Breast Reduction: Info, Prices, Photos, Reviews, Q&A

Age is a factor in healing with all surgery but provided you are healthy and have a Body Mass Index (BMI) ideally 30 or less, that is far more important for a 50 year old in breats reduction surgery. (Kevin Ho, MBBS, FRACS, Sydney Plastic Surgeon)

Risks do increase with age so I would not recommend delaying as other medical problems could crop up. The insurance companies are making up new rules in an effort to deny more patients this transformative surgery Don’t delay in seeing a board certified plastic surgeon.

You may discover that you will need a course of what the insurers call documented conservative management (read-waste of time and money to induce patients not to pursue surgery) as a step to preauthorization. (Robert L. Kraft, MD, FACS, New York Plastic Surgeon)

Unfortunately, as we get older inherently risks of surgery can go up. Fortunately at the age of 50 your risk should not be overly high as long as you have no other underlying medical conditions.

A board plastic certified surgeon would want you to have an appropriate preoperative evaluation to make sure that you are in good health prior to embarking upon surgery. At 50 you are certainly well within the range of candidates who undergo breast reduction surgery. (Adam Tattelbaum, MD, Washington DC Plastic Surgeon)

If you have no health related issues then you are a good candidate for the procedure. Risks increase as you age, but in addition your muscles will get weaker causing it to be more difficult to carry the large breasts, and you will put increase stress on your back potentially causing more problems there trying to support the large breasts. (Rick Rosen, MD, Norwalk Plastic Surgeon)

There is a low incidence of risk (hematoma, wound infection, delayed healing, etc) for breast reduction at any age, but it is a very safe procedure. If you are in good health, your age does not matter.

Women have had breast reduction safely in their 70’s. (George J. Beraka, MD (retired), Manhattan Plastic Surgeon)

If you are 50 and have no health issues, then your risks are the same as a 30 year old. Risks of complications are related to the amount of breast that needs to be reduced, your smoking status and of course your general health. (Pouria Moradi, MBBS, FRACS, Sydney Plastic Surgeon)