Breast Reduction

My mom had a reduction at 60 a year ago and LOVES the results
recovery was not bad at all and she wishes she did it YEARS ago!

good luck
Kim

On behalf of men everywhere, may I say, "Noooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" :sad:

LOL!

I recently went in for a consultation for the same thing. The doctor told me that I "should" lose more weight 1st because weight loss can significantly impact the size of your breasts. Like say I had the reduction now to go down to a large C, small D cup (US SIZES I am now a 34F and they ARE quite heavy) Well if I lost weight after the reduction, chances are they would not only get smaller, but also they would sag, which to me would totally suck.
So we agreed that Iose "AT LEAST" 20 more pounds before surgery so that I am closer to my goal weight and the results would be better and longer lasting.
Hope that helps a bit

I have talked to my physical therapist, my doctor & my neurologist and they all are rooting for a breast reduction so I talked to a plastic surgeon and he wont do it till I HIT a certain percentage of bady fat, because when you loose weight you loose there and when you gain you gain there I am waiting till I get to my suggested weight before gooing back because my surgeon wont do it til then so keep me posted please!!!

On behalf of men everywhere, may I say, "Noooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" :sad:

I know you're just kidding, but the feminist in me is screaming at you right now :P

That's ok, the male chauvinist in me is still thinking of boobies so I can't hear you. :glasses:

Maybe when she's done screaming she'll make us sammiches?

On behalf of men everywhere, may I say, "Noooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" :sad:

I know you're just kidding, but the feminist in me is screaming at you right now :P

That's ok, the male chauvinist in me is still thinking of boobies so I can't hear you. :glasses:

Maybe when she's done screaming she'll make us sammiches?

And get us a beer!

i had a breast reduction in march 2000 and it was the best thing i have EVER done for myself besides finally get this weight off with good diet and exercise....i was wearing a 48DD bra and after my reduction i bought 38D....i bought larger numbered bras because it made the cup size bigger....my recovery was very "easy" compared to many but i also have a very high threshold for pain, good or bad as it is....i think i was about 220 or so before my surgery and about 6wks later i was 210 with the surgery and then eating well i suppose....i ballooned up to 245 and then back down to 200 and then back up to 263 with first kid and 254 with 2nd kid....my boobs have pretty much stayed 38D since my reduction....

when i started losing weight this time in january 2008 i was 254 and now an hanging out in the mid 170s....i feel like they are smaller now on the "top" part - like i can't fill the top of my bra...i wear victoria secrets 38D body by victoria bras and they fit fine but i do notice them "looser" on the top, especially when i lean over lol...there is extra fabric there...BUT if i move down in size the smaller cup or band just doesnt fit right...

i would do it again in a heart beat if given the opportunity...i was 28yrs old and self conscious my entire teens and 20s...i had horrible grooves in my shoulders and sore back/shoulder issues...i hated to run or workout and i had ridiculous rashes under my breasts alllll the time but especially in the summertime...

if you want any more info send me a message....i highly recommend anyone given the opportunity to do this surgery who is truly suffering because of their breast size to do it....

ps...i just saw someone post about nipple sensation loss....i had some but i do have sensation and they do get aroused still lol...actually more now that before....i also had my aureolas reduced too...

I had one done 9 years ago (at 23). I wasn't really overly heavy at the time (about 145) but was SOOOO self-concious and uncomfortable in my own skin.

I do not regret it at all... I just wish the doctor had made me a bit smaller - I wanted to be a B-C, he left me as a large C-D. I still feel like I have a "really big" chest, but it's definitely better than before (DD).

I would do it again in a minute - really, the pain was so minimal, compared to the emotional/mental/physical pain of not being comfortable - plus, within two weeks the pain was pretty much gone.

Really great decision, overall.

I still have loss of sensation in certain areas that I am certain will never return - mostly on the underside where I have scarring from the cuts. Really, I don't care if that's the tradeoff.

I feel like I should add that before I had the reduction, I had lost about 40 pounds, and not one ounce of it came from my breasts (I really hoped it would).

On behalf of men everywhere, may I say, "Noooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" :sad:

I know you're just kidding, but the feminist in me is screaming at you right now :P

That's ok, the male chauvinist in me is still thinking of boobies so I can't hear you. :glasses:

bahahahahahahahaha

:noway:

I had my consult when I weighed about 100 lbs less than now (I'm at 435ish right now) and my surgeon did not turn me away because of my weight, but advised that he wouldn't reduce them as far as I wanted because with the conditions I had at the time, I would likely lose a lot of weight after surgery and he didn't want to have to do implants afterwards.

