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Do Breast Reconstruction Tissue Expanders Cause Pain As They Expand?
It seems like a tissue expander would be painful as it stretches the skin - am I crazy?
Breast Lift of Good Breast After Unilateral Mastectomy?
I'm 35 years old and in two weeks, I'll have Mastectomy of left breast and immediate Breast Reconstruction with implant-expander. The PS told...
Over the Muscle Implant Placement After Radiation Therapy?
I have had a bilateral mastectomy. I have under the muscle silicone implants. I had radiation treatment on the right breast and the implant is...
Double Mastectomy with Immediate Reconstruction and then Radiation - Timeframe for Expanders?
I am 38 years old diagnosed with breast cancer,had chemo before surgery and I am going to have a double mastectomy with immidiate reconstruction the...
After Bilateral Mastectomy, my Expanders Are Excruciating
I Was a 34A at Best. I am afraid my body is too small to accommodate the smallest expanders available, and I am seriously thinking of ending the...
D Cup Possible After Breast Reconstruction with Expanders?
I've been diagnosed with multifocal, high grade DCIS which requires a mastectomy. I have always been very busty (34DD at age 15 and 34F now). Is it...
Post-Mastectomy Breast Infection. Expander Removal?
Left breast ( had radiations 2 years ago ) got infected after mastactamy and reconstraction with expander.I'm 2 weeks now with picc line with...
How Are Breast Expanders Supposed to Look While Getting Filled?
I had a bilateral mastectomy due to invasive lobular cancer in one breast and had tissue expanders at the time of the surgery. I just finished my 2nd...
Reconstructive Surgery with Expanders - Infected
12/23/11 had prophylactic bilateral mastectomy(twin sister & sister with breast cancer)I was discharged with 2 jp drains 16 hours after surgery...
Possible to Have over the Muscle Breast Augmentation After Mastectomy?
I am post bilateral mastectomy, after 10 years, I finally have expanders. They were placed in Nov. I am having pain 6/10 on one breast area and to the...
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