What is a Breast Reduction?

A Breast Reduction, sometimes referred to as a Reduction Mammoplasty, is a plastic surgical procedure to treat women with oversized and sagging breasts. All three components of the breasts; skin, fat and gland are commonly removed. The breasts are shaped and sculpted to a smaller more upright position. Any asymmetry or enlargement of the nipples and areola (dark areas) are improved at the same time.

A breast reduction is similar to a breast lift or mastopexy procedure. The major difference is that with a Breast Reduction we not only lift the breasts, we also remove a significant amount of breast tissue. The procedure can be performed on an outpatient basis; however if there is a large amount of breast tissue to be removed Dr. Shienbaum prefers to perform the procedure in a hospital setting.

Occasionally your health insurance may provide coverage for the costs of a Breast Reduction procedure. However, in recent years it has become increasingly more difficult to get approval for this procedure.

38 Y/O East Tampa Breast Reduction for uneven ptotic and hypertrophic breasts
which interefered with normal activity







29 y/o South Tampa Breast Reduction for large hypertrophic breasts with asymmetry and ptosis







26 y/o New Tampa Breast Reduction for enlarged nipple areolar area
and enlarged hypetrophic breasts







35 y/o Brandon Breast Reduction for pronounced niple and breast assymmetry and hypertrophy







32 y/o Lakeland Breast Reduction for uneven breast development with
asymmetrical nipple placement and ptosis







34 y/o West Tampa Breast Reduction with sagging and enlarged breasts with glandular hypertrophy













 
29 y/o Tampa Breast Reduction for severe breast ptosis and hyperplasia with
uneven nipple size and postion







24 y/o Tampa Bay Breast Reduction for bilateral breast enlargement
with nipple and glandular assymmetry







28 y/o South Tampa Breast Reduction Mastopexy with
pronounced ptosis and moderate glandular hypertrophy












44 y/o West Tampa Breast Reduction for uneven and severe ptosis with asymmetrical breast atrophy







23 y/o East Tampa Breast Reduction using anchor technique for sagging hypertrophied breasts







26 y/o North Tampa Breast Reduction with moderate glandular removal and Mastopexy type breast lift













35 y/o Plant City Breast Reduction with mastopexy reshaping and elevation of breasts







44 y/o Tampa Breast Reduction Mastopexy type lift for ptosis and nipple asymmetry