It's best to do it after you achieve your goal weight, but if you absolutely have to do it, there have to be good reasons. I'm a 50 H/I and I decided against having surgery despite the curving of my spine etc etc. I was originally turned down by insurance. I could get it approved now but I had a good long think about it.

20% of women have to have all milk ducts and nerves removed from the breasts. I know this because if I did it now, I would be one of them. This means no feeling for up to 7 years, with it never fully restoring, and no breast feeding. If you are large and long, they will remove everything. It was something I almost did because mine were over 50lbs then, even more now, and my spine was curving under the weight.

I know lots of people that said it was the best thing ever, but really, the larger you are, the bigger the adjustment, as well as longer the recovery (generally). You'll need someone who can help you wash your incisions.

OH! Also, if you are seeing a surgeon that does it outpatient, but you are overweight, you may have to front the cost of a 2 day hospital stay. Mine does outpatient but because of my size and the drastic change in the surgery, I had to get an OR booked.

I'm sorry, but it appears that you have been grossly misinformed. I had a substantial reduction done, and the only thing I needed someone else to wash was my hair. And no one has 50 pound breasts. I went from a DDD to a C, and they removed a little over 500 grams (around 1.2 pounds). I suggest you do some Googling if you think differently.

And my surgery was done in a hospital OR, and outpatient. None of my milk ducts or nerves were severed.

This thread needs more pictures. Let us judge.

Yeh, but the thread title has the word 'breast' in it. Thats like a sign saying 'Free Beer' to a man.

I thought about it. I'm a DDD right now, but I figure I should at least try to get to my goal weight first to see what happens. I'm at goal weight and still a DDD (I have large breasted women in my family. It may just be a curse!!!) then I will go in for a consult.

I had my consult when I weighed about 100 lbs less than now (I'm at 435ish right now) and my surgeon did not turn me away because of my weight, but advised that he wouldn't reduce them as far as I wanted because with the conditions I had at the time, I would likely lose a lot of weight after surgery and he didn't want to have to do implants afterwards.

It's best to do it after you achieve your goal weight, but if you absolutely have to do it, there have to be good reasons. I'm a 50 H/I and I decided against having surgery despite the curving of my spine etc etc. I was originally turned down by insurance. I could get it approved now but I had a good long think about it.

20% of women have to have all milk ducts and nerves removed from the breasts. I know this because if I did it now, I would be one of them. This means no feeling for up to 7 years, with it never fully restoring, and no breast feeding. If you are large and long, they will remove everything. It was something I almost did because mine were over 50lbs then, even more now, and my spine was curving under the weight.

I know lots of people that said it was the best thing ever, but really, the larger you are, the bigger the adjustment, as well as longer the recovery (generally). You'll need someone who can help you wash your incisions.

OH! Also, if you are seeing a surgeon that does it outpatient, but you are overweight, you may have to front the cost of a 2 day hospital stay. Mine does outpatient but because of my size and the drastic change in the surgery, I had to get an OR booked.

I'm sorry, but it appears that you have been grossly misinformed. I had a substantial reduction done, and the only thing I needed someone else to wash was my hair. And no one has 50 pound breasts. I went from a DDD to a C, and they removed a little over 500 grams (around 1.2 pounds). I suggest you do some Googling if you think differently.

And my surgery was done in a hospital OR, and outpatient. None of my milk ducts or nerves were severed.

Apparently YOU are misinformed, because not everyone has the same experiences. I consulted with several physicians. We are talking an I cup to a B cup. There are MANY women that lose the nerves and milk ducts. It depends on the dimensions of your breasts, along with density. I have incredibly dense breasts that HAVE BEEN WEIGHED and the weight I sited also incorporates pectoral muscles.

Being over 400 pounds means you have to have a substantial amount of anesthesia, which in turn makes it so you have to have direct supervision for longer than someone half your size.

I was advised that because of the radical nature of my procedure, they did not want me to care for the incisions under my arms myself for at least 2 weeks.

How can you possibly know about my situation anyway? You aren't aware of my details... Do I have to get the surgery itinerary for you to "prove" it? LMAO My point was just that being large means that the procedure can be greatly different than someone that is average sized or slightly overweight.

I don't have to google first hand experience.