The benefits of breast liposuction surgery
Melbourne women who’ve had breast liposuction benefit from…
- Freedom from neck and shoulder pain: Not even the most supportive bra in the world can make a heavy breast lighter. Heavy breasts can put a constant strain on your cervical and thoracic vertebra – and the associated musculature. Such ongoing strain can be painful, stressful and exhausting.
- Improved posture: Once excessive weight from your bust is removed, you can easily stand straighter and taller without exaggerated spinal curvature (hyperkyphosis). Consequently, some women report they need fewer visits to the physiotherapist or chiropractor and use less pain medication.
- No more bra strap indentations: Heavy breasts can negatively affect your soft tissue. After liposuction, you may no longer have dark indentation marks (or grooves) on your shoulders from heavily-weighted bra straps.
- Smaller areola: Enlarged fat-filled breasts often stretch the areolar tissue over time. Once the fat tissue has been suctioned away, the areolar can shrink, giving a more youthful appearance to the entire breast.
- Improve the appearance of the breast: Gravity pulls heavy breasts downwards, often giving large breasts a tubular shape. After tumescent liposuction, the breast can elevate 2- 5cm , with nipples sitting noticeably higher.
- Lift nipple height by around 5 cm: Dr Feldman reports that most breast liposuction patients report an elevated nipple height of approximately two to five centimetres after surgery. However, results vary from patient to patient. Dr Feldman can give you a realistic indication of what may be achievable for you after a one-to-one consultation.
- No more rashes: Rashes, skin irritation, chafing, and even fungal infections can develop under breasts with excessive skin.
- No general anaesthetic: As with all liposuction, there is no need for general anaesthetic with the breast liposuction procedure. Instead, only a light sedation is used.
- Minimal scarring: Conventional breast lift surgery usually leaves tell-tale scars around and around and under the nipple and the breast. Liposuction surgery only leaves a couple of incision marks from the cannula, which generally fades in 6 months.
- Far less discomfort than conventional surgery: As conventional breast lift surgery requires a lot of cutting, recovery is more painful. Alternatively, liposuction leaves you only with cannula scars. Bruising or swelling is to be expected after the procedure.
- Recovery time: As mentioned above, conventional breast reduction surgery takes considerable recovery time comparatively to breast liposuction recovery. You’ll need to stay home and rest for the first couple of days. If you have a sedentary job, you can return to work after approximately 2 days. Some light exercise can be performed after about 1 week, with full aerobic exercise after a minimum of four to six weeks.
- Become active again: You’re likely to find it far easier to recommence some of the physical activities that may have been neglected for years – or even longer. Gym, running, tennis, aerobics – even low-impact exercises like yoga become far more possible with less chest weight to carry.
Any surgical or invasive procedure carries risks. Before proceeding, you should seek a second opinion from an appropriately qualified health practitioner. To discover more about the liposuction procedure, results and considerations, see our main liposuction page here. Read more about surgical risks here.