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Defining the Ideal Reduction Mammoplasty: A Crowdsourcing Study.
Aesthetic Surgery Journal 2024 April 27
BACKGROUND: Reduction mammoplasty relieves macromastia symptoms while improving breast aesthetics, though the ideal breast aesthetically has been shown to differ culturally in previous crowdsourcing studies. Better understanding these differences can aid in setting postoperative expectations.
OBJECTIVES: The aim of this study was to characterize the ideal reduction mammoplasty according to demographics such as gender, ethnicity, socioeconomic status, and education.
METHODS: A crowdsourcing platform was used to collect 10,169 de-identified responses. Users completed one of three surveys, either a preoperative, postoperative, or preoperative and postoperative paired survey. The preoperative and postoperative surveys addressed 10 breast measurements including upper breast slope, projection proportion, nipple position, breast width, and breast fullness. The paired pre- and postoperative survey assessed nipple areolar complex (NAC), chest fit, symmetry improvement, and scarring.
RESULTS: Preoperative images were rated more aesthetic than postoperative images. This was consistent across all demographics evaluated. Female, African American, Asian, participants aged 55+, and participants with no high school degree or a graduate degree found the most improvement in breast symmetry (p = 0.001, p = 0.002, p = 0.027, p < 0.001, p = 0.01). Male and Hispanic participants were most likely to see no change in symmetry (p = 0.008, p = 0.04), and South Asian participants found breasts less symmetric postoperative (p < 0.001). There were significant demographic differences in aesthetic ratings of NAC, scarring, and breast fit.
CONCLUSIONS: Perceived breast aesthetics after reduction mammoplasty vary significantly across demographics including gender, ethnicity, age, socioeconomic status, and educational achievement. Surgeons should consider demographics when planning each patient's reduction mammoplasty.
OBJECTIVES: The aim of this study was to characterize the ideal reduction mammoplasty according to demographics such as gender, ethnicity, socioeconomic status, and education.
METHODS: A crowdsourcing platform was used to collect 10,169 de-identified responses. Users completed one of three surveys, either a preoperative, postoperative, or preoperative and postoperative paired survey. The preoperative and postoperative surveys addressed 10 breast measurements including upper breast slope, projection proportion, nipple position, breast width, and breast fullness. The paired pre- and postoperative survey assessed nipple areolar complex (NAC), chest fit, symmetry improvement, and scarring.
RESULTS: Preoperative images were rated more aesthetic than postoperative images. This was consistent across all demographics evaluated. Female, African American, Asian, participants aged 55+, and participants with no high school degree or a graduate degree found the most improvement in breast symmetry (p = 0.001, p = 0.002, p = 0.027, p < 0.001, p = 0.01). Male and Hispanic participants were most likely to see no change in symmetry (p = 0.008, p = 0.04), and South Asian participants found breasts less symmetric postoperative (p < 0.001). There were significant demographic differences in aesthetic ratings of NAC, scarring, and breast fit.
CONCLUSIONS: Perceived breast aesthetics after reduction mammoplasty vary significantly across demographics including gender, ethnicity, age, socioeconomic status, and educational achievement. Surgeons should consider demographics when planning each patient's reduction mammoplasty.
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