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. 2025 Jun 19:25:QA3.
eCollection 2025.

Controversy of Breast Reduction in Adolescent Patients: An Overview of a Sometimes-Challenging Proposition

Quinton L Carr  1 , Sierra Shockley  1 , Colton Connor  1 , Shriya Dodwani  1 , Claire Fell  1 , Ryan Cantrell  1 , Wilson Huett  2 , Bradon J Wilhelmi  2
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Controversy of Breast Reduction in Adolescent Patients: An Overview of a Sometimes-Challenging Proposition

Quinton L Carr et al. Eplasty. .
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Keywords: Adolescent; Breast Reduction; Reduction Mammaplasty.

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Image of the patient prior to reduction mammaplasty.
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Image of the patient immediately following reduction mammaplasty.
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