[Correction of the secondary deformity after reduction mammaplasty].

OBJECTIVE:To investigate a safe method for correcting the secondary deformity after reduction mammaplasty. METHODS:A periareolar incision or original incision was done and the wedge-shaped glandular tissues were removed inferior-laterally in 11 patients. RESULTS:10 cases obtained the satisfactory results. One patient underwent the third operation 6 months after because of the obvious scar, and the result was yet unsatisfactory 1 year later. CONCLUSIONS:No matter which pedicle was used in the first reduction mammaplasty, a periareolar incision or original incision with wedge-shaped glandular tissue resection is a safe method for repeated reduction mammaplasty.