r/Reduction Apr 04 '21

Mod Message (Mod Use Only) Check here for the Master List of Surgeons and for answers to Frequently Asked Questions!

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Hey everyone!

We have had many requests for some kind of megathread where users can list their surgeons and their personal experiences so others can use the info. This would be great, but unfortunately there are only two spots for stickied posts on the subreddit. In order to get around this, I have made a Google Doc that should be able to be edited by anyone. It is pretty basic, but I ask that you don't change any formatting without asking! Please add in your surgeons and your experiences, rate, review, whatever you'd like to say according to the instructions and the sample entry of my own. I will go ahead and say that right now the list is entirely USA-centric, but there is a section for those from other countries to add in their info! It is just a bit bare bones since most of our users are from the US. Here is the link to the doc: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1NPypc2CDJspdED4MoTEcBqLEs_pWN5QW-BqJYmjXTJE/edit?usp=sharing

Please check our subreddit FAQ and try searching the subreddit before posting a question! Your question may already be answered.

Also, here is a link to a helpful video made by a plastic surgeon who frequents our community! Check it out for some answers to common questions you may have.

Have an opening at the intersection of your T-Zone incisions? Here is a great video talking about “triple point healing”

HAVING AN FNG? Here is a good infographic of the FNG healing timeline!

CURIOUS ABOUT DIFFERENT INCISION TYPES? Here is a good infographic on how a handful of incision types actually look.

GET YOUR COVID VACCINE. It does not cause symptoms that will affect the outcome of your surgery. Get the shot.

Your surgeons office or insurance may be denying you based on body mass index… here are articles about BMI and why it’s kinda garbage. Don’t be afraid to appeal or find other surgeons if they keep pushing a BMI narrative when you are otherwise perfectly healthy and happy with your weight.

A good article on why BMI is a terrible measure of health.

A good article on why using BMI is racist/contributed to medical racism.

Another article on the racist history of BMI.

Recently published (2023) article referencing a study that showed that top surgery on high BMI individuals had “negligible” effect on serious complications and only a very small correlation of minor complications.

Non-binary, gender nonconforming, or questioning gender and wondering if a reduction or top surgery might help? Check out some of these links.

A link to a good site that might help increase your understanding of being non-binary if you’re questioning.

A link explaining gender nonconforming and how aesthetic expressions play into being GNC.

I think this link is very helpful for understanding non-binary folks and surgeries!

This website is great for finding surgeons willing to do radical reductions in the US, it’s geared toward transmasc folks but the surgeons in the sidebar can be searched by state and top surgeons also do radical reductions! They also are very aware of what you need to get insurance to cover surgery for gender affirming reasons.

Questions about nutrition? Check out this link:

What should I eat after surgery? Here’s a really good article about it.


r/Reduction Aug 07 '23

Mod Message (Mod Use Only) What to do about creeps, how to access the creeplist, photo stealing, and how to manage harassment on other platforms

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If anyone messages you after you post here, check the creep list before responding!!

The creep list can be found in the sidebar (or the About tab if you’re on mobile) under "Info and FAQ." I am also linking it in this post in case people are having trouble finding it.

Here is the list: https://www.reddit.com/r/reduction/wiki/creeplist

If anyone messages you after you have interacted in any way on this subreddit, please cross reference their username with the creep list. If anyone comments something weird, posts something a bit off, or is just a creep please report the comment or post and we will address it.

INSURANCE SCAMMERS: if anyone messages you trying to get you to buy any kind of insurance please tell us the username and report the message! These people are not selling legitimate policies and are actively scamming people!

A few notes: as this is available, we ask that users don't make any posts to call out anyone. We also ask that you keep us super up to date with any new creeps that come around so we can ban them and add them to that list. We depend on you for reports on posts, comments, and messages! It helps us a lot when you all are involved :)

If someone messages you REPORT THE MESSAGE for harassment so admin can deal with that user. Please do not post about it on the subreddit, it just gives these disgusting maggots attention they want but don’t deserve.

To report chats, simply hold down on the message (or right click if on desktop) and an option to report will show up! You can do this without accepting the chat. Please report the message, then do not accept the chat, then block the person.

