What are the risks and complications of breast reduction?

What are the risks and complications of breast reduction?

Steve Fallek (Plastic Surgeon & Medical Director, Face Focus Medical Spa, New York City) gives expert video advice on: How is a breast reduction procedure performed?; Who can get a breast reduction?; Is a breast reduction painful? and more...

The most common concerns and complications associated with breast reduction are asymmetry. That would be the fact that the right and left breast don't match perfectly. For most patients, there is a general asymmetry of the breasts even before surgery. Other concerns about breast reduction surgery are regarding the scarring or the incision sites, and what those scars will look like. Other complications include potential nipple loss or partial nipple loss, where there can be some loss of the skin of the nipple. Also, there can be skin necrosis, or loss of the skin, involved in the breast reduction. However, in general, most of these complications heal without much of an issue.