Just two weeks after bilateral breast reduction, this young lady is already enjoying a more beautiful breast shape, as well as relief from her back, neck and shoulder pain. Breast reduction and breast lift are very similar procedures. In breast reduction , more fat and breast tissue is removed and in a mastopexy, the breast is simply reshaped with skin removal. In both the nipples are relocated from a sagging position to the center of the breast and the breast is reshaped. Recovery is fairly easy. Most people are back to work in one to two weeks, depending upon their job and full activity can slowly be resumed after the third to sixth week.