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What Body Type is a Good Candidate for Liposuction Rather Than Just a Traditional Breast Reduction?

asked 9 months ago by anon
Latest answer by Leo Keegan, MD
Question viewed 248 times
Tags: breasts, candidate, comparison, reduction

Are younger patients more ideal for liposuction to reduce breast size without a breast lift? What other factors are considered?

12 answers to What Body Type is a Good Candidate for Liposuction Rather Than Just a Traditional Breast Reduction?

Breast Liposuction vs Breast Reduction Surgery

There is a small subgroup of women with symptomatic breast enlargement who will be candidates for breast reduction with liposuction alone. In general these will be younger women with good skin tone and the nipple should be well positioned on the breast. One should expect a more modest volume reduction with liposuction alone.

Leo Keegan, MD
Manhattan Plastic Surgeon

Breast Reduction and Liposuction?

Thank you for the question. Unfortunately without direct examination is not possible to give you good advice. Yes, generally younger patients are better candidates for liposuction surgery but there are many other factors involved in the decision making process. These variables involved including the amount of adipose tissue versus breast tissue in your breasts, the quality of skin elasticity that is present, the degree of ptosis (drooping) present as well as... more

Tom J. Pousti, MD
San Diego Plastic Surgeon

Breasts that are DD or smaller are potentially suitable to Liposuction Reduction.

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... more

David A. Ross, MD
Chicago Plastic Surgeon

Scarless (liposuction only) breast reduction

This has been one of my specialty operations for about 10 years. We have done somewhere around 800 at this point. The operation has been performed on a wide variety of ages, cup size, body types etc. whether traditional reduction or the Scarless, each is a compromise with strong points and drawbacks. For someone whose main goal is a quick simple safe operation with an extremely rapid recovery and NO SCARS, this is an ideal option. If someone's main goal is the lift portion of the... more

Sherwood Baxt, MD
New Jersey Plastic Surgeon

Liposuction versus Surgical Reduction of Breasts

If you are young and have full breasts which do not hang (ptosis) then you can get a moderate reduction without affecting the shape of your breasts. If your breasts have loose skin, then you need to have a traditional reduction/lift. Good Luck.

David Shafer, MD
New York Plastic Surgeon

Liposuction for breast reduction

Liposuction is great to remove fat. Much of the breast does contain fat in moderate to large breasts, especially in older women. However, most women want a breast lift while we are reducing the weight and volume of the breasts during a breast reduction. For that, just like for a breast lift, we need to make incisions so that we can raise the nipple higher and tighten the skin brassiere. The scars are a tradeoff for the shape.

Nia Banks, MD, PhD
Washington DC Plastic Surgeon

Liposuction is for fat!

A problem with using liposuction alone is that a good number of women who come to me for reduction have significant fibrocystic changes. Liposuction will not be effective in these breasts. In my experience it can be difficult to determine how effective lipo may be even in younger women who may not have fat replaced breasts. Insurance usually will not pay for liposuction if that is a consideration. Shape and nipple position are important in breast surgery. Simply reducing volume seldom... more

Thomas R. Walek, MD
Providence Plastic Surgeon

Am I A Candidate for Breast Reduction Using Liposuction?

A breast reduction is usually performed to reduce very large and heavy breasts that are causing health problems or extreme self consciousness. For the vast majority of patients, a breast reduction is performed by directly excising the extra breast tissue. This allows a significant amount of tissue to be removed and the breasts to be reshaped and lifted. The main tradeoff is that scars are left. For some patients, breast reduction using liposuction may be worth considering. The main... more

Larry Fan, MD
San Francisco Plastic Surgeon

Liposuction only breast reduction works well for moderate reduction.

Hi. You are a good candidate if 1) you don't have much sagging, 2) you want to go down one or at the most two cup sizes, and 3) you have good skin elasticity (so younger is better). see video

George J. Beraka, MD
Manhattan Plastic Surgeon

YES, lipo breast reduction is possible in some cases

In general, breast reduction is performed with large incisions and "excising" breast and fatty tissue. Those who are candidates for liposuction instead of the more traditional procedure have a higher percentage of fatty tissue as well as good nipple position. Liposuction doesn't remove skin and in fact requires skin to shrink once the fatty tissue is removed. So, the nipple position must be in an adequate position preoperatively--otherwise, it will end up very... more

Elan B. Singer, MD
Manhattan Plastic Surgeon

Breast reduction and liposuction

If the breasts are at all droopy, and you need to remove a fair amount of tissue, then liposuction is not the best way to reduce the breasts. It will not raise the nipple or tighten the skin envelope.

Steven Wallach, MD
Manhattan Plastic Surgeon

Breast reduction with liposuction

Younger patients have more breast glandular tissue in proportion to the fat content of the breast, thus in theory liposuction is less likely to reduce your breasts (because glandular breast tissue cannot be liposuctioned). Unfortunately liposuction alone for breast reduction can be very tricky and very few people have shown for this approach to produce reasonable lift and reduction.