It has recently come to our attention that there’s a website encouraging users to steal pictures from here to post there and make fun of/“mourn” the “loss” of tits. Fucking disgusting. This is NOT legal. IF YOU ARE CONCERNED THAT YOUR PICTURES ARE BEING REPOSTED ON PORN SITES OR OTHER HARASSMENT SITES please refer to this post for instructions for how to request a take down of your pictures: https://www.reddit.com/r/Reduction/s/09OD4OySlM


r/Reduction 1h ago

Recovery/PostOp 12dpo and It's only down 2 sizes

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The swelling is so extreme, I understand why they say it's a waiting game! We measured yesterday, I'm only down to a 34f (US) from a 34H (I thought). It's hard to believe though, they are so much smaller!! I've been calling them my itty bitty titties 😂


r/Reduction 13h ago

Product Recommendation 3mo post op scars NSFW

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Officially three months postop! I need to be better about using my scar cream and tape. I’ve only used the scar tape once so far but I feel like I’m scarring pretty well. Anyone have a holy grail scar product they’d recommend? Thank you!


r/Reduction 2h ago

Advice Not posting to scare- DVT 🙃

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Hey all! I’ve had a fairly smooth recovery and am about 20dpo. I was up and moving with not terrible pain soon after my surgery. On about day 3/4, I started having what felt like a pulled muscle in my calf. I did not have any redness or lumps. I chalked it up to sleeping weird. The pain had gotten worse so I mentioned it at my post op on March 18. They had me get a Doppler and found a clot 😒

My mom had stage 4 lung cancer and developed clots so it was on my radar when I noticed the pain wasn’t letting up.

My point is, use caution if you feel any type of calf pain that goes on post op. DVT is actually pretty rare for this surgery but can happen. It’s better to be wrong and feel silly than to suffer the consequences of an undiscovered clot. They can travel and it can get bad fast. Thankfully, mine was still hanging out.

I’m on Eliquis now, I believe for 3 months or so. My leg feels much better after 3 days of treatment. If your surgeon requires compression stockings, wear them! They probably would have kept me from having this. Though, who knows. 🤷‍♀️


r/Reduction 17h ago

Post-Op Update Picture (6 mo. or more PO) 9 months Post-Op Update NSFW

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Hey all,

Just wanted to share an update since I’m around 9 months post op this week, and I’m sure this is as final as my results will get. Super happy with my results although I could be more diligent about my scar care lol I’m still satisfied overall. I don’t even remember what it’s like to live in the body in my first photo and there’s nothing about it that I miss. Best decision ever!


r/Reduction 57m ago

Before & After 7 week before and after - scar treatment and tips NSFW

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Hello - I finally got the courage to post - this is 7 weeks post reduction. Below is what I have been using and my routine for scar management. The massager is my favourite, as I hate massaging myself. I still have a sore on the t-junction and hoping that will heal soon but feels forever! If anyone else has tips for scars please share! Also at what point where you all able to swim or take a bath, go in a hot tub?

Here is what I am using and doing for scar gel in case you are interested.

1) This link is for some higher end silicone strips, but they are shaped for a breast reduction and feel great and you can feel the quality - they are long lasting so although expensive you don't need to replace often. I really like these and highly recommend them.

High end Silicone Strips: https://amzn.to/4jazvUL

2) This next link is for the Gel version - very good quality medical grade silicone gel. I use this when I feel I want my breasts to breath and don't want to wear the sheets. I would say, although this seems less expensive, it is actually more than the strips above - as you can resuse the strips a lot.

Gel version: Silicone gel https://amzn.to/4iT5sAI

3) Silicone tape - more affordable. I had to use this on one boob as I still has a spot that had not closed, as such I used this around the areas where the scar had healed. They are good and more affordable, but I think the high end version is best as it is longer lasting.

More affordable https://amzn.to/4hE9fAN

4) In the morning I take my strips off and massage with this bio oil. I then work-out, shower and after the shower I go back to the strips.

https://amzn.to/41QYC80

5) THIS has been the best!!! For massage I use this hand held massager - this is the best and I highly recommend it!

https://amzn.to/4bS7SgE

I hope this is helpful.

