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7 Alarming signs you need breast reduction

  There are a variety of reasons that women need breast reduction surgery. Chronic aches, pain and discomfort, emotional discomfort and stress are a few of them.   Breast reduction surgery   can help to get rid of these problems. You should talk with your breast cosmetic surgeon about whether to go for breast reduction surgery or not. Let us see what are the signs and symptoms that you need breast reduction surgery.    Back, neck and shoulder pain: Women with larger breasts often face back, neck and shoulder pain problems due to the increased weight of breasts. Such women can consider breast reduction surgery.  If breasts seem to be out of proportion to the rest of your body and affecting your posture adversely, then breast reduction surgery can help to improve your posture. Breasts droop due to the excess weight causing your nipples and areolas to point downwards. Constant rashes, yeast infections, and other irritations in the skin under breasts. Feeling psychological distress due to

What is plastic surgery?

  Plastic surgery is a procedure which involves the repair and reconstruction of damaged tissues, or correction of facial and body defects. The defects may be due to extensive burns, injury, disease, trauma, or birth disorders.   The different types of plastic surgery procedures include  breast augmentation implant , burn repair surgery, hand surgery, breast reconstruction, scar revision surgery, congenital defect repair (cleft palate, extremity defect repair), and lower extremity reconstruction.   What are the techniques used for plastic surgery?   The main techniques used for plastic surgery include:   Skin grafts  – In this technique, the doctor removes healthy skin from an unaffected area of the body and uses it to repair the damaged skin. Skin grafts are used to cure broader and deeper wounds, including surgery for skin cancer, burns, injuries that are too deep to heal on their own, blisters, or skin damage from a severe skin infection.   Skin flap surgery  – This is a type of sur

Can a woman breastfeed if she has breast cancer?

  Breastfeeding is very beneficial for the health of both infant and mother. But what if a mother is diagnosed with breast cancer?  Women who have been diagnosed with  breast cancer  and are currently breastfeeding have concerns about whether their cancer treatment could affect the baby. Read full article to know about the relationship between breast cancer and breastfeeding. Can a woman diagnosed with breast cancer do breastfeeding?  If a woman is diagnosed with breast cancer while breastfeeding,  most physicians will recommend to stop breastfeeding . Because many therapies are used during  breast cancer treatment , including chemotherapies, hormone therapies and anaesthesia administered during surgery, which can affect a woman’s milk supply or negatively impact the baby. Also, stopping breastfeeding will decrease blood flow to the breasts, making them smaller, easier to examine and less likely to become infected. How does breast cancer treatment affect breastfeeding? Surgery : In sur