Free yourself once and for all from the discomfort and embarrassment of living with abnormal clumps of breast tissue.
Learn more about the amazing results Dr. Preminger has achieved with accessory breast tissue surgery.
Accessory Breast Tissue Surgery
Men and women with axillary breast tissue often feel uncomfortable with their bodies and wish to have the abnormal growths removed. The good news is that these displaced mounds of tissue are almost always benign and non-cancerous, and accessory breast tissue surgery yields excellent results. Manhattan plastic surgeon Dr. Preminger is sympathetic to all that you’ve been through and uses her tremendous surgical skills to improve your quality of life and confidence.
“Accessory breast tissue, or underarm fat, is often genetic – a lot of family members, mothers and daughters, can actually have the same problem,” explains Dr. Preminger, who offers CoolSculpting, liposuction or breast tissue removal surgery to treat axillary breast tissue. “The patients are so happy that they finally had this done, I’ve taken care of mothers and daughters – I’ve taken care of the mother first and the daughter has come to me and said, ‘I’ve had this problem my whole life and I didn’t know that anything could be done for it.’”
Before & After
As with any surgical procedure, axillary breast tissue removal begins with a one-on-one consultation with Dr. Preminger herself. She will ask you questions regarding your medical history and determine if you are at risk for complications. During this time, the surgeon will answer any questions you may have regarding the procedure itself, the recovery, or payment options.
Axillary Breast Tissue Removal Procedure
In the past, breast tissue was removed along with adjacent fat tissue and excess skin using general open surgery, which left a long, ugly scar. Today, surgeons use a minimally invasive method for axillary breast tissue removal. A minimal incision is made and the tumescent liposuction technique aspirates the breast and fat tissue.
When nipples or areolas are present, the surgeon excises them after the liposuction portion of the procedure is done. Extra skin is removed using a small fusiform incision. Common side effects are tiredness, numbness and tingling down the arm, mild swelling, and constipation.
Patients report great results following breast tissue removal
Dr. Preminger will prescribe you Tylenol with Codeine to help you get through the first few days of recovery. You will likely feel slightly groggy during this time and should not drive or work. Eat well, rest in the evening, and drink plenty of water. Ask before taking any supplements, as they may interfere with your recovery. The original operation dressing can be changed after 48 hours. A nurse will help you with this task, so don’t worry! You can shower at this point, but should avoid baths, hot tubs, and soaps for another five days. The incision normally heals in about 10 days, at which point you can shave the area, apply antiperspirant, and use moisturizing lotion. Most people return to work and activity about three weeks after the operation.
Video Transcription:
[B. Aviva Preminger, MD] Many women suffer from something that I generally call axillary breast tissue or accessory breast tissue or underarm fat and they’re not even actually sure what to call it. It’s often genetic, a lot of, a lot of family members, mothers and daughters actually can have the same problem and I like to think about how we address it in terms of a spectrum from least invasive to more invasive and as far as which approach or which technique I use, it’s actually dependent on how much fat versus actual breast tissue I think is in the area.
So non-invasive treatments such as CoolSculpting, which is cryotherapy, that’s completely non-invasive and can be done in the office without any anesthesia can actually be used off-label in this area and works very well if most of the tissue is fatty. Liposuction also works very well on this area, particularly removing fat very effectively, but many women actually have actual breast tissue in this area and neither of these modalities works very well to treat the breast tissue component of it and so for that, we’ll actually do excision or direct removal of this tissue with a scar that’s hidden in the underarm, the same incision that we would use to place a breast implant and the patients are so happy that they finally had this done.
I’ve taken care of mothers and daughters, I’ve taken care of the mother first and the daughter has come to me and said, you know I’ve had this problem my whole life and I didn’t know that anything could be done for it.