Once you’ve decided to have a breast reduction, the most important decision you have to make is choosing your surgeon. If you are undecided, meeting with a surgeon should help you with your decision.
Consider the process of choosing a surgeon like you’re interviewing them for a job – the most important role of transforming your large boobs into smaller breasts.
Tracking down a good surgeon can feel like hard work. You can start with your general practitioner or primary care doctor as they will be writing your referral anyway.
When considering a surgeon, you want a doctor that is board-certified. Choosing a board-certified plastic surgeon means you can be sure that the doctor has graduated from an accredited medical school.
You will most likely require a referral from your primary care doctor. Your doctor should have no problems writing you a referral. In Australia, you can use your referral with any surgeon even if it has another surgeon’s details on it. So, you can either get your doctor to do multiple referrals to the different surgeons you are considering, or you can take copies of the referral using the same one.
I suggest keeping a copy for your own records regardless. My referral went missing and was important for me to get a rebate for Medicare. I had to get my primary doctor to re-issue the referral just days before my surgery.
Evaluate your surgeon as well as their practice. If the office staff are rude, impatient or unhelpful, that’s not a good sign.
You want to feel as comfortable as possible during the breast reduction process.
I strongly recommend you consult three different surgeons.
This will give you a good perspective and help you choose the right surgeon.
Once you have found a surgeon you would like to meet with, you will schedule an initial consult. In this appointment, the surgeon will measure and evaluate your breasts. You will need to take off your top and bra. The surgeon will most likely lift your breasts and physically examine them.
If you are uncomfortable about this, take a support person with you (such as a partner, friend or relative with whom you are comfortable about seeing your breasts). You can also ask for a nurse to be present with you during the consultation.
The surgeon may take photos of your breasts at this time or at a later consultation.
They will discuss your breast reduction options with you.
During the breast reduction process, you will acquire a lot of paper! You want to be organized so that you can quickly find what you need. I recommend having a file for all your relevant documents.
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