1 Month Post-Op Breast Reduction and my Left Breast Healed Fine, my Right Breast Will Not Heal, Why? (photo)

Sometimes one breast heals without problems and the other does not. Local wound care is often all that is necessary in many cases of some skin healing issues. Follow your doctor's recommendations carefully.

Healing is never symmetric. It is not uncommon with any plastic surgical procedure when two sides are operated upon that one side will do better than the other. But over time the two sides will even out and if the surgery was planned and performed correctly everything will balance out in the end. You have an open area due to lack of blood supply in this zone. Continue to follow your plastic surgeons recommendations and eventually it will heal. After it is healed... more

Thank you for the question and pictures. Unfortunately, what you are experiencing is a known complication after breast reduction surgery. You will find the with time and local wound care, that the wound will gradually close. This process may take several additional weeks. Ultimately, scar revisionary surgery may or may not be necessary to improve the results of your surgery. Hopefully, ultimately you'll be very happy with the results of the breast reduction surgery. In the... more