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Title: Top surgery after reduction
Post by: Liam on July 10, 2013, 01:28:08 AM
Top surgery for me is still in the indefinite future. My chest is big enough that I'd most likely be able to have a reduction on medical grounds, but does anyone know if that would mess with future top surgery?
Title: Re: Top surgery after reduction
Post by: Robert Scott on July 10, 2013, 03:38:13 PM
Talk to your surgeon ... I have talked with a couple that say ... how much they reduce is between them and you and not for the insurance to know & would work out the pricing for nipple reduction and placement.  Dr. Buckley at the University of Minnesota Medical Center is totally on board with billing an insurance company for a reduction and doing a chest reconstruction.
Title: Re: Top surgery after reduction
Post by: Darrin Scott on July 11, 2013, 09:05:44 PM
Quote from: Robert Scott on July 10, 2013, 03:38:13 PM
Talk to your surgeon ... I have talked with a couple that say ... how much they reduce is between them and you and not for the insurance to know & would work out the pricing for nipple reduction and placement.  Dr. Buckley at the University of Minnesota Medical Center is totally on board with billing an insurance company for a reduction and doing a chest reconstruction.

Can't you lose your license for doing that, though?
Title: Re: Top surgery after reduction
Post by: Robert Scott on July 12, 2013, 02:25:16 PM
It's still a reduction ... how much is reduced is between your doctor and you ... so they aren't lying .. you would still have to qualify for the reduction but I am large chested and the doctor said it wouldn't be a problem to get mine reduced.