Weight/Breast Redux: Weight loss surgery alters the stomache to reduce the amount of food and calories that can get through. Since breasts are mostly fat, they will also lose weight. Breast reduction is the surgical removal of breast tissue and fat to reduce breast size and improve shape.
Answered 4/5/2014
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Very Different.: Surgery designed to help patients lose weight does so in a fashion that the patients entire body is affected. In other words, patients will experience systemic weight-loss. On the other hand, breast reduction surgery is an operation that targets the breasts only. It is indicated for patients who have disproportionately large breasts potentially associated with symptoms ( such as neck pain…).
Answered 4/6/2013
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