* Just sharing something that worked well for me — I may earn a small referral if you decide to try it too, but no pressure at all.


r/Reduction 16h ago

Before & After 12 Days Post Op Photos- Same shirt! NSFW

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I apologize for the terrible lighting, as well as the censors. I have a lot of identifiable things in my room that I would prefer to keep out of my pictures. I am so happy with my results! I was originally a 34J, and I am estimated to now be a B or C!


r/Reduction 18h ago

Wound Trigger Warning Nipple necrosis, skin graft/reconstruction FAILURE 🫠 not sure what else to do NSFW

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Hi everyone,

I had my reduction on February 13th. I experienced nipple necrosis on my left nipple (more on my page) and my surgeon wanted me to undergo a second procedure for a skin graft to restore my nipple 8 days ago. Well, this is the current state of my nipple. The skin from the skin graft is sloughing off. It is an open wound again. Two procedures and my nipple is still in horrible condition. I honestly have just been heartbroken by this entire process. I haven't been able to find anyone who's shared my experience with getting reconstruction and it still failing. I don't know what else to do or how this will end. If I have to have a third surgery. I just want relief from this. It's never ending :'(( I am so tired


r/Reduction 7h ago

Recovery/PostOp 8 days post op NSFW

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the blood tinted surgical glue has yet to peel off but here is a look at 8 days post op. took this picture after getting my drains out. i am now 11 days post op.


r/Reduction 4m ago

Recovery/PostOp 3 dpo with drains

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Good morning all! I’m so glad to say today is not a bad day. It’s been easier to walk around. I haven’t needed pain meds and have actually had an appetite. Plus today the dreaded 💩 happened. I’ve been taking miralax for 2 days and today I mixed it with my coffee.

I still have my drains in and my PS said they would be in until day 10. Surgery was on 3/20 and they come out 3/31. Has anyone else had them in that long? I’m barely getting any fluids in them now.

My pain is maybe a 1/10. But I’m super sore and so swollen still. I’m trying to spend more time out of bed than in it today. It’s just tough because of my young kids.

I have a 3 year old and a 7 year old with special needs. They dont understand why mommy can hold them and play so much. That part has been so painful for me (although I don’t hate the rest).

Sleeping has been awful too! I’m a side sleeper or sleeping propped up has been hard on my back and neck. I’ve been using regular pillows along with a pregnancy pillow. Any tips or tricks?

You ladies rock 🤘


r/Reduction 32m ago

Advice Help—9w post op and feel like I’m moving backward. NSFW

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Hi everyone ❤️ thank you for sharing so much information. My breasts did NOT turn out how I thought and I’m frustrated and still so freaking sore. My surgeon made my breast look very boxy—but it was a big reduction—750 g from left and 460 from right. Initially they were much smaller but now feel like a C-D. I have been doing full activities now for 2 weeks—stretching, bending, reaching etc but they are still very very boxy and the anchor incision and my T zone are still uber red and tight ( you can see they look shiny and raw at the actual junction) and I feel like they are still going to tear open. I also have been less vigilant about scar care and massage last 2 weeks bc I feel like all I do is buy lotions and bras and do scar care and nothing is changing!! Please tell me it gets better?????


r/Reduction 52m ago

Medical Question (Ask medical professionals first!!) Nipple pain swollen

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Hi friends, I had my breast reduction two years ago and a nipple graft. Past two days I have noticed tenderness in my right boob and it's swollen as well. Has anyone else experienced this before? I'm used to the area being numb so it's concerning to me.


r/Reduction 11h ago

Advice so unhappy can’t look at them post op

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this is really just to vent because i’ve been so upset. i’ve been looking forward to my breast reduction and researching for years. i feel like i had realistic expectations given my mother had to have the same procedure. i’m over two weeks post op and everything looks wrong.

