Breast reduction
The operation is performed due to big and dropped breasts. The principle of the operation is to remove the excessive volume of the breast and to stitch together the remaining tissue in order to obtain a smaller breast with a better shape. The areola is usually reduced as well and then it is moved higher. The operation is performed in general anaesthesia and it lasts about 2- 3 hours.
Within the scope of pre-operative interview, the doctor will explain to the patient the issues of the operation, location and shape of scars, possible risks and complications and course of the post-operative period. One or two weeks before the operation the patient will get the preoperative examination from her general practitioner or another doctor, which includes blood collection, EKG and assessment of the results by the doctor. This examination can be performed in our hospital in the morning on the day of the operation.
One week before the operation you will stop using drugs such as Acylpyrin, Aspro, Aspyrin and Mironal, which contain acetylsalicylic acid causing bleeding.
Take your personal belongings, ID cards, results of the preoperative examination, slippers, pyjamas or night dress, things for personal hygiene and a bra after a consultation with your surgeon. Do not take any jewels, valuables and bigger sums of money to hospital, apart from the money to pay for the operation.
Hospitalisation lasts one day, if you are interested, you can use suites situated in the building for after-treatment. There you can stay with the people who accompany you. In the morning when you leave the hospital, arrange a lift home. At home prepare painkillers, such as Brufen, Ibalgin, Paralen etc.
Convalescence
Convalescence after the reduction of breasts usually lasts 1 week, then you can go back to work. In one week there is the first check in our outpatients department. You can start to do sport in one month. For two weeks you have to wear bra all the time, then during the day.
For cosmetic operation it is not possible to provide sick leave and health insurance company does not contribute to it financially.
General risks of the operation:
- Bleeding (haematoma)
- Infection
- Slowing down of healing of the skin with wound secretion
- Bad compatibility of suture material
- Lung embolism – blood clot embolus in lungs as a result of changes in blood pressure and blood coagulability during and after the operation. For preventive purposes elastic stockings are used before the operation, the patient starts walking soon after the operation, sometimes drugs for blood coagulability correction are administered.
- The cosmetic effect does not have to be ideal
- Dissatisfaction of the patient with the result of the operation
Risks connected with this operation:
- About 2 months after the cooperation there are few folds of skin in the lower part of the breasts that will disappear spontaneously.
- Changes in sensitisation of nipples, usually temporary.
- Impossibility of reaching total symmetry of the size and shape of breasts and areolas.
- Repeated dropping of breasts during the years after the operation.
- Risk of necessary blood transfusion in case of very large breasts
The appearance and quality of scars cannot be determined as it depends mainly on the type of healing of every individual. You must not expose the operation scars to sun and radiation in solarium for 6 months. To make them disappear more quickly you can buy preparations in our outpatients department on the basis of consultation with us.
As a result of these complications a corrective operation might be necessary.
Aesthetic surgery is not an exact science and it is not possible to give 100 % guarantee or assurance as regards the treatment and result of the operation. The world statistics state 5-10 % complications for aesthetic operations.
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