Which Do You Think is Harder on the Body, Abdominoplasty or Breast Reduction with Anchor Scars?

Breast reduction patients on a scale of 1 to 10 rate their pain in the 1-3 range. They typically describe it as a burning sensation. Interesting, is they have more discomfort when I perform liposuction on the sides of the chest!

abdominoplasty patients rate their pain in the 4-5 range describing a tightness more than pain. Some women compare the discomfort to Braxton Hicks contractions they experienced during pregnancy.

due to the abdominal wall repair, the abdominoplasty takes about a week longer to be up and around as normally as a breast reduction patient.

combining the two procedures is safe and surgery should average 3-4 hours for both procedures

Breast reductions are not particularly painful in easy to get over. In abdominoplasty when repair the fascia is involved can be painful and certainly requires longer convalescence.

Both surgeries are very well tolerated with minimal pain and downtime.  However, a tummy tuck will probably be associated with tightness of the belly as well as some incisional pain.