Breast Reduction

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.

No maam. I went from an H to a C. I had 8 lbs removed and he said that was the most he had removed from one person. Some people have to have the nipple completely removed and relocated, I did not. What is now my whole breast, was just the top half before. The milk ducts were not a concern in my case, as the mammary glands were too tightly compressed for me to breast feed anyway. I did not have ANYONE help me at all. I was out of work for one week. I couldnt lift over my head or lift heavy stuff for 3-5 weeks.

OP - do not listen to this post, it is FULL of innacuracy.

What the flyin crap is up with people trying to tell me that something I went through PERSONALLY, and I'm sharing my PERSONAL experience, is wrong? I don't remember ANYONE being in that room with me talking to the doctor about the radical nature of my surgery. Ever think that mayhaps if you had been there, you would have heard my surgeon speaking to the fact that I would be the largest, heaviest, and one of the most radical mastoplexy cases he'd ever handled?

Jeebus Crust, shoot me in the face for trying to save the OP the shock and horror I went through because I thought it was going to be a simple situation, and it turned out to be a decision that I had to make that would completely alter my life.

I bet if I said that the doctor expected me to not have to use painkillers afterwards solely because of the pain reduction due to my disability would be so profound, the incision and surgery post-op pain would be chump change, I'd just get reamed more.

I mean, you all DO realize that cup sizes are not all the same, right? Like, the bigger you are overall as a person, the more mass an H cup has? Let me reiterate about density too.

Did I say he was removing 50 pounds? NO. I said my breasts weighed 50 pounds total. He estimated a 17-25lbs loss via surgery.

UGH Why am I even bothering... OP, my whole point was that it's not a cake walk for everyone but usually pans out for the best. Don't let anyone ever tell you that your PERSONAL experience wasn't right or true. You experience it for yourself, and just because everyone else says it was the greatest thing ever, it doesn't mean you have to say that as well.

I haven't had a reduction, and was considering one when I was overweight, however I've already lost enough weight to fit into normal bras again! I just wanted to post to advise you not to until you know whether or not the weight you are planning to maintain needs it.

ETA I've always had large breasts, not just when I got heavier and they didn't shrink all that much I went from a clearly can't keep the whole boob in a 36DD to a fits well 34DD in 30 something pounds. I hope to lose a few more inches because the girls are keeping me from fitting into size smalls. Oh also, the back pain I've had all my life has gone away with heavy lifting. I'm finally strong enough to hold em up!

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?

^ LOL

It was the best thing I ever did, I healed very nice. I was a size EE, and had to have my bras custom made. I lost over a pound and a half on each breast. No more backaches. Find a good surgeon with experience in breast reduction. I still have full sensation in both nipples and was able to breast feed my daughter.

I have no regrets except that I wish I had fought my surgeon harder to make them smaller (she insisted I wouldn't want to go from one extreme to another, I was 18 when I got the surgery. She was wrong).

where you overweight at the time? No
what happened when you lost weight after? They shrink. But they get bigger when I gain weight.
would you recommend I continue to lose a bit more weight first? This is something your doctor should advise you about.

how was the recovery? It was a breeze for me, but again, I was 18 and in excellent physical shape.

Is your life easier now? Much easier.

Overall, I was really scared going into it but post-op I felt great. I had an excellent surgeon and everything went smoothly.