Female Breast Reduction by Tumescent Liposuction: 2002

Abstract

Liposuction to the female breast can be an extremely rewarding procedure for both the patient and cosmetic surgeon. Women requesting the procedure do so primarily for symptom relief; cosmetic considerations are secondary. Women seek out this procedure in preference to excisional surgery because of an almost total absence of scarring and other possible complications of excisional surgery, such as persistent nipple sensation changes and necrosis. Liposuction surgery can be effectively performed using a pure tumescent technique using lidocaine concentrations as low as 600 mg/L. Breast liposuction not only reduces breast size but also improves nipple position, reduces nipple/areolar complex size, and elevates the breast to a variable degree. Relief of symptoms caused by larger breast has been universal among patients, in the author's experience.