27/10/2025
As you will have seen from my past posts, breast reduction surgery is truly life changing ๐. It not only addresses the heavy weight of large breasts that can cause backache, shoulder ache, neck ache and bra strap grooving but also transforms the appearance and confidence of patients who undergo this procedure such as the patient Iโm showing here (as ever, a huge thank you ๐ to her for letting me show her results)
I frequently get asked by black skinned patients to show more examples of my black patients & their results so they can understand how scars can be.
This patient is around six months after surgery & her scars are healing incredibly well. The vertical scar that you can see in the front of her breast will continue to fade over the next 1-2 years, and I think they will be almost imperceptible over time, and the scar around the ar**la is already excellent.
The reason black skinned patients might be more conscious about scarring is that overall there is a higher rate of problematic scarring, such as thickened scars, hypertrophic scars & keloid scars as well as pigmented scars (which resulting dark coloured scars) in Afro-Caribbean skin.
This is always a concern and should always be part of a discussion during the pre-surgery consultation. Ultimately, we never truly know and cannot reliably predict how someone will scar; however in my experience, when this sort of surgery is carried out carefully with as little tension on the skin as possible, by using a significant amount of internal shaping stitches to support the breast, problematic scarring is not something I see frequently.
In any breast reduction, the skin should not be used as a bra, & should be gently draped over the reshaped and lifted breasts after the volume reduction has been performed ๐
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