By providing treatment for all patients in a single center with the same surgeon and physical therapist, all evaluation procedures were totally constant. In addition to using validated questionnaires, which provide subjective responses from patients, one physical therapist also measured back and chest muscle strength and postural body alignment. In the questionnaires, the patients reported significant improvement in disabilities and pain following surgery, and 96 percent stated that they were very satisfied with their operation. Patient scores showed significant improvement in both muscle strength and postural measures. This study validates what women have been telling us for years.
Heavy breasts do create a disability, and they want to treat it definitively.