Naperville Breast Reduction doctors

In general. when you get pregnant, your breast glands will enlarge and get engorged.  Following delivery and breast feeding, your breast glands will involute (shrink).  If you have more pregnancies, this cycle will continue usually resulting in loss of fullness at the top of your breast and drooping of the gland below (the "ball in a sock" look that one of my patients described).  If you have a breast reduction before pregnancy, you will most likely go through the same cycle when you get pregnant.  You may very well need future surgery to revise your breasts.

Drains are commonly used with a variety of surgical procedures such as Breast Reduction, Facelift, and Abdominoplasty. They are needed to prevent an unwanted build up of fluid that can occur as an aftermath of these operations that can lead to an infection. The Drain itself is usually a long tube made out of silicon that is placed during surgery into the operative sight beneath the skin and is brought out through a separate stab wound or through one of the incisions used in the operation. The drain then is connected into a small portable suction bulb that essentially vacuums out the unwanted fluid through the drain. This bulb is pinned to the patients clothing and each patient is easily taught how evacuate and measure the fluid collected. To prevent the patient from accidentally pulling out the drain the surgeon usually sutures the drain to their skin surface. This suture can be a source of irritation and does cause some minor discomfort when an inadvertent drag is applied to the drain warning the patient to be careful. Other then some very slight pain on its removal the drain poses no other threat to the comfort of the patient. Except for the smallest of Breast Reductions I always use a drain and 99% of the time can remove the drain on the first day post-op.

Liposuction breast reduction is a seductive alternative to traditional breast reduction techniques because it avoids the extensive scarring associated with latter. However, there are a limited number of women that have the appropriate anatomy that will allow liposuction reduction to provide a normal breast shape and nipple areola location. The key to whether liposuction alone will provide an acceptable alternative  lies in the overall breast size, position of the lower pole of the breast and the location of the nipple areola complex. If the breast does not hang significantly below the breast and the nipple areola complex is situated at or above the fold level then liposuction for reduction is possible. On average, any patient with more then a DD cup will not have these features and will require a traditional reduction.  It is true that a younger patient is more likely to have the anatomical features allowing for a liposuction reduction. However, the make-up of a younger patients' breast oftentimes has little fatty tissue and is largely dense glandular tissue that will not be extracted by liposuction. Therefore, attempting liposuction reduction on younger patients may result in a disappointing change in her breast size because there is very little fat to remove. A thorough consultation with a Surgeon is needed to determine whether one is a good candidate for liposuction breast reduction.