MAMMAPLASTY:Reduction mammoplasty is an outpatient surgical procedure which involves the reduction in the size of breasts by excising fat, skin, and glandular tissue; it may also involve a procedure to counteract drooping of the breasts.
Mammaplasty procedures are performed while the patient is under general anesthesia.
Reduction mammoplasty removes some of the tissue and skin from the breasts to reshape and reduce the size of the breasts. It can also make the area of dark skin surrounding the nipple (areola) smaller.
To remove tissue and skin from the breast, the surgeon first makes one or more cuts in the breast. After the excess tissue and skin have been removed, the skin is closed with stitches. Sometimes the nipple and areola have to be removed and stitched to a new spot. This can cause a loss of feeling in the nipple, since it has to be cut off from the nerves supplying it.
