Contact & consultation

Arranging an assessment

Outpatient appointments are booked through the hospital on the numbers below; international patients can ask for Michael Yu. Bring a note of when you first noticed the difference and whether it has changed, whether weight has changed recently, whether a pregnancy is planned, and any previous breast surgery or imaging. Each of those changes the plan rather than the conversation around it.

What the consultation should establish

Whether the difference is one of volume, shape, fold position, nipple height or base width, or several of them at once. Which side becomes the reference and how much change the other has to carry. Whether the chest wall contributes, because that part cannot be corrected from the breast. And whether the history calls for imaging before any plan is made.

The questions worth asking

Which side will be the reference, and why that one? What operation would each side need, and under how many anaesthetics? Is the difference partly in the chest wall, and if so what will remain afterwards? How much of the settling will have happened by three months, and what would make a second stage worth considering? If a matched pair is what you want, will this operation give you that? A surgeon who answers that last question honestly is assessing you rather than presenting to you.

Before you commit

No decision needs to be made at the first appointment. Take the plan away, read it against the guides on this site, and come back with questions. A discount that expires, or pressure to book before an assessment is complete, is information about the clinic rather than about your breasts.