What is Breast Reduction in India?

Breast Reduction in India is also known as reduction mammaplasty. Breast reduction is a surgery procedure used to reduce the breast size and changes the shape of the breasts. It helps those who have larger breasts size, usually performed for all gender types i.e. man, woman, assigned males or assigned females at birth. Certain conditions such as macromastia or gigantomastia, gynecomastia, etc are often treated by this breast reduction surgery.

Breast reduction helps in relieving from the pain or discomfort associated with the larger breasts such as chronic back, neck, & shoulder pain, and skin irritation. This surgery helps you feel more lighter and contoured breast. After breast augmentation and breast lift, breast reduction surgery is the most preferred type of cosmetic surgery procedure for breasts.

Reasons to Consider Breast Reduction Surgery in India?

Regardless of your gender, anyone can opt for breast reduction surgery. This could help you from both the physical discomfort and emotional well being. Here we will discuss the reasons for you to opt surgery for Breast Reduction in India, which are:

1. If you are having the physical discomfort and pain such as:

• Chronic pain in back, neck, & shoulder, etc.
• Bad postures which causes strain in your spine, and 
• Skin irritation or infections under your breasts due to moisture and friction. 

1. If you feel that you are having issues with bra-fitting and clothes fitting and more difficult to find good fitting.
2. If you feel that you are having the deep groves on your shoulder due to tight-fitting bra straps.
3. If you feel that you are having breathing problem while sleeping or lying down on bed.
4. If you feel that you are restricted from physical activities and found challenges in daily activity due to larger breasts.
5. If you feel that you are having the unnecessary emotional and psychological issues.
6. If you have the condition of macromastia or gigantomastia, in which breasts grows abnormally larger in proportion with your body weight.
7. If you have the condition of gynecomastia (in men), in which breasts tissue enlarge due to imbalance in hormones.

Types of Breast Reduction Procedures in India

There are mainly three types of breast Reduction in India, which offers help to different concerns and use certain types of surgical methods. The type is recommended by your plastic surgeon to address your concern by checking your breast anatomy and choosing the most suitable type. Here, are the most common three types of breast reduction:

• Liposuction Breast Reduction

Liposuction breast reduction is a minimally invasive cosmetic surgery procedures. Liposuction method is a shorter procedure and requires less recovery time due to small incisions. In this type of reduction method, fatty tissues from breasts are suctioned out with the help of a thin tube called cannula. This type of surgery is preferred when the individuals have the minimal or no sagged breast and having good skin elasticity. This liposuction method is not suitable who want the significant sagged breasts and best suitable who have larger breasts due to excess fatty tissues only. 

• Vertical or Lollipop Method

Vertical breast reduction type, also known as lollipop method. In this type of reduction method, surgically remove the excess fatty tissues, skin and reshape the breast size internally and lift the breasts in your more youthful way. For this, your plastic surgeon will make incision around the areola and incision vertically down to the breast crease, which resembles the shape of lollipop. This type of surgery is preferred when the woman is having moderate sagging breasts and require reshaping and reduction. This surgery method does not preferred when you are having very larger breast size and require significant breast reduction in India. 

• Anchor or Inverted-T Method

Anchor breast reduction, also known as Inverted-T method. In this type of reduction method, surgically removed the excess tissues, skin and helps to significantly reshaping the breast size. For this, your plastic surgeon will make an incision around the areola, an incision vertically down to breast crease and last incision along the breast crease, which resembles the shape of Inverted-T. This type of surgery is preferred when the woman is having the issue of severe breast sagging and require significant reshaping and reduction. This surgery does have the limitation of visible scarring but it can disappear with the time. 

What is the good age for breast reduction in India?

The good age for breast reduction in India is minimum 18 years old. As our breasts are usually developed till 18 years and surgeons will recommend to wait until this age to have this surgery. If the surgery performed before this age mark, it can increase the risk of complications and poor result. 

What is the General Procedure for Breast Reduction India?

The general procedure consists of mainly three main stages: 1) Before surgery preparations, 2) During surgery procedure, and 3) After surgery procedure.
However, not all can go for Breast Reduction in India. There are some conditions to meet in order to be a candidate for breast reduction surgery procedure, which are:

1. You should be in good general physical health without having any medical issues, if you have, discuss with your plastic surgeon beforehand.
2. You should not be pregnant at the moment or not breastfeeding a baby.
3. You should have fully developed breasts as breasts are developing until the age of late 20s.
4. You should have realistic expectations of the surgery.
5. You should be a Non-smoker or Non-alcoholic or need to quit on a prior basis at least 3 months before the surgery procedure.

