Breast Reduction St. Louis

Dr. Michele Koo, MD, FACS, Board Certified Plastic Surgeon, performs breast reductions that will significantly reduce your neck, back and shoulder pain. The grooves in your shoulder will be relieved and the skin on skin rashes will disappear. Dr. Koo reduces the heaviness of your breasts, lifts them off your stomach and centers them back on your chest with the nipples pointing outward instead of downward. Afterwards, you will remark on how truly beautiful your breasts appear in addition to how much relief you will have gained.

After the breast reduction surgery, Dr. Koo's patients often remark that "the breast reduction surgery was one of the best things they have ever done for themselves." Your breasts will be shapelier and more youthful appearing after Dr. Koo removes the excess skin and breast tissue and lifts the breasts making it so much more comfortable and manageable. You will no longer be embarrassed to wear a swim suit and will not have to wear 2 supportive bras to exercise.

Dr. Koo removes the appropriate amount of breast tissue required by your health insurance for coverage but also takes into account how to create the perfect shape and size breast for your height and weight. Dr. Koo is extremely precise about removing the exact amount of breast tissue that will create lifted, more youthful breasts that will allow you to be more active and confident. Dr. Koo reshapes and lifts your breasts to the perfect proportion for your body and cosmetic goals. You will feel so much more motivated and encouraged to exercise and live a healthier lifestyle after your breast reduction surgery by Dr. Michele Koo.

About The Breast Reduction Procedure

Breast Reduction St. Louis Large breasts can cause pain, improper posture, rashes, breathing problems, skeletal deformities, and low self-esteem. Breast reduction surgery is usually done to provide relief from these symptoms. Performed under general anesthesia, the two- to four-hour procedure removes fat and glandular tissue and tightens skin to produce smaller, lighter breasts that are in a healthier proportion to the rest of the body. This procedure can be completely customized, allowing women to look and feel their best with their reduced breast size after surgery.

Breast reduction surgery is not recommended for women who intend to breast-feed, since many of the milk ducts leading to the nipples are removed.

During the procedure, an anchor-shaped incision is made from the new location of the nipple down to and around the crease beneath the breast. Dr. Koo then removes excess glandular tissue, fat, and skin, relocates the nipple and areola, and reshapes the breast using skin from around the areola before closing the incisions with stitches. Liposuction may be needed to remove excess fat from the armpit area, and in some cases when only fat needs to be removed from the breasts, liposuction alone is used for breast reduction.
For a few days after surgery, the breasts are bound with an elastic bandage or a surgical bra and you may be given surgical drainage tubes for fluid removal. Stitches come out in a week and the surgical bra must be worn for about a month.

A little pain is normal after surgery, whether it's mild discomfort, swelling during menstruation, a measure of numbness or sensitivity, or random, shooting pains that may last for a few months. Swelling, bruising, crusting and slight changes in breast size are also common. Most patients return to work in about two weeks, although you should avoid heavy lifting for three to four and only gentle contact with the breasts should occur for six weeks.

Scars fade with time but will not disappear, although they can be hidden with a bra, bathing suit or low-cut top. Risks are rare and usually minor but may include bleeding, infection, reaction to the anesthesia, small sores around the nipples, slightly mismatched breasts or unevenly positioned nipples, and permanent loss of feeling in the nipple or breast. Dr. Koo will discuss these and other risks with you before your surgery.

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View before-and-after photos of Dr. Koo's patients who have undergone breast reduction

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