Impact of reduction mammaplasty on sexuality in patients with macromastia and their partners

Does large breast problem and macromastıa surgery affect a woman's body image, depressıon level, sexual lıfe, and qualıty of lıfe? A prospectıve study

“…In this study, the women's mean age was 41.47±10.00 years, which is compatible with the study by Emami and Sobhani 13 . Emami and Sobhani suggested that women undergoing a reduction mammaplasty have a variation in age 13 .…”

“…It has been asserted that conditions (such as being disliked, anxiety, body image dissatisfaction and health issues, being unable to find appropriate clothes, and participating in sportive activities) caused by large breasts or breast hypertrophy lead to a psychological breakdown in women 5,12 . Psychological impairments or health issues caused by breast hypertrophy may directly trigger sexual dysfunctions, thus leading to sexual anxiety and avoidance of sexual activity 13,14 .…”

Análise de receptores hormonais de estrógeno e progesterona em hipertrofia mamária versus normomastia, avaliação de presença e densidade com uma nova proposta de classificação das hipertrofias mamárias

“…Um grande aumento de volume mamário acomete número significativo de mulheres, com impacto na saúde, incluindo dano postural 2, 3 , dermatites de sulco mamário, danos psicosociais 4 , sexuais 5 , e podem gerar mastalgia 14 , dorsalgia 14 , tração crônica neural, gerando dor 14 , perda de sensibilidade de aréola 14 , mudança de eixo de gravidade 3 , danos posturais 3 e de autoestima 6 , reduzindo diretamente a qualidade de vida das pacientes acometidas 7-10. O tratamento desta patologia realmente melhora a dor cervical, lombar, cifose torácica, o ângulo lombossacral e as dores de coluna vertebral reduzem, conforme inúmeros testes aplicados e publicações 11,[15][16][17][18] .…”

“…Epítetos como hipertrofia mamária 7,8 , macromastia 5,9 Houve proposta de fórmula matemática para calcular o volume a ser ressecado, tal formula aplicada durante a avaliação pré-operatória 21 , quando poderia haver dúvida se o peso que seria ressecado atingiria o parâmetro padrão estabelecido para ser gigantomastia 21 .…”

“…It is a condition that causes severe deleterious consequences for patients with it, due to its debilitating symptoms. 1 A large breast enlargement affects a significant number of women, with health impact including postural damage 2,3 , breast groove dermatitis, damage psychosocial 4 , sexual 5 and self-esteem 6 , directly reducing the quality of life of affected patients. 7,8,9,10,119,121 Objective: To compare the presence and density of estrogen and progesterone hormone receptors in two groups of different weight breasts: first group with normo or hypomastia and the second group with mammary hypertrophy.…”