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Was Breast Cancer Radiation the Cause of Massive Scar Tisssue After Breast Reduction?

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Updated 29 Sep 2009
Posted 26 Sep 2009
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Spent: $6,000 in Royal Oak, MI

I had a breast reduction in 2007 which was done 4 weeks after breast cancer. On the left side where the cancer was my breast has slowly produced a large mass of scar tissue and has made this breast a great deal smaller than the other.

My doctor reformed surgery again (present) to remove the scar tissue and again reduce the size of the right. I now have scar tissue along the entire bottom of the left breast which continues all the way under my arm!!! The nipple on my left breast is also about 2 inches lower than the right? When I had the breast cancer I did not need any chemo nor were any lymph nodes invaded. I endured 1 week of rediation treatments twice a day.

There was massive scar tissue and was told it would subside. After 2 years it has gotten worse and the corrective surgery was even more worse.

I originally did it because I had pain in my shoulders (ddd cup size). I love the look of my right breast but can the left ever be made to look right?

My doctor is blaming the radiation for everything that has gone wrong. Tell me...is my doctor correct about this or should I see an new doctor?

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Samir Shureih, MD (2,999 posts) 27 Nov 2009
I agree with your doctor. Radiation injury can be significant and can cause deformity of the breast which is progressive. It is not inusual to have multiple surgical procedures on the opposite breast to try to achieve symmetry, which can be very difficult. Recent obsevations have shown that fat transfer to the radiated breast can reverse some of the changes as a result of radiation. The theory here is that with fat transfere there is stem cell transfer that correct these changes.

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