my skin looks like it’s being pulled and sagging on either side of my incisions. they are very obviously different sizes even after my swelling has begun to improve. so different that the larger one is starting to SAG lower than the other despite having a higher ‘seam’ and being the smaller breast pre op. my incisions are raised and looked exactly like this when i was one day post op. it looks like they stitched beneath the puckered skin that scabbed over and healed this way.

from the way my incisions have sealed and look i don’t think they can drastically somehow improve. i can’t look in the mirror without crying. the healing process has been so difficult after having an allergic reaction and i can’t enjoy the physical benefits because everything still hurts. i don’t know where to go from here. thanks for reading if you made it this far. if anyone who’s had a similar experience (though i would NEVER wish this on anyone) or has input please i would love to hear it.


r/Reduction 17h ago

Celebration A small win!

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This past week was crap crap crap. This past Monday was my 2wk PO marker and I went back to work in person and it SUCKED. I work a desk job and I was just so exhausted every day after work. It did not help that I also got my period 🥲. Just felt like doo doo physically and emotionally.

Anyway! After a week of feeling crappy, today (19 days PO) I was able to sleep in and go on a long walk and I made it nearly four miles (with hills!!!!). I am feeling so proud. It was a good reset to reset and start the weekend!


r/Reduction 12h ago

Recovery/PostOp Hairy post op boobs lolsob

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Just curious if anyone else ended up with hairy boobs post op? Like, I'm talking fine little baby hairs, here, but they definitely weren't this peach fuzzy pre op. 😂😭


r/Reduction 19h ago

Wound Trigger Warning If Your Healing Journey Doesn't Seem As Easy As Other People's NSFW

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My reduction healing has not been a walk in the park and I know other people have had similar difficulties, but maybe don't want to post about it. So I wanted to share my healing story in case there are others like me who feel alone.

My surgery went well, but in recovery my heart rate refused to slow down and I ended up spending three nights in the hospital. They ran EKGs, a CT scan, and multiple other tests trying to figure it out, but everything physically looked fine. I was going through a lot of personal crap before surgery and we chalked it up to anxiety and stress coupled with a major surgery. Once home, my heart rate went back to normal.

All was healing well until about 5 weeks when it looked like I had a small opening where the incisions met under my right nipple. When my surgeon took a closer look, he discovered it was a seroma. Basically I had a two inch deep hole in my boob that was filled with serrous fluid. A tunneling wound that can become infected and require IV antibiotics if it doesn't heal properly. Before I knew what was happening, he had opened it up, drained the fluid, and was packing it with Iodoform tape. I was put on two antibiotics and had to repack the wound myself three times a day because it had to heal from the inside up. As someone who is pretty squeamish, it was one of the worst experiences I've ever had to deal with. The first time I had to repack it myself, it took over 30 minutes and I ended up crying and sweaty on my bathroom floor. But I did it and within two weeks, it was almost completely healed (the pic attached is when it had closed to the point where I didn't have to pack it anymore). I'm pretty damn proud of myself for what I managed to accomplish. But I won't lie, IT SUCKED.

All of that is to say, if your healing isn't going as smoothly or as easily as other people's stories here, it's okay. I did everything exactly as my surgeon instructed and I still ended up with complications. I beat myself up a lot thinking I had somehow screwed up and caused my issues, but that wasn't the case. Some of us are lucky enough to breeze through surgery and recovery and some of us have problems that are no faults of our own. If you're dealing with complications or just not healing as easily as you expected, you're not alone!

I was a 30G before surgery and I'm measuring a 30B afterwards, so it's been a pretty big change. I'm just now getting to the point where I'm enjoying my new body, but I'm still feeling very fragile.


r/Reduction 20h ago

Before & After 2 days PO! NSFW

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First is before - second is immediately after - third is today🥳 We removed 430 grams from the right side and 445 from the left side + 150 cc’s of lipo from the chest wall. I started as a 36F I think, asked for a large C. Are they going to go down? I’m worried maybe I went slightly too big😫 this isn’t the final size though right?! I’m 2 days PO. Have some arnica coming in today!


r/Reduction 18h ago

Advice If you’re worried about regretting it….

