View successful before & after photos of breast reduction scars from real patients, which have been treated by best plastic surgeons.
Breast reduction scars may be optimized with an excellent surgical technique, but your genetics are still very important in determining your outcome.
Any breast reduction technique will result in visible breast scarring – you’re exchanging a much improved breast shape and size with improved biomechanical functionality for a new set of breast scars – most patients are delighted with this ‘trade’.
With any surgical procedure, including breast reduction and or/lift, there will be scarring.
However, through minimal or short scarring techniques (such as the vertical or lollipop technique) scarring can be reduced. Also, following a post op scar treatment plan eg compressive silicone gel and/or laser scar reduction will help reduce scar visibility.
They won’t go away entirely, and this is the trade off with having smaller, perkier breasts. How well your scars heal will be individual; if you are prone to keloid scarring, you should discuss this with your PS.
After surgery, scars are quite red but will fade over time to become pale, refined incision lines. This can take 12-18 months. Surgeons rarely use the inverted T or anchor technique anymore (selected cases), even for quite large cases (FF-GG).
Women experience such relief after breast reduction surgery, especially where their breasts are quite heavy and may be causing them shoulder/back pain, and where they feel self conscious about their size, that the scars become much less important to them after surgery.
Patients have also reported more confidence in their looks because their breasts match their overall body shape. Finding a board certified PS in your area who specialises in breast surgery, and with whom you feel most comfortable, and discuss this procedure as well as scarring concerns with him/her.
Gallery:
- 18-24 Year Old Woman Treated With Breast Reduction Short Scar By Dr Brian S. Glatt, MD, FACS, Morristown Plastic Surgeon
- 18-24 Year Old Woman Treated With Breast Reduction Short Scar By Dr Jack Peterson, MD, Topeka Plastic Surgeon
- Woman Treated With Breast Reduction Vertical Scar With Doctor Jeffrey Horowitz, MD, Bel Air Plastic Surgeon
- 18-24 Year Old Woman Treated With Breast Reduction Short Scar With Doctor Robert Cohen, MD, Santa Monica Plastic Surgeon
- 18-24 Year Old Woman Treated With Breast Reduction Short Scar With Dr. Roberta Gartside, MD, FACS, Reston Plastic Surgeon
- 18-24 Year Old Woman Treated With Breast Reduction Using The Short Scar SPAIR Technique By Doctor Jonathan Hall, MD, Boston Plastic Surgeon
- 19 Year Old Female - Breast Reduction Short Scar By Doctor John K. Wakelin III, MD, FACS, Columbus Plastic Surgeon
- 21 Year Old Woman With A Breast Reduction Short Scar By Dr David N. Hing, MD, Ann Arbor Plastic Surgeon
- 23 Year Old Female Treated For Large Breasts By Dr Matthew H. Steele, MD, Sioux City Plastic Surgeon
- 23-year-old Woman Treated With A Breast Reduction Short Scar By Dr Corey Harkins, MD, Marietta Plastic Surgeon
- 24 Year Old Woman Treated With Anchor Incision Breast Reduction By Dr Zachary Farris, MD, FACS, Dallas Plastic Surgeon
- 24 Year Old Woman With A Breast Reduction Short Scar With Doctor Richard J. Beil, MD, Ann Arbor Plastic Surgeon
- 25 Year Old Woman For Breast Reduction Lollipop Scar With Dr Joseph W. Aguiar, MD, Tampa Plastic Surgeon
- 25-34 Year Old Woman Treated With Breast Reduction Lollipop Scar By Doctor Stephanie Beidler Teotia, MD, Dallas Plastic Surgeon
- 25-34 Year Old Woman Treated With Breast Reduction Lollipop Scar With Doctor Ellen A. Janetzke, MD, Bloomfield Hills Plastic Surgeon
- 25-34 Year Old Woman Treated With Breast Reduction Lollipop Scar With Dr Joseph Mlakar, MD, Fort Wayne Plastic Surgeon
- 25-34 Year Old Woman Treated With Breast Reduction Lollipop Scar With Dr. Michael Eisemann, MD, Houston Plastic Surgeon
- 25-34 Year Old Woman Treated With Breast Reduction Lollipop Scar With Dr. Nicholas Tarola, MD, Nashville Plastic Surgeon
- 45 Year Old Female With Anchor Scar Breast Reduction With Dr Patrick C. Wilson, MD, Huntsville Plastic Surgeon
- 49 Year Old Woman Treated With Anchor Incision Breast Reduction By Dr Zachary Farris, MD, FACS, Dallas Plastic Surgeon
- Doctor Zachary Farris, MD, FACS, Dallas Plastic Surgeon 27 Year Old Woman Treated With Anchor Incision Breast Reduction
- Dr Sherwood Baxt, MD, Paramus Plastic Surgeon 45-54 Year Old Woman Treated With Scarless Breast Reduction
- Dr. Alexander Aslani, MD, Spain Plastic Surgeon Gynecomastia (moob Job)-scar Free Correction With Combination Jet Laser.
