Breast Reduction Surgery In South Korea

It’s true! In fact, it’s the number one country for cosmetic surgery procedures. So if you’re thinking about a breast reduction procedure, you might want to consider going to South Korea. South Koreans have a great attitude toward plastic surgery—they’re not afraid of it or ashamed of it like some people in other cultures might be! This exposition also discusses breast reduction costs in south korea and jk plastic surgery Costs.

“What Is Breast Reduction?”

Breast reduction is for women who are concerned about the excess size of their breasts, which can potentially cause back pain, shoulder pain, and sagging breasts when aging. We classify the breast reduction into three methods: incision, removal, and blood flow maintenance.

Operation Information
  • Surgery Time:     3-4 Hours
  • Anesthesia Type:     General Anesthesia
  • Hospitalization:     1 Day
  • Stitch Removal:     7-10 Days
  • Recovery Time:     8-12 Days

Breast Reduction Surgery Method

Incision Around the Areola

Incision Around the Areola (Breast Reduction Surgery Method)

We incise the boundary of the areola, remove the mammary tissues and fats, and suture the incised area. As scars remain only around the borders of the areola, this leaves minimum scarring and maintains the natural shape and size of breasts. The surgery is relatively simple and has a speedy recovery time. The incision around the areola is used for small amount of reduction in young women

Areola and Vertical Combination Incision

Areola and Vertical Combination Incision (Breast Reduction Surgery Method)

The areola and vertical incision allow for the removal of a significant amount of mammary tissue and the lifting of sagging breasts.

Areola and T-Cut Combination Incision

Areola and T-Cut Combination Incision (Breast Reduction Surgery Method)

The Areola and T-cut Combination Incision is most commonly used for breast reduction. The Areola and T-cut incision combines the advantages and improves the disadvantages of the existing incision methods for breast reduction. It is considered the best among the developed methods so far. The Areola and T-cut incisions are carefully sutured, leaving a minimal scar on the bottom of the breast line and removing the desired amount of breast tissue. Out of all methods, the largest amounts of mammary tissue, fat, and skin are removed after an incision around the areola along with a 4-5cm incision from the areola to the inframammary fold, a boundary of where the breast and the chest meet. This method can be applied to any breast size, allowing a large amount of reduction with a minimum scar. The operation time is relatively reduced, as the incision line is small, resulting in an aesthetically pleasing, round and ample breast shape.

Liposuction Method

Liposuction Method (Breast Reduction Surgery Method)

Compared to other incision methods, this liposuction method does not leave a visible scar. However, this method does not remove a lot of mammary tissue and fat. Liposuction method is for people who are looking for a moderate change in reducing the breast size.

Ideal Candidates for Breast Reduction

1.    who desire to reduce the breast size

2.    People who have neck pain and back pain due to heavy breasts weight

3.    People who have skin reactions such as rash under the breast line

4.    People who wear bigger cloth size than the actual size due to large breasts

5. People who are concerned of sagging breasts

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Breast reduction surgery in Korea is a viable solution for women with oversized breasts who may experience mental and physical pain. While many women are satisfied with their breast size, those with smaller breasts may struggle with confidence issues. Solutions include shaping underwear and breast augmentation. Oversized breasts can cause pain in the shoulders, neck, and back, and can also lead to skin diseases like sweatbands. Breast reduction surgery in Korea can help resolve these issues by removing tissues and skin that make up the breast volume, as well as correcting sagging breasts that accompany oversized breasts. While breast augmentation and shaping underwear are common, breast reduction surgery is not a common occurrence in Korea.

Breast reduction surgery in Korea according to the type of treatment

The type of methods used for breast reduction surgery depends on the stage of breast hypertrophy. Medically speaking, 200 cc to 300 cc is the ideal volume for breasts. 400 cc to 600 cc is classified as mild breast hypertrophy, 600 cc to 1000 cc is classified as moderate breast hypertrophy, and anything over 1500 cc is considered severe breast hypertrophy.

Donut incision
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Medical professionals refer to the donut incision as a peri-areolar incision. Initially, this peri-areolar incision reduces mild breast hypertrophy by making cuts around the edge of the areola.

Because the incision follows the shape of the areola, the postoperative scar is almost invisible. The operation for this purpose is simple and there is less bleeding. But it is difficult to reduce large amounts of breast volume using this method, so it is suitable for people wanting small reductions.

Lollipop incision
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For cases of moderate breast hypertrophy, we use the lollipop incision, also known as the vertical incision. A vertical incision method is made below the doughnut incision to make a lollipop shape. So for the surgery, there are two incision sites: around the edge of the areola and another vertical insertion from the bottom of the areola to the inframammary fold.

After surgery, young women with highly elastic skin have the highest level of satisfaction and when they have relatively large breasts. The breast line is beautifully corrected through this method, and as a result, only one vertical scar is left after the surgery.

Anchor incision
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Anchor incision, otherwise referred to as inverted T incision, is the most traditional surgical method and it is most commonly used throughout the world. This method is used in cases where the patient has severe breast hypertrophy.  There are three incision sites for the inverted-T incision method: Around the edge of the areola, vertically from the areola to the breast crease, and along the crease underneath the breast.

Because of the large incision method, the side effects are that there can be a large scar after surgery, but the correction effect is high because it can reduce large amounts of breast volume.

Breast liposuction
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Breast liposuction is also a beneficial alternative in reducing breast size. If the main cause of oversized breasts is fat, then the patient can expect satisfactory size reduction from breast liposuction. It is also feasible to balance both asymmetrical breasts at the same time during the procedure. The size of the incision site is much smaller than that of breast reduction, so it minimizes scarring after the operation.

Because this is a simple procedure, the correction effect is lower than the other surgical methods mentioned above.

Breast Reduction South Korea Cost

The average price of Breast reduction in the Republic of Korea is $14,300, the minimum price is $13,000, and the maximum price is $15,600.

Jk Plastic Surgery Cost
ProcedurePrice
Breast augmentation (teardrop shape)from $11,340
Breast augmentationfrom $12,600
Laser vaginoplastyот $5,600
Blepharoplasty without incisionsfrom $1,380
Upper blepharoplastyfrom $1,890
Lower blepharoplastyfrom $3,150
Basic rhinoplastyfrom $2,518
Osteotomyfrom $4,400
Stem cell therapyfrom $3,780
Fat transfer to facefrom $4,400

Conclusion

Statistically speaking, there are fewer women in Korea and Asia in general who consider breast reduction surgery than in the West.  However, a growing number of women have recently been suffering from obesity-related breast hypertrophy, which results from westernized diets. Roughly around 5% of Korean women have problems with oversized breasts. It is difficult to reduce the size of oversized breasts just by simply losing weight alone, so breast reduction surgery is a sure way to treat your problems.

Generally speaking, breast reduction surgery is relatively more difficult than other plastic surgeries and therefore has a higher price range. Despite this, the cost of breast reduction surgery in Korea is lower than in other countries. 

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