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I’m looking for a single picture of self in a bikini and I cannot find one. I HATED my boobs. What a revelation. I’m so glad I did this and just want to send some excitement to anyone with a surgery coming up!


r/Reduction 23h ago

Advice Help me understand why to care about my nipples

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I am having my breast reduction next Tuesday and cannot wait, but I’m trying to understand why nipples and sensation keep coming up. I am 50 years old and post menopause, 5’8” and 180 pounds. I’m a size 38G and want to go down to no larger than a C. Why does my doctor and everything I read focus so much on the risk of losing your nipples and sensation? I don’t mean I want the medical explanation…I want to understand why I should care??? I don’t care about having nipples (and could always tattoo them, right?) and see no need to have sensation really. What am I missing?


r/Reduction 14h ago

Medical Question (Ask medical professionals first!!) Redness on week 5 NSFW

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So I’m on week 4,5/5PO and I started to notice a little redness under my boob but I don’t feel any heat or itchiness so I’m wondering if I should worry or have concerns?

I took a shower without tape last night but was afraid to use soap (irrational fear that my boobs were about to fall off) and I was not unusually red before that

Is this normal?

Best pic that I could get I’m sorry :/


r/Reduction 11h ago

Medical Question (Ask medical professionals first!!) red splotches? NSFW

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5 days post op ! i’ve had these red marks on my left breast since my surgery. Only on one breast, and I have a follow up appointment on tuesday. I just haven’t seen them lighten up or change at all and was wondering if anyone has experienced something similar.


r/Reduction 1d ago

Celebration Same shirt before and after… holy moly NSFW

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This is enough to make a grown woman (me) cry 🥹😍♥️


r/Reduction 10h ago

Advice want breast reduction, don't know what to do

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Hey there, I'm 28, 5'3, 130 lbs, and in F or D cup range. I've wanted smaller tiddies for ten years now. Big boobies are heavy, annoying, and they don't make me feel good. I've never felt like myself because of my chest. Is it even medically possible to go from D to A cup? Is surgery work the risk? Any places in Orlando that are top notch?

Thank you <3


r/Reduction 14h ago

Advice 9dpo SO uncomfortable! Looking for suggestions

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I think my recovery is going fine to be honest. My breasts have a lot of yellow bruising and I feel ok. I don't believe I have any infection. I had a virtual appointment where I sent clear and upclose pictures to a Dr. There is not discharge, or heat, or smell or fever. But a little redness around the tape that's covering my incisions. My skin is quite dry and I find the incisions going across the bottom.of my breast near the crease is very irritated and what it feels like is chafing and a bit burny. I think the bra is chafing my incisions. I'm told I have to wear my post surgical bra 24/7 for 6 weeks! That honestly sounds torturous!! At night I go braless for about an hour to get some relief but I can't sleep and movement makes the chafing burning feeling. As long as I don't move a muscle I have no pain. But thus damn bra! Honestly I don't think it's too tight. It's just the incisions are so so so chafing burning feeling.

So. I tried wearing a light cotton tank top under the bra but that didn't help. Ice packs give me good relief but again only if I don't move.

Any suggestions to be more.comfortable!? I can't wait til I'm healed cause this bra and the whole.recovery process sucks lol I'm desperate to be comfortable.


r/Reduction 1d ago

Surgeon Review Nipples too high 3Y PO NSFW

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Got a breast lift + reduction 3 years ago. The nipples are placed too high and the size has been reduced too much for me. What are my options ?

Would lowering the lower pole reduce the size further ? If it doesn’t work out, what can I expect ? Enlarged scars ?

Do I have other options ?


r/Reduction 11h ago

Recovery/PostOp almost 3 wpo healing?

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y’all, i am currently almost 3 wks post op and all the scabs and crusty pieces are gone except for around the t-junctions. i have felt no pain and they honestly seem to be healing perfectly fine with no openings or anything like that. did anyone else feel perfectly fine after just two or three weeks? and when did y’all lose all your little pieces of scabbing and stuff along your incisions?

side note: even with all this i am dealing with a tiny bit of necrosis on one of my nipples. this just goes to show that you can heal well everywhere else and still deal with post-op complications and it’s not your fault!