Breast Reduction Patient 2

This is a 46 year-old female patient who presented to our office with many years of back, shoulder and neck pain attributed to the large, pendulous size of her breasts. Other symptoms included intertrigo and general impairment in her activities of daily life.

Her breast anatomy was considerable for a long distance from the nipple areolar complex (NAC) to her sternal notch and inframammary fold (IMF), over 33 and 22 centimeters respectively. These factors raised the likelihood that the nipple areolar complex may have issues which threaten its viability during surgery; thus, many surgeons will opt to perform a free nipple graft procedure.

The patient was counseled about this potential issue but a successful breast reduction was performed without free nipple grafting.  Both surgery and the patient’s recovery went smoothly and she was pleased with her result.