Breast — Treatment
The weight,
set down.
Disproportionately large breasts cause real, measurable physical pain — in the back, the neck, the shoulders, the skin underneath. A reduction is medical surgery as much as it is aesthetic. The size that suits your frame, the relief that comes with it.
What it is & what it isn't
Reduction mammoplasty removes excess breast fat, glandular tissue and skin to bring the breast into proportion with your frame. The nipple-areola complex is repositioned (and often reduced in size). The incision pattern depends on how much tissue is removed — most often an anchor (around the areola, vertical down, and along the breast fold).
What it isn't
Not a small-breast surgery — we aim for proportion, not minimum. Not a substitute for losing weight first if weight is the genuine driver — your result is more predictable, and more lasting, after weight stabilises. Not a purely cosmetic operation: most patients arrive having lived with years of chronic pain that diet and physical therapy could not resolve.
The practical detail
What you are actually committing to.
- Procedure time
- Typically 2–3 hours
- Anaesthesia
- General
- Stay in Antalya
- Typically 3–5 days
- Flying home
- Typically 7–10 days
- Light exercise
- Typically 2–3 weeks
- Full exercise
- Typically 6 weeks
- Final result
- Typically 6 months
- Scarring
- Anchor pattern (areola, vertical, infra-mammary fold)
- Permanence
- Permanent, subject to weight & pregnancy
These figures are typical ranges, for planning your trip. Your own treatment and recovery timeline is assessed and decided by Dr. Meral — at consultation, and again as your healing progresses.
How it unfolds
The consultation
Desired size in proportion to your frame, documented pain pattern, baseline mammogram. We ask about the pain in detail — where, when, how long — because the surgery is partly addressing it.
The plan
Markings done with you standing. Blood work, anaesthetic consultation. A drain is anticipated for the first two to three days.
The surgery
Excess breast tissue and skin removed in the planned pattern. The nipple-areola complex is repositioned on its own blood supply (the pedicle, technically). Areolar reduction is routine. Drains placed.
The first night
Supportive bra from the operating room. Relief is often felt the same day in the upper back and shoulders — the weight that has been there for years, suddenly absent.
Recovery
Among the few surgeries where many patients report feeling better within forty-eight hours. The weight off the chest is real — the upper-back relief is the first thing most patients notice. The breasts themselves are tender for 7–10 days. Drains stay 2–3 days. Compression bra is mandatory for six weeks. Pink scars fade to white over six to twelve months.
A typical course, not a promise — healing differs from person to person. Dr. Meral reviews you at each follow-up and decides when each step is right for you.
This may be for you if
- You have neck, shoulder, or back pain that you and your doctor link to breast weight
- You have skin irritation under the breast that doesn't resolve
- You have grooves on your shoulders from bra straps
- Your weight is stable enough that the result will hold
- You're willing to live with the anchor scar pattern as the trade for the relief
This is not for you if
- You're significantly above your target weight — the result is better after weight stabilises
- You smoke and aren't willing to stop for six weeks — wound healing is meaningfully compromised
- You're planning more children — pregnancy and breastfeeding may change the result
- You expect a cosmetic-only result — this is genuine medical surgery with a medical scar pattern
- You are unwilling to discuss your pain — much of the consultation is documenting it
Begin
A conversation,
not a quote.
- +90 532 508 39 50
- info@mertmeral.com
- Hours
- Monday — Saturday · 09:00 — 19:00 (UTC+3)