Baltimore Breast Reconstruction doctors
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Samir Shureih, MD
Baltimore Plastic Surgeon
10 East 31 Street, Baltimore |
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Ricardo Rodriguez, MD
Baltimore Plastic Surgeon
1300 Bellona Avenue Suite C, Baltimore |
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3 answers |
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Ariel N. Rad, MD, PhD
Baltimore Plastic Surgeon
Assistant Professor and Director of Cosmetic Plastic Surgery, The Johns Hopkins Hospital Department of Plastic Surgery, JHOC 8161, 601 N Caroline St, Baltimore |
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Michele A. Shermak, MD
Baltimore Plastic Surgeon
1304 Bellona Avenue, Lutherville |
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2 answers |
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Jeffrey E. Schreiber, MD
Baltimore Plastic Surgeon
10807 Falls Road Suite 101, Lutherville |
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Recent Answers
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Having the Tissue Expander should not be effected by scuba diving or flying or any changes in atmospheric pressure. Enjoy your scuba diving.
I'm currently halfway through chemo for breast cancer; the plan is for bilateral mastectomy afterwards. I'm quite intrigued by the total fat transfer approach (sometimes used in conjunction w/Brava system) & would love to find someone on west coast who has experience doing this. I'm reading so many negative comments on the online discussions about tissue expanders, any kind of implants, ripples, unevenness, etc. Very unhappy women! 100% fat transfer might help avoid these issues.
This is definitely possible, and BRAVA may make your "take" even better. This cannot be done as a full immediate reconstruction, and may require multiple stages. Implants and expanders are a more traditional, tried and true approach, and to get up to more significant volumes, you may want to think about an implant paired with fat grafting. You should consult with a Board-certified plastic surgeon who performs fat grafting to the breast. On the internet the bad reports tend to outweigh the good, so you should try to get all the information you can from a plastic surgeon who performs the procedures you are interested in.
Why are all of the photos I've seen of mastectomy scars across the upper part of the breast? and why can't they be lower and curved like the contour of a natural breast?
The designs for the scar for mastectomy has changed significantly in the last few years. the scar placement depend on the level of comfort of the general, or breast surgeon, whether a plastic surgeon is involved from the begining. and most important the position of the breast cancer.
Incisions these days can be designed to spare as much skin as possible, skin sparing mastectomy. The need for the nipple to be removed, if the general surgeon agrees, and how close the cancer is to the nipple and type of cancer, and the size of the breast
Incisions can be just around the nipple areola. In certain cancers and cases, the scar can be put in the breast creaseie inframammary incision with nipple sparing mastectomy.
The incision can be designed as a breast reduction incision if the opposite side needs a reduction so that both breast have the same type incision.
All these issues has to be discussed with the general surgeon , plastic surgeon and oncologist.
Then the plastic surgeon can design the incision and be part of the mastectomy and reconstruction team to assure optimal results and good cancer treatment plan.
