Every tenth woman frankly suffers, or at least is dissatisfied with the excessiveness of her breasts and would not mind shrinking it. If the breast exceeds half a kilogram on each side, then it becomes the cause of various health problems and normal well-being. Although in the first place, of course, beauty suffers. Large breasts sag faster and lose their youthful shape under the influence of gravity, and also cause a lot of inconvenience. Going out “to people” is possible only in a bra.
Our garment industry has always been attentive to super-feminine forms. French chansonnier and idol of the 1950s Yves Montand staged a parody exhibition on a European scale, displaying secretly exported samples of Soviet gigantomania bra. For an unauthorized show, the joker was expelled from the ranks of our friends. But despite the worldwide resonance, no one in Soviet medicine wanted to think about the torment of women.
Sewing bras-bags and basta! The straps of these bags were cut, rubbed and wounded on the shoulder girdle. The fold under the mammary gland was sweating and molten.
In medicine, more serious problems are known that arise from the redundancy of the mammary glands. Large breasts pulls their mistress forward and downward. Providing balance in a sitting and standing position, the muscles of the back and neck in the owners of a heavy bust are in tension and create an increased load on the spine. Therefore, osteochondrosis develops early and takes on severe forms. Curvature of the spine and malfunctioning of the chest muscles can cause heart and lung disease. Large breasts distort the coordinated work of all muscles, gait changes, movements lose smoothness, posture suffers.
Since the problem of a large bust is as old as the world, the search for an acceptable solution has a long history. The radicalism of the Amazons, cutting off the interfering mammary gland, and the compromise of the corset, which temporarily tightened the available abundance to a limited extent, did not solve health problems and therefore did not become widespread.
A new elegant way out was suggested by the plastic surgery that appeared at the beginning of this century. Although most of the manipulations of plastic surgeons with breasts are cosmetic operations, the operation to reduce the bust turned out to be an exception.
In the West, in the realm of insurance medicine, breast reduction surgery has long been recognized as curative and is one of the medical services covered by insurance. True, after such an operation, insurance companies require plastic surgeons to indicate the weight of the removed tissue. The fact is that the cosmetological operation to restore the “youthful” shape with saggy breasts and the operation to reduce heavy mammary glands are very similar. In both cases, the breast returns to its normal form. But if with a saggy chest the surgeon deals with a half-empty leather bag, then with a large chest, the bag is overfilled. From the point of view of the insurance company, the operation of restoring the shape of the bust is curative, when the weight of the removed tissues “exceeds” 250 grams on each side.
The first breast reduction surgeries were very traumatic. The surgeons completely exfoliated the skin of the mammary glands, reduced its area and partially removed the breast tissue. Then they sutured the skin over the reduced gland. In parallel, a technique was developed for the operation, which consisted of removing the triangular sector from the breast ball. Such an operation significantly deformed the breast, so it was soon abandoned. The search continued.
Each surgeon cut the curves of his patients in his own way. The result is huge scars, loss of skin sensitivity and serious surgical trauma. But the most important thing is that with such a wide detachment of the skin, the most important aesthetic and functional part of the breast – the nipple and the surrounding areola – found themselves in the epicenter of surgical manipulations and were often forced to be removed.
The fact is that the surgeons were unable to maintain full blood circulation in this area. The original solution was found by the German Schwartzman in 1930. He provided the nipple and areola with freedom of movement during the operation, keeping the vessels feeding them in the skin bridge, between the external tissues and the nipple. At the end of the operation, the feeding leg was hidden under the stitches on the skin. An American by the name of Wise (which in Russian means “Smart”), taking the pattern of a bra as a basis, proposed in 1939 a similar cut of the skin to reduce the bust. In this case, the nipple with the areola is released first and retains the vessels feeding them. Until recently, the Wise technique was the basis for all modifications of breast reduction surgery.
Despite the obvious advantages, such an operation leaves a number of problems unresolved. The operation is still very traumatic. Widespread detachment of the skin leads to a significant loss of skin sensitivity, and a large T-shaped postoperative scar does not adorn the reduced breast at all. In addition, the mammary gland, which has already been pulled down by gravity, returns to the reduced “skin bra”.
Therefore, the effect of a “young breast” after such an operation lasts no longer than a year. After a few months, the weight of the gland stretches the skin, and gradually the breast returns to its previous lowered shape.
In recent years, an original but complex operation has gained increasing popularity in the West. It consists in penetrating to the base of the breast through a small incision along the edge – the areola. If we imagine the mammary gland in the form of a children’s pyramid, made up of rings that increase from top to bottom, then during this operation the surgeon selects and removes a part of the gland corresponding to the large lower rings. The benefits of anatomy. A good surgeon has minimal complications after such an operation.
How to distinguish a good specialist? A certain guarantee can be a certificate of the Russian Society of Plastic Surgeons. To obtain it, you need serious experience and qualifications. Pictures of operated patients can tell a lot. The operation changes the volume and shape, and the photograph reflects them the best.
Due to an unsuccessful operation, the woman became the owner of a “double” breast
After a correctly performed operation, scars are minimal, and the breast retains its “youthful” shape even after a year or more. Concomitant breast diseases are not an obstacle to such an operation. Moreover, the plastic surgeon will always be able to ensure the reduction of the mammary gland by removing the “bad” areas. And laboratory examination of the removed tissues allows you to choose the right treatment after surgery, if necessary. Is breastfeeding possible after such an operation? A positive answer to this question depends entirely on the skill of the surgeon, and if you hear an unequivocal “no”, then this means for you to continue looking for a more qualified specialist.
But even a flawless operation presupposes compliance with certain rules in the future. For a month after the operation, you must constantly wear a special supportive bra. And later, little tricks such as silicone compresses will help completely hide the traces of the operation.
Do not hesitate to confuse the surgeon with the size of your bust. This is truly a medical problem, not a fad. Feel free to handle saggy, old breasts too. Your peace of mind can be restored with a successful surgery. The only difficulty is finding a real specialist. Join forces with the Society of Plastic Surgeons. We are sure the solution is close.