The psychic consequences of a reduction mammaplasty.
We studied 8 consecutive patients who had reduction mammaplasties to determine their psychological reactions. All 8 experienced pleasure with the operative results and the improvement or disappearance of their physical symptoms. Most described a general increase in self-esteem. In 5 of the 8 patients, however, there were postoperative emotional disturbances directly related to the operation, lasting from 3 weeks to 8 months. None of these would have been noted by the plastic surgeon (JMG)hand this study not been in progress.
D001828:Body Image; D001940:Breast / Q000601:surgery*; D003863:Depression; D004644:Emotions; D005059:Euphoria; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006117:Grief; D006801:Humans; D007406:Interview, Psychological; D009558:Nipples / Q000601:surgery; D011584:Psychology; D012723:Sex; D013518:Surgery, Plastic / Q000009:adverse effects