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Only a consultation can assess this. During your consultation Dr. Klapper will ask you about your general medical history including details about any previous breast surgery, and childbirth. While women of all ages can benefit, it's usually never performed before the breasts are fully developed. In addition, patients who plan to become pregnant should usually postpone the operation until after their family is complete. The reason is that if a pregnancy ensues following a breast reduction procedure, permanent re-enlargement may rarely occur. Thus any decision to perform a breast reduction operation prior to this must naturally be weighed and balanced against this risk and the benefits offered by this type of surgery.
If you are a smoker you will be asked to stop smoking well in advance of surgery. Smoking seriously constricts blood vessels and therefore decreases blood flow to a given area resulting in poor healing. Aspirin and certain anti-inflammatory drugs and other medications can cause increased bleeding, so you must avoid these.
If you are significantly overweight then planned preoperative weight reduction is encouraged but this alone does not necessarily rule you out for an operation. In fact many times the achievement of reduced breast size can become a stimulus for further planned weight loss.
Depending on your age you may be required to have a mammogram prior to surgery. This again will be advised at the initial consultation
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