Breasts should not be overly reduced to satisfy insurance demands

Richard P. Rand, MD answers: Breast implants for C cup breasts after reduction?

I am 5'2, 115 lbs, and 21 years old. I have huge 34DD breasts. I am very active and enjoy staying fit, although it's difficult for me to be able to do all the things I enjoy because of back problems. I got approval from the insurance company to get a breast reduction, but they have requirements on how much they will need to reduce. They want to make me into a small or medium B cup. I won't like my body too much if I went from DD to small B, so I'm wondering if it's possible to get  breast implants after my reduction to have medium or large C cup breasts?


Richard P. Rand, MD
29 days ago

The plan you describe is not logical.  It also would be more expensive to have implants later than to just have a "cosmetic" reduction and lift down to the size that you want and not go through insurance.  That way, you have one operation, get the size and look you want, and don't need implants and can't ever have any implant related problems. 

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