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Breast Reduction
What are the limitations?

Breast reduction surgery may limit your ability to breast feed in the future. Although many women can breast feed after a reduction, the ability to do so will depend on the type and size of reduction you undergo. We normally recommend you complete your family first if you want to breast feed your baby.

Breast reduction does not affect any other aspect of pregnancy but the reverse may be true because future pregnancies may alter the breast shape permanently. You should postpone surgery for several months following pregnancy and breast feeding to allow the breasts to return to a stable size and shape.

Similarly, significant weight gain or loss after breast reduction surgery may affect the size and shape of your breasts, just as it would had you not had surgery.

Surgery is not normally performed until the breasts are fully developed, (usually after the age of 16), except in extreme cases. This will minimise changes in the breasts after surgery.

Finally, you should appreciate that most breasts are not identical. Although surgery can often improve an obvious asymmetry, subtle differences are likely to remain.

 

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