Breast Procedures: Corrections of Asymmetry

BREAST PROCEDURES:DR. ERIK NUVEENwww.csaok.comCORRECTIONS OF ASYMMETRY

ALMOST EVERY WOMAN HASASYMMETRICAL BREASTS, AND WOMEN WHOWANT TO GET THIS PROBLEM CORRECTED WILLFIND THAT THERE IS AN EFFECTIVE SOLUTION.

THE PRIMARY SYMPTOM OF ASYMMETRICAL BREASTSIS THAT ONE BREAST IS LARGER THAN THE OTHER.

THIS ISSUE CAN PRESENT IN THE FORM OFUNEVEN BREAST SIZES, NIPPLE SIZE, OR EVEN SHAPE.

SOME WOMEN ALSO HAVE EVEN NIPPLE POSITION.

CORRECTING ASYMMETRICAL BREASTS CAN INVOLVEBREAST AUGMENTATION, BREAST REDUCTION,

BREAST UPLIFT, NIPPLE REPOSITIONING,FAT TRANSFER AUGMENTATION,

OR A COMBINATION OF THESE PROCEDURES.

THE PROCEDURE THAT IS REQUIRED TOCORRECT ASYMMETRICAL BREASTS DEPENDS ON

THE NATURE OF THE PROBLEM AS WELL AS THE SEVERITY.

MOST WOMEN WHO GET THIS PROBLEM CORRECTEDWANT THE SMALLER BREAST TO BE LARGER,

BUT BETTER SYMMETRY IS USUALLY ACHIEVEDBY MAKING THE LARGER BREAST SMALLER.

THERE ARE CERTAIN RISK FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITHCORRECTIVE PROCEDURES FOR ASYMMETRICAL BREASTS,

INCLUDING SCARRING, SO IT IS IMPORTANT THATYOU DISCUSS THEM WITH YOUR DOCTOR.

COSMETIC SURGERY IS CURRENTLY THE ONLY OPTIONFOR WOMEN WHO WANT TO CORRECT THEIRASYMMETRICAL BREASTS, AS THIS PROBLEM

WILL NOT CORRECT ITSELF.

RECOVERY TIME AFTER ONE OF THESECORRECTIVE PROCEDURES DEPENDS ON THE

SPECIFIC PROCEDURE THAT HAS BEEN PERFORMED.

QUESTIONS? ASK DR. ERIK NUVEEN OFCOSMETIC SURGERY AFFILIATES