When talking about a breast reduction, how much is 650 grams per breast?

Breast Reduction is a complicated procedure that is best done by those with the most training and experience. It is very difficult to determine the resultant cup size and shape based solely on the number of grams that are removed from your breast to best match your ideal breast image without an examination by a board certified plastic surgeon. Not just any board certified plastic surgeon, but one with many years of frequently performing breast reduction and lift surgeries, including different approaches, techniques and even fat transfer and implant choices if you are lacking superior breast fullness.This is because several measurements—not to mention breast characteristics such as density—are needed to determine how much and where to remove breast tissue to meet your goals. Without knowing your existing breast shape, dimensions, and the density of your breast tissue, it would be difficult to make this determination. For example, the same volume of breast tissue will weigh different amounts (measured in ounces or grams) in different people depending on its density. The existing base width of your breast and what you will ultimately want to look like will determine, in many cases, the maximal volume and weight that will need to be removed for the best result.Please click on the link below for more information!

This question is very frequently asked and difficult to answer without an examination. 650 g on one woman will be a very different volume than on another woman. Unfortunately, there is no standard gram reduction that correlates to a bra size reduction. I would recommend asking your plastic surgeon approximately how much volume you will lose when he/she examines you. #PlasticSurgery #BreastReduction #Breastsize #measurements 

This depends on how much breast tissue there is to begin with.  For a DD cup size, it may be enough to reduce you to a C cup breast.  Typical breast reductions remove tissue from 500 gm to 2000 gm or more per breast so this is whithin a normal range.  

I assume you are asking how grams relates to pounds.  To do the convervions, multiple the grams by 0.0022 to find the weight in pounds.  650 x 0.0022 = 1.433 pounds.That does not sound like alot but it is when you are carrying it around your neck all day.If you want to know how that relates to your breasts, we would need to know your breast size. height, weight and probably do an exam.  It is very tough to give an exact size that would result from removal of a specific weight of breast tissue.  It is difficult to go into surgery with the thought that "I have to remove 650 grams" rather than "I need to reduce the breast size to relieve symptoms and have an attractive breast with sensation when finished".Unfortunately, insurance companies seem to be getting hung up on a specific amount of weight that needs to be removed in order for them to consider the procedure "medically necessary".  That is why we jump through the hoops of trying to determine the weight.I hope I answered your question

When I talk to patients about reductions. I rarely talk about absolute gram amounts.  They mainly care about their breast weight being taken off of the bras and their backs.  There have never been any reports relating absolute reduction weights to resolution in symptoms.  Only studies to show that reductions aid in relief of back neck and shoulder discomfort.  To simply answer your question, 650 grams is a mass (not a volume) of about 1 pound 7 ounces.   Because the breast is composed of a variable amount of fat and gland and its density can be so varied, it is impossible to say exactly the volume.  If you breast were exactly the density of water ( normal mix of gland and fat) that would equate to the volume of just shy of two 12 ounce coke cans .  

650 grams is 1.4 pounds whether it is breast tissue, feathers or lead. Regarding breast tissue, removal of 650 gms will reduce you about two cups sizes. A  reduction mammoplasty is one of the most satisfying procedures for patients that a plastic surgeon can perform. Be sure to consult a PS certified by the American Board of Plastic Surgery for your procedure. Good luck! I expect you will be elated with the procedure. 

Thank you for your question.  I am not exactly sure what question you are asking.  650 grams is 1.4 pounds.  A 650 gram reduction should decrease your cup size by 2 sizes but this varies greatly. Hope this helps.Tracy Pfeifer, MD

Thank you for your breast reduction question on how much is 650 grams per breast.  As a point of reference, 650 grams equals 1.4 pounds and depending if the area is mostly tissue or mostly fat will determine that volume.  Unfortunately without an in person exam it's impossible to say for sure.  However very few plastic surgeons will make guarantees for cup sizes with any breast surgery since bra manufacturers all differ in their measurements.  I wish you all the best.  -Brian S. Coan, MD, FACS