• Before Surgery Preparations
• You will need to discuss your problematic concerns about your breasts with your plastic surgeon and what you want to improve about your breasts.
• You will have to go through various medical tests such as blood tests, diabetes or cardiovascular issues, etc. You will also advised to stop all the medications and supplements or any type of drug that you are taking.
• Your surgeon will measure your breasts, draw with a marker pen on the area, take pictures and recommend the best breast surgery options as per your needs and concerns.  
• You will also get pre-surgery instructions to follow such as certain diet taking, no smoking and alcohol consumption, and advised to ask someone for taking care after the surgery procedure, etc.
• During Surgery Preparations
• You will be prescribed with the general anesthesia or regional anesthesia in order to start the surgery procedure. This lets you sleep during the procedure and not feel any pain.
• Your surgeon will mark the area for the incision with the marker, as a planned type of surgery.
• Your plastic surgeon will proceed with making an incision, it totally depends on the techniques used by the surgeon and the type of breast Reduction as planned. Usually, the incision is around the areolas, bottom to the crease, and along your crease line. 
• Your surgeon will make a small incision in case of liposuction method, then inserts a cannula, a small tube. After this, Tumescent fluid is injected through this tube for liquefying the fat and sucks out the fats with the help of vacuum. 
• Your surgeon will remove the excess skin, fats or tissues and then reposition your nipple, then your incision will be closed with the help of stitches, sutures surgical adhesives, and tapes.
• You will be given wear surgical bra or compressed bra to wear during the healing process.
• After Surgery Preparations

• You will be moved to a monitored room after the surgery procedure, checking your vital signs for normalcy after you wake up.
• This is an outpatient surgery and can discharge on the same day of the surgery, however, your plastic surgeon can ask to stay for one day in order to analyze your any medical issues before discharging. 
• You will be given pain medications to relieve from the pain and ointments for incision sites and drainage tube to drain the excess fluid and to prevent any swelling.
• You will be advised to avoid physical activities or heavy work in order to avoid straining on the incision. 
• You will probably have regular meetings or appointments with your plastic surgeon, stitches will probably take around six weeks to be removed. 
• You will have to follow your plastic surgeon’s instructions for care, maintenance, diets, and proper cleaning the incision site. 

Tips for Keeping Maintenance of the Results After Breast Reduction in India

It is important to take into consideration keeping maintenance of your breasts after breast reduction in India. These tips are really helpful when you want your results for long term without any alter. 

• You can apply moisturizer or I would suggest making it a habit after the surgery as this helps to keep your skin elasticity, which ultimately helps in maintaining good breast results for long time. 
• You should avoid weight fluctuations as this can highly impact the results. Maintain the result with a regular good diet and regular exercise can help you with the good shape and firmness of your breasts results.
• You should stay hydrated, and for this keep drinking enough water to maintain healthy skin and tissue. This will provide good support to increase elastic skin around your breast result.
• You should wear a good quality soft and supportive bra as it helps keep your breasts from sagging and maintain overall good appearance.
• You should also discuss with your plastic surgeon if you are planning for pregnancy as it can also impact the results.
• You should also avoid certain lifestyle habits such as smoking, alcohol drinking, etc as it can hinder your healing process. 
• You should make regular appointments with your plastic surgeon to keep a check on the breast results and maintain it for longer terms without any issues.

Cost of Breast Reduction in India

As it’s cosmetic surgery so everyone thinks it would cost a lot more but no! It’s a very affordable cosmetic surgery procedure. Anyone can easily afford the cost of Breast reduction Surgery in India. The surgery’s minimum cost starts from ₹90,000.

The average cost of breast reduction in India ranges between ₹1,00,000 – ₹2,50,000. However, the cost can vary on different factors:

1. The type or technique used for breast reduction
2. cosmetic surgeon expertise & skill
3. Hospital’s standard care & facilities
4. City, 
5. The amount of excess skin or tissue removed
6. Unilateral or both breast surgery

Does Insurance Cover the Cost of Breast Reduction in India?

As it’s a cosmetic surgery to improve your breast appearance, but breast reduction in India helps to get relieve from the pain and discomfort associated with very large breasts.

Insurance companies does not cover the cost when it is done for cosmetic purpose or for beautification. However, they can cover the cost when it is done for medical reasons. For that you need to provide medical documents as evidence. You can ask your surgeon to help you with the documentation.

You can discuss this with your plastic surgeon on a prior basis to gauge the affordability of the procedure.

Are There Risks Associated with Breast Reduction in India?

Breast reduction in India is generally a safe procedure with minimal risks or rare risks. Since, every person is different and how their body reacts to certain medications or procedure is different. But still it is better to know the risks which can be rarely occurs are bleeding, infection, bad reaction to anaesthesia, scarring, and bruising.

Why Choose We Care India for Breast Reduction in India?

We Care India is a globally recognized company in medicine in India. We Care India have highly experienced doctors and surgeons which ensures the highest success rate. They offer supreme quality treatment and effective treatment advice to their patients. They make sure the patient is satisfied with the effective and customized treatment plans in order to get the highest success rate.

Here, are the factors for choosing We Care India:

1. Cosmetic Surgeon Experts with over 25 years of experience
2. Their dedicated team provides personalized care and support throughout treatment.
3. They offer affordable and reasonable treatment costs.
4. They offer emergency help for 24/7 service.
5. Advanced medical procedures with equipment.

You can contact us on our website https://wecareindia.com/, or through the contact number +91 9029304141 or write us your queries on the email [email protected]

A Final Note

Choosing breast reduction in India is completely your personal decision. Daily discomfort & pain associated with the larger and heavy breasts need medical changes for the relief. It will not gone away by itself or by any medications. Breast reductions offers a transformative help and many woman have already opted for this help.

If you are ready to regain your normal life, free from chronic pain & discomfort, Do consider this surgery. Consult today with the trusted cosmetic specialists or to the clinics and explore the best option for yourself. Take a confident step today.