If I'm overweight, is it better to lose weight before a breast reduction?

It would be ideal if you lost weight before having breast reduction surgery. If you lose a lot of weight after the surgery, your breasts may change in shape and possibly even become smaller that you'd like. You should discuss this in detail with your plastic surgeon during your consultation. Good luck to you!

Hello and thank you for your question!
It is best to be at your ideal/goal weight prior to having surgery. This will help to give you the best possible result. Best wishes!

Thank you for your question. Before breast reduction surgery, being at or close to your ideal weight is crucial. Patients who are at their ideal weight have a faster recovery time and have less infection risk. Best of luck to you.

Absolutely! Lose the weight first for your overall health. If you lose the weight after breast reduction, you could expereince and undesireable loss of breast volume and shape.

Weight reduction is extremely helpful to reduce complications.  More importantly to you, whether you get a breast reduction or not you need to reduce your weight so that you will not have the life long issue associated with not being at or close to your ideal weight!

Dr. ES