Breast Reduction

The pre-operative examination is the assessment of your general health status.
Your current diseases, medications, previous operations, and family history of breast diseases are checked.
Your pregnancy and breastfeeding history are questioned.
Then your detailed examination is performed.
The volume, sagging of your breast, and the quality of your skin are also evaluated.
It is recommended to be screened for breast cancer before every cosmetic breast surgery.
Before each plastic surgery operation, your photos are taken.

Our surgery will leave a straight line around the nipple, extending downwards, and a scar in the form of an “inverted t” in the under-breast groove.
We inform you in detail in the pre-operative examination.
Our surgery will leave a scar according to the place used.
The scar left in the surgery will be permanent. Although it is more obvious at first, it will become vague within 1 year.

We can decide the size of your breast in line with your expectations, in accordance with the structure of the rest of your body, and in a safe range that will minimize the risk of complications in our pre-operative examination.

The surgery is performed under general anesthesia. It takes about 2.5-3 hours. According to the drawings made before the surgery, your nipple is moved to the position it should be, your breast is shaped by removing excess skin and breast tissue. Your nipple is protected. Depending on the need, negative pressure tubes called drains may be required to prevent blood and serum from accumulating in the breast.

We recommend that you stay in the hospital for 1 night after the operation. You will have pain that can be controlled with painkillers. We recipe painkillers and antibiotics on discharge. We recommend that you rest for 7-10 days. You also need to use a special bra for 6 weeks.

You can see the result of the surgery immediately, but it will take about 1 month for the swelling to go down and 6-12 months for the breast to take its final shape.

The result of the surgery is permanent. However, recovery surgery may be required in the future against sagging that will develop over the years.

Meme küçültme ameliyatı sonrası memelerin tekrar büyümesi beklenmez. Ancak çok kilo alınırsa, vücudun diğer yerleri gibi meme dokusunda da yağ birikimi olacağından meme hacmi artabilir. Çok kilo alıp verme, gebelik ve emzirme gibi sebeplerle meme sarkabilir. Bu durumda toparlama ameliyatı yapılabilir.

After breast reduction surgery, you can have breast reduction surgery again in case of breast size due to weight gain.

Every surgery has risks. There may be early or late complications due to anesthesia or surgery.

In the early period of surgery, conditions such as bleeding, infection or wound opening may be observed. There may be slight size and shape asymmetries between the breasts. There may be numbness in the nipple. These are usually temporary complaints. However, seldom permanent loss of sensation may occur. The risk is increased, especially in smokers. Your scars may heal with swelling.

A complication that may be specific to this surgery is the loss of part or all of the nipple. Although very rare, it is possible. Especially in smokers, the risk increases as nipple nutrition will be impaired. The risk increases in excessively large breasts called gigantomastia and in breasts that have undergone too much reduction.

Breast reduction surgery does not cause breast cancer. It is recommended that everyone be screened for age-appropriate breast cancer before each breast surgery. In addition, an advantage of this surgery is the chance of detecting breast cancer in the removed breast tissue, which has started microscopically and is at such an early stage that it cannot be detected by radiological examinations. In this way, very early-stage breast cancers are also detected if they are present in the removed tissue.

The connections between the nipple and milk ducts are preserved during the surgery. Therefore, breastfeeding is not expected, but it is possible.