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Breast Reconstruction 101

Breast Reconstruction 101 2018-03-27T06:55:22+00:00

You’ve received your breast cancer diagnosis. You’ve had or are planning for breast surgery. Or, maybe you never had breast cancer, but a preventative mastectomy made sense for you.

Now your physician has (hopefully) approached you about the question of breast reconstruction. Is it right for you? What kind of breast reconstruction? Who performs the surgery? When should you have breast reconstruction surgery?

You probably have a lot of questions. That’s why we’ve created this guide to help you out. To get to our latest articles, skip the guide and scroll on down.

Breast reconstruction should be what it sounds like: reconstructing the breast. However, this can be confusing, as breast reconstruction is not recreating the same breasts or the physical purpose of the breast (as milk-producing tissue) again. Instead, it is an aesthetic procedure that many women choose to recreate the look and outside feel of the breast. A reconstructed breast generally does not have any (or, at least, much) sensation to the woman, but its benefit lies in how a woman feels in her body, in front of a mirror, around strangers, or before her partner. Medically speaking, breast reconstruction is not a necessary procedure, and many women happily choose to go flat. However, other women long for the soft, rounded look of her old shape and struggle in front of the mirror without breasts. We aim simply to provide the information to make an educated decision regarding breast reconstruction.

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