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Elective Breast Surgery Updated 4/2010

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BASICS

  • Description
  • Risk Factors

DIAGNOSIS

  • Signs and Symptoms
  • Tests

TREATMENT

  • Surgery
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BASICS
Description
  • How a woman views her breast size can have strong emotional and psychological impact on her self image.
  • Common elective surgeries for women include: Augmentation mammoplasty to enhance breast size and reduction mammoplasty to reduce breast size.
  • Breast enlargement is commonly a day surgery.
    • Surgery lasts an average of 1 ½–3 hours
    • Costs $4,000–$8,000
  • Breast reduction is a more complicated surgery.
    • Surgery lasts an average of 3–4 hours
    • Typically it requires a 2- to 3-day hospital stay
    • Costs $6,000–$12,000
  • Health insurance does not cover breast augmentation.
  • Some health insurance covers breast reduction if considered medically necessary and if a minimum of 500 grams of breast tissue can be removed per ...

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