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It is typical for your surgeon to prescribe an oral narcotic for the recovery time period. Every surgeon will have a basic routine. Discuss your prior experience with pain medication with your surgeon and you can choose the best one for you. My routine is to use Percocett or Lortab, depending on patient's past experiences.
I order antibiotics and prescription strength pain medication. Every plastic surgeon has his own preference as to which medications to prescribe. You should discuss this with your surgeon, particularly if you have had bad reactions to any medications in the past.
I routinely prescribe oral pain medication, like vicodin or hydrocodone, after the surgery, as well as antibiotics and a milder tordol. If you have specific allergies to pain medication, please let your plastic surgeon know. If you have a low tolerance to pain, a pain ball and catheter with local anesthesia for up to 3 days may also be helpful. Most women do very well after surgery.
You to have a very frank discussion with your PS, it can be healed with a Skin graft but this will leave additional scarring in other areas and will need to be revised, or if you chose you can allow it to heal on its own...good luck
I certainly performed cases like yours as a resident and support the idea as helping both the patient and the resident in training. A breast reduction is a procedure that the resident has probably done many times during residency. Go for a consult and meet the resident to see is you...
Most insurance companies use a formula to set a minimum weight that must be removed from the breasts, based on your height and weight, for the insurance company to cover your surgery costs. Check with your plastic surgeon for the specifics regarding your policy. Good luck.
