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Secondary Operations -
Surgery to Opposite Side
The most common requirement to achieve symmetry is to make the opposite breast smaller and/or uplifted using breast reduction techniques. At times we will make the opposite breast larger with use of an implant. These methods enable us to maximise symmetry.
- When a reconstruction is performed then the symmetry of shape and/or size to the other side is not always achieved. A simple breast reduction or reshaping on the normal breast can often give a very pleasing end result.
- For a mastectomy patient where the remaining breast is very large a breast reduction is an excellent and often under performed operation. A breast reduction will give less overall asymmetry and result in a much smaller external prosthesis being required. This option can be done at the same time as the mastectomy or as a delayed operation.
- An implant used on the opposite breast can be useful for implant reconstruction in small breasted women, this enables some women to have a larger breast, providing they deem this to be a benefit.
The potential disadvantage of breast reduction surgery is complications to this side and the need for scars on the breast.
For further details and operation facts see Breast Reduction and Breast Augmentation under the Cosmetic Breast Surgery section.
