Medical Term for Breast Reduction

The medical term for Breast reduction is reduction mammoplasty.

It is a surgical procedure that involves the removal of excess breast fat, glandular tissue, and skin to help you achieve a breast size that is in proportion with the rest of your body, making you feel a lot less self-conscious about your figure.

This involves removal of skin fat and breast tissue glandular breast tissue from the breast resulting in smaller and more proportionate breasts. The scars can vary anywhere from a full anchor scar to what we call a lollipop scar which is an incision that goes around the nipple areola complex and extends vertically down to the inframammary fold.

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