Breast Reconstruction: Stories

Be sure that when you search for a doctor that you look throughly at his credentials and see if they have any before and after pictures of clients they have worked with and any testermional that makes you feel interested in that doctor, you will probley see bad ones but not all people's bodies or are the same, and always see more than just one or two doctors and be sure you get all the facts of what you are wanting and make sure that you get the information you need for your body, cause you could be different. I went online with the first and yes i was confident in him cause of his being top class of his schooling and chief of plastic surgeon which that does help in some cases, but its not always the best. My new doctor he had 27yrs of experience and the other one did'nt and he was younger, which i looked at a few others in that area and still found that Dr. T with 27yrs experience and had an office of strictly business not trying to have one of these offices that makes you feel he's high expensive and will do a better job. Its the doctor on how he knows whats best for your body and how the implants will fit your body and what size, contouring,and nipples, and tattooing should all be done within 6months apart not 6weeks. Also be sure to ask about the card of the implants you should also get with the size of cc's, the surgery, the doctors name on it. The first doctor never gave me one or mentioned it to me, and how long the wrap after surgery will be on shouldn't be no more than 2 days, laying on your back for weeks, really do some studies on these things to make your surgery and your implants last and look natural and not just like grapefruits stuck in there and also if want smaller theres stuff called alladurem they can put in around the implants to help make the pocket smaller theres alot of things i didn't know before i do know now and thats from researching and talking with doctors to see who know what and how much they know,, or u could even ask someone like my doctor if he knows of any doctors in your area they could give you a referral to. But by seeing pictures of the doctors work of the before and afters of other clients and how many has he done will also help you make a very positive decission. Dr. T has alot of his work online and funny how i found one picture that looked alot like mine and what he had done to them after he fixed them made me happy so i downloaded that picture and took it into the office with me to show him what i expected to look like which helped.

I think you are right that asking to see before & after pictures of patients that doctor has actually performed the procedures on is a very important step. It is clear you have learned a lot. Thanks so much for being willing to share!! :)