Are Benign Lumps Typical After a Breast Reduction/lift?

Thank you for your question.  I am happy to hear that your surgeon sent you for imaging to evaluate the lumps that you have noticed following your breast reduction/lift procedure.  While I would not say that lumps and bumps are an especially common complaint post-operatively, it is possible that this lump might be the result of scar tissue or some cystic process.  In any event, it is always important that any masses are evaluated via imaging studies (such as a mammogram, ultrasound or MRI) to ensure that nothing sinister is going on.  In my practice, I routinely have any patients 40 years or older or who have a personal or family history of breast cancer present for a baseline mammogram as part of their medical clearance for any breast related surgery (augmentation, lift or reduction).  Additionally, whenever breast tissue is removed in surgery this tissue is sent to the lab for analysis by a pathologist for further evaluation.  Follow your surgeon and radiologists recommendation and present for your follow up imaging in 6 months time.  If you begin to experience any pain or discomfort in the interim, be sure to address this with your board certified plastic surgeon.  I hope that this helps!

Sometimes areas where fat scars or has poor blood supply after reduction surgery can cause firm lumps in the breast.  These firm areas usually resolve in several months to 2 years.  However, no lump in the breast should ever go without thorough evaluation or be assumed to be secondary to surgery.  Your doctor is correctly approaching the evaluation of these findings