- Dr Richard A. Bartlett, MD, Brookline Plastic Surgeon Bilateral Breast Reduction, Inverted T Technique, 498 Grams Left, 418 Grams Right
- Doctor Richard A. Bartlett, MD, Brookline Plastic Surgeon Vertical Scar Breast Reduction. 400 Grams On Left. 340 Grams On Right
- Doctor Richard A. Bartlett, MD, Brookline Plastic Surgeon Vertical Breast Reduction. 400 Grams On Left. 340 Grams On Right
- Dr. Alexander Aslani, MD, Spain Plastic Surgeon Gynecomasty (moob Job) Correction With Combination Jet Laser, Scar Free
- Dr. Diane I. Duncan, MD, FACS, Fort Collins Plastic Surgeon Young Adult Woman With Fibrous Large Breasts, Treated With Scarless Breast Reduction
- Dr. Jonathan Hall, MD, Boston Plastic Surgeon 18-24 Year Old Woman Treated With Breast Reduction Using The Short Scar SPAIR Technique
- Dr. Kristen Yee, MD, Santa Rosa Plastic Surgeon 18-24 Year Old Woman Treated With Breast Reduction Lollipop Scar
- Dr. Leilie Javan, MD, Thousand Oaks Plastic Surgeon 55-64 Year Old Woman Treated With Breast Reduction Lollipop Scar
- Dr. Norman G. Morrison, MD, FACS, New York Plastic Surgeon 6 Month Post Operative Breast Reduction Lollipop Scar
- Dr. Patrick C. Wilson, MD, Huntsville Plastic Surgeon 37 Year Old Female With A Limited Scar Breast Reduction
- Dr. Paul Izenberg, MD, Ann Arbor Plastic Surgeon 64 Year Old Woman With A Breast Reduction Vertical Scar
- Dr. Richard A. Bartlett, MD, Brookline Plastic Surgeon Bilateral Inverted T Scar, Inferior Pedicle Breast Reduction. 770 Grams From Right And 710 Grams From Left Photos
- Dr. Richard A. Bartlett, MD, Brookline Plastic Surgeon Bilateral Inverted T Scar, Inferior Pedicle Breast Reduction. 770 Grams From Right And 710 Grams From Left
- 18-24 Year Old Woman Treated With Breast Reduction Short Scar With Dr Juris Bunkis, MD, FACS, Newport Beach Plastic Surgeon
- Dr. Richard A. Bartlett, MD, Brookline Plastic Surgeon Superior Medial Pedicle With Inverted T Incision. 400 Grams On Right, 385 Grams On Left
- Dr. Ruben B. Abrams, MD, FACS, Beverly Hills Plastic Surgeon 49 Year-old Female, Full Anchor Breast Reduction
- Dr. Sherwood Baxt, MD, Paramus Plastic Surgeon 31 Year Old Scarless Gynecomastia (Male Breast Reduction)
- Dr. Thomas A. Mustoe, MD, FACS, Chicago Plastic Surgeon 45-54 Year Old Woman Treated With Breast Reduction Vertical Scar
- Dr. Vincent N. Zubowicz, MD, Atlanta Plastic Surgeon 35-44 Year Old Woman Treated With Breast Reduction Vertical Scar
- Dr. Richard A. Bartlett, MD, Brookline Plastic Surgeon Superior Medial Pedicle With Inverted T Scar. 400 Grams On Right, 385 Grams On Left
- 25-34 Year Old Woman Treated With Breast Reduction Lollipop Scar By Doctor Jeff Angobaldo, MD, Dallas Plastic Surgeon
- Bilateral Breast Reduction With Inverted T Incision. With Dr Richard A. Bartlett, MD, Brookline Plastic Surgeon
- Breast Reduction Using Inverted T Incision With Dr. William F. DeLuca Jr, MD, Albany Plastic Surgeon