Female Breast Reduction

Breast reduction surgery significantly improves the quality of life and physical symptoms for large-breasted women, research suggests. They found that the operation helped to decrease back, neck and shoulder pain, headache, breast pain and numbness and pain of the hands. Many health insurers are reluctant to provide cover for breast reduction surgery, arguing that it is cosmetic and not therapeutic.

Breast reduction surgery, technically called mammaplasty, is usually performed for physical relief rather than for cosmetic reasons. This procedure involves removal of excess breast tissue to reshape and lift the breasts. The results are smaller, lighter, better-shaped breasts that are in better proportion with the rest of the body.

TIME

This procedure takes one to three hours per breast

COST

Average cost for this surgery is $6000