If you have ever been jealous of those women with large breasts who seem to get all the attention, well, there are reasons not to be so envious. You can’t fathom how much it interferes with their daily life. If you are someone who lives with large breasts every day and wonders, can a breast reduction relieve my back and shoulder pain? Yes it can, plus more.
Not Just Cosmetic
Yes, there are many women with large breasts that feel uncomfortable in their own skin. They dislike the added attention, suffer with body image issues, and are genuinely uncomfortable.
Loreen Ali , MD will remove excess fat, tissue, and skin to reduce the breast size to be more proportionate with your body. It can reduce all the physical discomfort and health issues caused by large breasts.
Carrying around the weight of heavy breasts places stress on your muscles and tendons in your back which help to support your upper body. Large breasts can cause bad posture, severe back, shoulder and neck pain, and even spinal deformities.
Benefits of Breast Reduction Surgery
There are multiple long-term benefits of breast reduction surgery. Some of them include the following:
- Relief from chronic pain in your back, neck, and shoulders. With the extra weight gone, the pain will be gone too. No more bra straps digging into your shoulders either.
- Without the extra weight on your upper body, your shoulders won’t roll forward compressing nerves, and there won’t be any more nerve pain, tingling, or numbness.
- You will find sleep more comfortable after breast reduction surgery. It will be easier to find a better resting position.
- You can enjoy an active lifestyle with exercise and other physical activities without breasts holding you back. Your self esteem will skyrocket after breast reduction surgery. Find clothes you love that actually fit your new body. Head to the beach in your new bathing suit without feeling self-conscious.
- Actually enjoy looking at yourself in the mirror.
If you make the decision to have breast reduction surgery, it will not only reduce the weight on your chest, but will also give you a more uplifted breast shape. If you have chronic neck, back, and shoulder pain, now may be the time.
Contact Loreen Ali , MD at (978) 942-4835 for a consultation at our office in Massachusetts and more information about whether breast reduction surgery is right for you.