J. Sweat Plastic Surgery before going ahead with this surgical procedure. Start the conversation about breast reduction by calling our office or contacting us online today.

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