Full breasts after breast reduction

If you have dense, firm breast tissue, then your breasts should remain "full" after the breast reduction surgery provided you don't remove too much tissue.  If you are having symptoms such as neck/back pain, then you will need a certain amount of tissue removed in order for the surgery to alleviate your symptoms. The "fullness" of your breasts has more to do with your age, skin tone and breast tissue composition (younger patients usually have more dense breast tissue and less soft, fatty tissue).

Discuss the final size you would like to be in further detail with your surgeon prior to your breast reduction.

Given the appearance of your breasts pre-operatively, you are almost certain to maintain fullness after your reduction. However, the amount of fullness will depend on the technique used to reduce the breasts. I find that use of a superior or supero-medial pedicle technique (where the blood supply to the nipple is maintained on a superior or supero-medially based portion of the breast) tends to maintain more fullness in the upper portion of the breasts.

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