[Reductive mammoplasty: health or beauty?]

There is the wrong idea among health providers in Puerto Rico that reduction mammoplasty (RM) is a purely cosmetic procedure. The authors believe that mammary hypertrophy (MH) is a health problem and that reduction mammoplasty is the indicated treatment. A research program is devised using in its methodology a questionnaire which administered to 54 postoperative female patients. The study shows that 98% had significant improvement of symptoms and 98% recommend the operation to their friends. Our research confirms the hypothesis that MH affects health and RM is adequate treatment. We also concluded that an excess of 250 gms. is enough to cause symptoms of MH.