For select adolescents, breast reduction surgery safe, effective
Friday, February 25, 2011 - 11:30
in Health & Medicine
When a grown woman experiences significant back and neck pain from macromastia or very large breasts it is common practice for plastic surgeons to relieve her pain by performing breast reduction surgery. Breast reduction surgery in adolescents is not quite as common. A recent University of Rochester Medical Center (URMC) paper shows teens receive the same health and psycho-social benefits as adults, potentially to an even greater degree.