For individuals suffering from back pain and neck pain due to larger than typical breasts, breast reduction surgery can benefit. Breast reduction surgery, also acknowledged as reduction mammaplasty, is a procedure used to remove excess fat, glandular tissue and skin from the breasts. The surgical procedure has seen patients from both sexes. Men suffering from gynecomastia are possible candidates for this procedure.
Candidates will either have to stay a night at the hospital or outpatient treatment is also an alternative. Anesthesia is commonly used before the surgery commences. A small incision on each breast is used to extract excess fat tissue for males with gynecomastia. This results in significantly reduced scarring. Normal breast reduction surgery will last from anywhere from two to 4 hours. The surgeon normally creates a keyhole shaped incision that starts from the nipple downward onto the breast itself.
Breast reduction procedures are not recommended to women who are breast feeding and such surgery is only done on fully developed breasts. The surgeon keeps in mind the function of the breasts when performing the surgery.
