What is the recovery like after breast reduction surgery
November 18, 2013Written By: Dr. Edwin Williams
Dr. Edwin Williams is the founder of The Williams Center and a double board-certified facial plastic surgeon who has completed over 10,000 surgical procedures. BlogSchedule a Consultation
Question:
What is the recovery like after breast reduction surgery?
Answer:
Breast reduction surgery is not a very painful operation. The techniques that we use here at the Williams Center Plastic Surgery Specialists allow us to do the operation under local anesthesia with sedation. This makes postoperative recovery very quick, minimizes postoperative discomfort and allows patients to resume most of their normal activities after one week.
About the Author: Dr. Edwin Williams
Dr. Edwin Williams is a double board-certified facial plastic surgeon who founded The Williams Center in 1993. He has performed over 10,000 facial plastic surgery procedures and has pioneered the deep plane facelift. He served on the Board of Directors for the American Academy of Facial Plastic Surgery for over a decade, and served as President from 2015-2016. In 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019, Dr. Williams earned the Castle Connelly Top Doctors award in New York Facial Plastic Surgery.
Dr. Edwin F. Williams III attended Cornell University in Ithaca, New York where he received a Bachelor of Science degree in 1982. He began medical school at the State University of Buffalo School of Medicine and received his Doctor of Medicine in 1986.
Dr. Williams is actively involved in teaching facial plastic and reconstruction surgery to the residents of the Albany Medical Center and is former Chief of the Section of Facial and Plastic Reconstruction Surgery at Albany Medical Center where he received an academic appointment of Clinical Professor, Department of Surgery.