Too bad to not have a consult with a plastic surgeon before your mastectomies. It may be a good idea now to go speak with someone about the options. Leaving the extra skin is OK. If it turns out not to be of adequate quality during reconstruction it can always be discarded. At...
Thank you for the question.
I have taken care of several patients in the past 2 years who have wanted to be as flat-chested as possible. sometimes these patients undergo surgery as part of a “transition” process ( gender identity). Often, it is helpful for my...
Although rare with the DIEP flap, patients can still get bulges/hernias in the area where the muscle was split to remove the diep flap blood supply. This will need to be repaired and is often easier to do earlier in the development than later on.
I would undergo evaluation by a...
