How do I firm up my breast after breast reduction surgery?

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  1. Dr. Stuart Linder
     
    Dr. Stuart Linder answered:

    After a breast reduction procedure, it is especially important to maintain your lifted breasts by using supportive brassieres. We instruct our patient's to wear supportive under wire bras during the day, and tight compressive sports bras during the evening.  My new bra the "DrLinderbra" is perfect to wear for training, as well as a beauty and sleep.  A compressive bra during the evening, during sleep, is extremely important to reduce the effects of gravity on the breasts, which could lead to increased recurrent skin laxity.  Firming the breasts up after a breast reduction simply requires using supportive bras.  There really is no specific cream or lotion that will tighten up the skin or the breasts, but maintaining its firmness after surgery by using under wire and supportive brassieres is the most important aspect postoperatively.  Remember, after a breast lift, or breast reduction, the tissue that remains still has the same content of collagen that the tissue removed had, and thereby if you have skin laxity preoperative, after your reduction you will still have the same poor skin elasticity and tonicity after.

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