answer:It’s pretty painful. The biggest issue is to be very careful who you choose to do the surgery. Get a lot of references, because there’s a huge disparity in what the ultimate outcome looks like. You’ll need someone to care for you for several days after the surgery – you’re not at all mobile. They tell you that you’re out of commission for 6 weeks, and it was at least 4 weeks before I felt like doing anything. My scarring is essentially invisible at this point. I was satisfied with the outcome and happy that I did it. I felt better, clothes fit better….but when I gained weight, guess where it went? I’m almost as large as I was before the surgery, but better “shaped”, for lack of a better word. I chose to have reduction surgery because my breasts interfered with my quality of life. My sports, my physical activity, my work, the discomfort, the back pain – plus a lifetime of having men look at my chest when talking to me. I haven’t been able to go braless since I was 13. If I had the finances and the time, I’d be willing to go through it again to get rid of these pains-in-the-asses. (DO NOT EVER watch one of the surgeries on cable!)