I had to see a physical therapist, and he pointed out to me that my pectoral muscles were over-developed. He assumed this was because they had to work very hard to hold up my heavy breasts on my small frame.
I grew up in a natural health family and the idea of surgery was off-putting but I needed some relief.
I started trying to find an-network doctor in my area, but I didn’t want to just pick someone without a personal referral.
At the consultation, my surgeon showed me before and after pictures of various breast reduction surgeries she had performed.
She indicated that there were minimum amounts of tissue that had to be removed in order for insurance to cover the surgery.
To make a long story short, my surgeon submitted all the paperwork to my insurance company (including photos of my breasts), and I got approved for a medically necessary breast reduction surgery 2 weeks later!
On the day of my surgery, I met the surgeon at the hospital and she marked up my breasts with a Sharpie. I reiterated to her that I was OK with going as small as possible.
As stated above, I won’t know my final size for a while (your breasts take a while to settle due to the tissue damage caused by the surgery), but my breasts feel lighter and my neck pain seems better.