Tissue Expander/Implant Breast Reconstruction Before & After Photos
Tissue Expander/Implant Breast Reconstruction
* After a diagnosis of breast cancer, this woman decided to have her breasts reconstructed at the same time she had her mastectomies. She underwent skin sparing mastectomies, with immediate insertion of tissue expanders. A breast lift was incorporated into the surgical plan. Seven months later, her expanders were replaced with smooth round silicone gel […]
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Tissue Expander/Implant Breast Reconstruction
* Here is a 43 year old woman who needed bilateral mastectomies. She wanted to have breast reconstruction at the time of her mastectomies but didn’t want to invest a lot of time in recovery. She talked with her reconstructive surgeon and the decision was made to have skin sparing mastectomies (the only skin to […]
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Tissue Expander/Implant Breast Reconstruction
* This 40 year old woman had bilateral nipple sparing mastectomies for breast cancer. At the same time she had tissue expander and acellular dermal matrix breast reconstruction. Fluid was added gradually to her tissue expanders over the next few months. Then they were replaced with anatomically shaped silicone gel breast implants. Fat grafting was […]
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Tissue Expander/Implant Breast Reconstruction
* Here is a 52 year old woman who presented with a right breast cancer. She had a family history of breast cancer as well so she decided to have bilateral mastectomies and immediate breast reconstruction. She had bilateral skin & nipple sparing mastectomies and immediate tissue expander breast reconstruction. Four months later her expanders […]
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Breast Augmentation, Tissue Expander/Implant Breast Reconstruction
* This petite, young woman showed up with a left breast cancer. It was treated by a skin and nipple sparing mastectomy and tissue expander breast reconstruction. Fluid was gradually added to her tissue expander over a five month period. At that point an out patient surgical procedure involved removal of her tissue expander, insertion […]
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Revision of Breast Reconstruction, Tissue Expander/Implant Breast Reconstruction
* Here is an example of what some of the new techniques that are being used in breast reconstruction can do to make a good breast reconstruction even better. This is a 46 year old woman who had bilateral mastectomies and immediate anatomically shaped implant breast reconstruction 6 years ago. A breast lift was incorporated […]
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Tissue Expander/Implant Breast Reconstruction
* This lovely 55 year old woman had a diagnosis of cancer in her left breast. As treatment for her cancer she required bilateral mastectomies. Her cancer surgeon worked with one of our reconstructive surgeon to devise a plan for immediate breast reconstruction. Her mastectomies would consist of removal of the breast tissue and her […]
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Tissue Expander/Implant Breast Reconstruction
* This 71 year old woman had bilateral mastectomies for breast cancer. She had tissue expander breast reconstruction immediately following her mastectomies. The incision pattern used incorporated a breast lift while using the deep layer of excess skin to provide coverage for the tissue expanders. She also had immediate nipple and areola reconstruction at the […]
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Tissue Expander/Implant Breast Reconstruction
* Here is a 51 year old woman who presented with a need for bilateral mastectomies due to breast cancer. She was interested in having immediate breast reconstruction. The first detail that needed to be addressed was the fact that she wanted to have smaller breasts, so a breast reduction pattern was designed into her […]
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Tissue Expander/Implant Breast Reconstruction
* It’s a good day when a woman who has had bilateral mastectomies can have a breast reconstruction that looks so good that you think maybe she simply had a breast augmentation. Such is the case with this young woman. She chose both her mastectomy and reconstructive surgeon well. As well, breast reconstruction techniques have […]
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