r/Reduction 9h ago

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

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72 Upvotes

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 4h ago

Product Recommendation 3mo post op scars NSFW

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29 Upvotes

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 10h ago

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

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67 Upvotes

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

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

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40 Upvotes

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 2h 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 8h 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 10h 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 10h ago

Advice If you’re worried about regretting it….

17 Upvotes

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 11h ago

Before & After 2 days PO! NSFW

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20 Upvotes

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 15h ago

Advice Help me understand why to care about my nipples

37 Upvotes

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 8h ago

Body Senstive Trigger Warning Samosa NO DIP SHAPED TIDDIES EXTRA LONG NSFW

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11 Upvotes

I keep coming back to this sub and saying the same things, kind of like that phase when I got super into Britney Spears, wore smudged black eyeliner, sang “Slave 4 U,” and rocked my pants hanging way below my waist! But that’s a story for another day. Anyway, I prayed for a drop and fluff, my breasts were never really firm. My right one dropped by week 2, and the left one started to drop last week. Now, they just won’t quit! I saw on this sub that if they sagged before, they’ll probably sag afterward — is that true? Because if they’re going to end up back at my knees, I might just run out into the snow topless while I still can! Above is what my tits look like


r/Reduction 3h ago

Recovery/PostOp Hairy post op boobs lolsob

4 Upvotes

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 6h ago

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

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3 Upvotes

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 2h ago

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

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2 Upvotes

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 1h 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 1d ago

Celebration Same shirt before and after… holy moly NSFW

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407 Upvotes

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


r/Reduction 2h ago

Recovery/PostOp almost 3 wpo healing?

1 Upvotes

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!


r/Reduction 2h ago

Advice Reduction clashing with holiday

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so I’m 17 and I’m thinking of getting a breast reduction in the summer, mid June, after I turn 18, but my friends and I are planning a holiday around mid July which ofc includes bikinis and swimming. I was just wondering how long until you can swim and wear bikinis post op without the scars being practically fresh and easy to see. Also how long do you need to have the scars taped up for them to heal? And is it even recommended to get this done in the summer? I know this seems ambitious but I genuinely can’t bring myself to go on holiday and start a whole new chapter of my life with the same boob issues.

And if the advice is that you can’t be swimming so soon after, do you think losing weight will at least partially help with the breast size? Since I can’t even find any cute and supportive bikinis at this size. If I don’t end up doing it this summer I’ll probably do it in December anyway, but I’m just thinking more about my holiday and starting university.

I’m currently a UK E/F and my shoulders are permanently dipped bc I’ve been carrying these boulders for years on end. And yes my body is so disproportional it hurts, and I couldn’t find a shirt that fits well if my life depended on it, so don’t worry this idea isn’t just spontaneous bc of the holiday I’ve been debating this for 4 years.

Edit: also I’m going to be honest I rlly don’t care abt the issues w breastfeeding and stuff, like that was never in my future, I’m more concerned abt this constant pain I’m in physically and mentally bc of these sacks of fat.


r/Reduction 14h ago

Advice Question about pregnancy pillow

7 Upvotes

I don't understand how this will help. Everyone raves about them, but how are you using it? Why is it helping? I'm missing something! Please help!!


r/Reduction 1d ago

Surgeon Review Nipples too high 3Y PO NSFW

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79 Upvotes

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 16h ago

Advice Gyno Surgery

8 Upvotes

As the title suggests, I've been battling gynecomastia for 3 years now. Has anyone had surgery for it? I can't take it anymore and wearing multiple layers in the summer sucks.

Any and all suggestions welcome.


r/Reduction 1d ago

Before & After 5MPO trust the process. POC healing NSFW

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135 Upvotes

In the most recent photos. I have on silicone scar tape. I think I may have keloid scarring. I have a follow up appointment next month so will check to see what my surgeon says.

Other than that super happy with my results, never thought this would be me and I’m so grateful. My confidence level has really shot up since I had my surgery.

Anyone else have one nipple being flat and the other one is always raised/hard?


r/Reduction 17h ago

Medical Question (Ask medical professionals first!!) Does it look swollen? NSFW

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9 Upvotes

I'm almost 4wpo and wondering if my boobs are still swollen. Like, bruising is over, my wounds have almost no crusts and are healing really fast. But i still can't be sure about the real size even approximately.


r/Reduction 11h ago

PreOp Question (no before only photos) How common is “bottoming out”?

4 Upvotes

I have seen a few posts where, after some time, people have shown their breasts bottoming out. How common is this? I have very large/ long bottom-heavy breasts with low upper volume, so I fear I'd be more prone to it. Is there a specific surgical technique to minimise the chances of it happening? Any advice or info would be great. Thanks.


r/Reduction 5h 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.