Breast size often interferes with the woman's ability to exercise. There is often direct interference with arm motion in certain sports, and there is the pain many of these women experience during jogging or running inspite of the support of the best bras available. Breast reductions are purely cosmetic procedures. The majority of insurance policies will cover medically indicated breast reduction but the mastopexy procedure is not covered since its purpose is cosmetic. At your initial office visit the surgeon will take a medical history and perform an examination to determine whether you might benefit from the procedure.
All operations carry some risk and the reduction mammaplasty procedure is no exception.
There are risks associated with the anesthetic. These risks are usually quite small in the majority of patients but they should be discussed with you during the preoperative visit by the anesthetist. There will be some bleeding during the operation but usually this is controlled without great difficulty and it is seldom necessary to transfuse patients under going this procedure. There is a possibility of infection in any surgical procedure and because of this risk most surgeons give some antibiotic medication at the time of the operation. This precaution helps but will not always prevent a wound infection.