The truth is, you will be stunned to hear about awful back and neck pain, gouges in those women's shoulders that were made by bra, worsening posture with low readiness to be included in many crucial activities due to big breasts. When you hear that, it is very easy to comprehend why those women choose to have reduction mammaplasty procedure. For them, oversized breasts are a burden.

Reduction mammaplasty is taken when comes to breast hypertrophy. This usually happens in both breasts and starts at puberty or some time after puberty is over. Hear and there it occurs during pregnancy, not very likely, but enlargement does occur.

Cosmetic surgery can handle these conditions and solve the problem if the the woman is feeling unpleasant with her appearance and condition. In case a patient feels it's a solution to have breast reduction surgery, a cosmetic surgeon must acknowledge that decision and go for a process of deciding is the woman in question eligible for cosmetic operation.

Who Are Eligible Candidates?

Reduction mammaplasty is for women who have large breasts and want to resolve one or more issues they have:

1. constant back, neck and shoulder pain

2. Poor posture

3. Skin rash under the breasts

4. Deep grooves in the shoulders from bra strap pressure

5. Reduced levels of activity

6. Self-esteem problems

7. Difficulty fitting into certain bras

We also want to say that nearly half of all men today deal with gynecomastia, which means an enlargement of both breasts. Male breast enlargement can be caused by several different factors, for example anti-depressants, blood-pressure medicine, steroids and other factors. Breast enlargement may not be changed with diet and exercise. The breast reduction can be accomplished by liposuction.

Breast reduction surgery is very successful procedure and women are very happy with the results they receive. But, there are always some disadvantages of this cosmetic procedure. Most often are: bleeding, infection and an adverse reaction to the anesthesia. Besides those there are some other risks that are connected with breast reduction surgery:

1. Loss of sensation in breasts

2. Impaired blood supply to the breasts, leading to scarring

3. Losing the ability to breast-feed

4. Asymmetry in contour

5. Altered body image and a period of adjustment to the change in your appearance

Just before breast reduction operation itself, a cosmetic surgeon measures and puts marks on patient's breasts. This helps with planning and makes it easier for cosmetic surgeon to work. Reduction mammaplasty generally lasts 2-3 hours, while a patient is asleep. After the surgery, patient wakes up in a recovery room, and he is being monitored for any complications.

Concerning the costs of this surgery, they vary over a wide range, depending upon the cosmetic surgeon, operating region, the type of surgery and similar important factors. We want you to know it is not possible to give an accurate number so you have to contact a surgeon for that. The best thing is to check hospitals nearby and see what is out there. It's best to compare the terms, prices and similar conditions to see what what gives you most for your money.

After that you have to meet with a board certified plastic surgeon that can give you information that's specific to your plastic surgery. A detailed evaluation with cosmetic surgeon will help you to figure out what your options are and to think about realistic expectations about breast surgery results, risks, price and benefits.