I do the lollipop scar for breast reductions, not the giant anchor scar. After 20 years and hundreds and hundreds of patients, I haven’t found anyone I can’t do this breast reduction technique with. No one is too big, too saggy, too whatever.
In English, they are talking about my breast reduction technique. The pedicle is where the blood and nerve supply to the nipple comes from (we don’t detach it during a breast reduction- it stays attached to the pedicle.). The anchor lift uses an “inferior pedicle,” which means it comes from below. I use the “superomedial pedicle” which means it comes from your cleavage area. I learned this technique from a course 20 YEARS AGO from Elizabeth Hall-Findlay. I am so grateful.
Why isn’t everyone using my vertical lollipop shorter scar breast reduction technique? I don’t know. It is a shorter scar and has better shaping and longevity. I don’t have a patent on it. It isn’t new. So when I saw this article saying it is “underused” I totally agree
What did the journal article say?
- Retrospective review of all breast reductions at a single institution over a 2 year period.
- Total 0f 462 breasts (that means 2 per person)
- Mean age 38
- Mean BMI 28
- Mean reduction weight 644g (which is a sizable reduction)
- Anchor reduction was done in 80% of the patients.
- Mean sternal notch to nipple distance was 31.
- Complications were 19%, but most were minor treated with local wound care.
Findings?
No statistical difference in complications our outcomes, regardless of the sternal notch to nipple distance (how droopy you are, and a common reason people say you “can’t” do the vertical reduction).
BMI and reduction specimen weight (how much was taken out) were the significant risk factors for a complication, with each additional gram of reduction the odds of a surgical complication increased by 1.001.
My thoughts?
I AM A FAN. I say this all this time- WHY DOESN”T EVERYONE DO THE SHORT SCAR BREAST REDUCTION?