Breast Reduction

Breast reduction specialist – Dr. Leverett Serving Chandler and Phoenix, Arizona

Breast Reduction, is technically known as "Reduction Mammoplasty." The procedure removes fat, glandular tissue, and skin from the breasts, making them smaller, lighter, and firmer. It can also reduce the size of the areola, the darker skin surrounding the nipple. The goal is to give the woman smaller, better-shaped breasts in proportion with the rest of her body. Women with very large, pendulous breasts may experience a variety of medical problems caused by the excessive weight – from back and neck pain and skin irritation to skeletal deformities and breathing problems. Bra straps may leave indentations in their shoulders. And unusually large breasts can make a woman – or a teenage girl – feel extremely self-conscious.

Dr. Leverett is an experienced Phoenix breast reduction surgeon who utilizes modern techniques to provide patients with top-quality results. Following breast reduction in Phoenix, Arizona, medical problems associated with excessively large breasts often improve and patients enjoy a greater sense of self-confidence.

More About Dr. Leverett – Phoenix Breast Reduction Surgeon

At Dr. Leverett's cosmetic surgery Phoenix offices, patients are treated with kindness and attentiveness. This approach helps relieve their anxiety and allows Dr. Leverett to deliver outstanding aesthetic results for all of his breast surgery patients, including breast lift, breast reconstruction, breast revision surgery and breast augmentation in Phoenix.

Breast Reduction FAQs

If I am a smoker, can I still have surgery?

Dr. Leverett recommends that you quit smoking prior to surgery, especially if you are considering a Breast reductoin procedure. The healing process is slowed in those who smoke because smoking decreases the amount of oxygen in the blood. With breast reduction patients it is even more important to quit smoking. Depending on the type of lift, there can be a high number of incisions. Compromising the amount of oxygen to those tissues can lead to higher risk of infection, ugly scarring, implant removal and tissue death.