Reasons to Consider a Breast Reduction

Posted by adortalukdar on January 15th, 2015

Large breasts are considered to be sexually more appealing than small breasts, but large breasts come with a myriad of complications that are not associated with small breasts. Women who have extremely large breasts have issues like:

• Neck and back pain caused by the weight of their breasts
• Circulation and breathing issues
• Undetectable breast cancer
• Asymmetrical breasts
• Sagging breasts as they age
• Complications with breast feeding

When breasts are large it is much harder for the woman to do a self-breast exam and discover cancerous lumps while the cancer is still easy to beat. Large breasts distort the images on mammograms and they often show fatty deposits that can be mistaken for cancer. Women who have smaller breasts are much more likely to discover breast cancer in its earliest stages, and they are more likely to have fewer cancer scares created by benign fat deposits.

Breasts are not created exactly the same, even the ones on the same body. When the breasts are large the differences between the two of them may be more evident than when the breasts are smaller. Having breast reduction surgery performed can lessen the differences between the breasts.

As women age their breast naturally begin to droop. The breasts are no longer as firm as they were when the woman was younger and they begin to sag. This sagging is fought hard by most women. They were undergarments to help support the tissue so their breast do not appear to droop, but women with large breasts have more sagging than women with small breasts do. Having a breast reduction can help you appear younger for a much longer period of time.

You would think that women with larger breasts would have an easier time breast feeding their babies. The opposite is often the truth. The large breasts often have large nipples that the baby cannot get in their mouths. The breasts tend to swell with milk and the large breasts are more likely to become engorged and be painful to the new mother.

Most women with large breasts will tell you that their backs and necks hurt frequently. It is harder for women with large breasts to maintain correct posture when they are sitting or standing. Reducing the size of the breasts will reduce the weight of the breasts and allow these women to straighten their backs and improve their posture.

The professionals at Plastic Surgery & Laser Institute of San Diego can help you to evaluate the benefits you might receive from having breast reduction surgery.