Abstract
Before the 1900s, attempts to reduce breast size were limited to volume reduction without regard to nipple position and viability, not to breast shape. In the first part of the twentieth century, multiple techniques were described to move the nipple-areola complex and to reduce bulk. To maintain viability, two-stage procedures were often recommended, even if this is nowadays hard to believe.
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Ribuffo, D., Atzeni, M., Serratore, F. (2016). Vertical Breast Reduction. In: Scuderi, N., Toth, B. (eds) International Textbook of Aesthetic Surgery. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-46599-8_17
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