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If You Keep Thinking About Underarm Fat Removal?

맘스외과성형외과 · *당신을 위한 맘스외과성형외과* · January 25, 2024

A slim, clean body shape has long been an object of admiration. Not only women, but men as well prefer a body that is lean, free of excess fat, and moderately muscular. For that re...

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Clinic: 맘스외과성형외과

Original post date: January 25, 2024

Translated at: April 25, 2026 at 8:36 AM

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A slim, clean body shape has long been an object of admiration.

Not only women, but men as well prefer a body that is lean, free of excess fat, and moderately muscular. For that reason, regardless of gender or age, if any noticeable and bothersome fullness is found on a certain part of the body, people tend to look for various ways to remove and improve it. Efforts to maintain a healthy and attractive body through dieting continue for everyone, but even so, there are many cases where the weight does not come off as easily as hoped, which can be frustrating.

For women, underarm fat removal was sometimes sought in order to look better. In fact, if there is a bulge of excess tissue under the arm, you have to pay more attention when choosing clothes, and it can become inconvenient in many ways. For that reason, there are certainly people who feel especially desperate about wanting to address it.

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We often call this kind of fullness that appears in the area an accessory breast.

Accessory breasts have long been a troublesome issue for many women. Even if you work out hard and control your diet in hopes that it will naturally go away, it does not seem to disappear. When your arms are down, you can see the flesh folding out, and when you raise your arms, the shape becomes clearly visible, which is hard not to notice.

As the lumpy tissue sags down and becomes even more noticeable, people may end up avoiding sleeveless clothing that exposes the arms. If you simply think of this accessory breast as ordinary fat, it may become even harder to find a clear solution.

An accessory breast is, as the name suggests, breast tissue. When the fetus is developing, several mammary ducts form, and by the time of birth, only the pair in the correct position remains while the others gradually disappear. In some cases, a person is born with tissue that was left behind during this process, and that is what an accessory breast is.

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If you have an accessory breast, of course it is a cosmetic concern, but there are also various other discomforts you may experience. The most noticeable one is pain.

If the underarm area feels sharp or tingling pain, it is natural to worry first, and the cause may be the accessory breast.

In particular, during menstruation it can become more swollen and larger, making the sensation even more uncomfortable and causing pain. If you think about it, the breasts can also feel especially swollen and painful during periods.

Because an accessory breast is also breast tissue, it can show the same kind of changes. In the same way, during pregnancy and childbirth, you may also experience severe breast engorgement extending to the underarm area. Childbirth is already difficult enough, so if your body hurts even more, it can become even harder. Also, because it is breast tissue, another concern is that breast diseases can also develop in the accessory breast.

The chances may be somewhat higher than for others. If left unaddressed, it can sag over time like the breasts do, gradually drooping and becoming even less aesthetically pleasing.

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People troubled by accessory breasts eventually look for a way to improve them, whatever the reason.

One such method is underarm fat removal. However, when looking through related information, some people may become a little confused because they come across content about gland removal. Some say that the mammary glands must be removed in order to properly eliminate the accessory breast, and that is how they proceeded, while others talk about removing the fat that makes up the fullness and smoothing it out. It is easy to assume one of these must be the correct answer and then wonder what you should do. But it is important to know that you cannot simply say that one of these two is always right. Depending on the person, some accessory breasts contain more fat tissue, while others contain more glandular tissue. This ratio is probabilistic, and the discomfort associated with accessory breasts, such as the pain mentioned earlier, can appear regardless of this structural type, so it is difficult to know on your own.

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It is very important to determine the proportion of tissues that make up the accessory breast and then find the right improvement plan for each type. For example, if you have a glandular type accessory breast in which there is not much fat and the bulge on the outside is not large, but the glands inside are densely packed, and you undergo underarm fat removal, the glands will not be properly removed, so the improvement will be insufficient and there is a high chance of recurrence due to the remaining glandular tissue.

Conversely, if you have a fatty type accessory breast with almost no glandular tissue left and the fat is creating the bulge, but you attempt gland removal, there may be almost no glandular tissue to remove, leaving only unnecessary scars. That is why it is essential to diagnose the type of accessory breast accurately and proceed accordingly.

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In the end, the most important thing is to conduct a careful examination in advance and make an accurate diagnosis. As you might expect, the examination used to assess the condition of an accessory breast is also performed through X-ray and ultrasound.

X-ray is useful for determining how much fat and glandular tissue make up the accessory breast, while ultrasound helps identify its location, depth, and three-dimensional shape when performing the procedure, so that other nearby structures are not affected. No matter which method is used, damage to other parts of the body should be avoided as much as possible, and because the procedure must be carried out in a way that suits the type of accessory breast, the importance of pre-examination cannot be emphasized enough.

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The type diagnosis used to determine which method should be used to improve an accessory breast is, as briefly explained above, made through an X-ray examination.

An X-ray makes it possible to see the ratio of glandular tissue to fat at a glance. Through this, it can be decided whether underarm fat removal is suitable, whether gland removal is necessary, or whether the two should be combined appropriately. Some people also ask whether ultrasound alone cannot be used to assess the type of accessory breast. This is where the differences in the advantages and disadvantages of ultrasound and X-ray become relevant.

X-ray takes images of the inside of the body and shows accurately what is present and where, based on various characteristics such as the type, thickness, and density of the tissues that make up our body, allowing for an objective assessment. On the other hand, ultrasound requires the viewer to interpret the image shown by the machine when examining the condition of a specific area, so depending on who is looking and from which angle, the interpretation can become somewhat subjective. That is why it is more accurate to examine things like tissue composition ratios with an X-ray.

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Once the type of accessory breast has been confirmed, all that remains is to remove it with the appropriate method. If it is a fatty type made mostly of fat, it can be improved through underarm fat removal with a small incision of about 5 mm. If it is a glandular type, which is not very visible on the surface but shows on X-ray that dense glandular tissue is developed inside, a small wound of about 1.5 cm is made and the glandular tissue is removed through that opening to improve the discomfort.

For a mixed type, in which the glands are somewhat developed and the fat contributes to more noticeable skin laxity, both gland removal and fat removal are performed because the glandular tissue, fat, and sagging skin all need to be improved. Since the glands are thoroughly removed, they can be prevented from forming again, and through the liposuction process, the loose skin can adhere smoothly and be shaped more attractively. Sometimes the skin sagging is severe. In such cases, the sagging skin must also be excised along with the glands, so the scar may be slightly longer. As skin elasticity decreases with age, these changes often appear as well, so if you discover an accessory breast, it is better not to leave it untreated for too long and to improve it.

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It is difficult to know on your own what measures should be taken for a troublesome accessory breast.

In the end, you can only know after going through processes such as an X-ray examination to see what characteristics your accessory breast has, or an ultrasound examination to find where and how it has formed.

To improve and resolve dissatisfaction with your body in a satisfying way, rather than thinking and acting carelessly, please be sure to go through the proper process and make the right judgment.

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