Techniques

What happens during breast reduction surgery?
Individual factors and personal preferences will determine the specific technique selected to reduce the size of your breasts. The most common method of reducing the breast involves three incisions.  One incision is made around the areola. Another runs vertically from the bottom edge of the areola to the crease underneath the breast.
The third incision follows the natural curve of the breast crease.  After removing excess breast tissue, fat and skin, the nipple and areola are shifted to a higher position. The areola, which in large breasts usually has been stretched, is also reduced in size.Skin that was formerly located above the nipple is brought down and together to reshape your breast.  One common breast reduction technique removes excess breast tissue, fat and skin through the incisions shown. The nipple and areola remain attached to the underlying tissue but are shifted to a higher position. The size of the areola is often reduced at the same time.
Usually, the nipples and areolas remain attached to underlying mounds of tissue, and this allows for the preservation of sensation.  The ability to breast-feed may also be preserved by this method, although this cannot be guaranteed. Skin that formerly was located above the nipple is brought down and together to reshape the breast.  The skin and breast tissue are sutured in layers. The deeper layers are sutured with dissolvable surgical thread, whilst the skin and nipple region are usually sutured with fine surgical thread which will be removed in stages.
Breast tissue removed is sent to Pathology for analysis.