[Reduction mammoplasty using a modified "B" shape method].

Abstract

This article presents a technique of reduction mammoplasty that is modified from the "B" operation for breast reduction devised by Dr Regnault. The overall excision line resembles the letter "B". The advantages of this technique are as followings: 1. It avoids incision in the so-called hypertrophic areas of the chest. 2. The patient has only a short curved scar (the medial horizontal branch of classic inverted-T incision is eliminated) that is not visible laterally. 3. Because there is no skin undermining, and the nipple is transposed on a upper semicircular dermal flap, so the blood supply of the nipple and areola is very good. 4. Ptotic and hypertrophic breasts can be treated with this method. 5. The resulting shape of the breast was satisfactory.