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Does bloodflow to the NAC change over time?

February 17, 2014
Asked By:Niknaks22 in Australia, AU

Thank you to the surgeons who answered my first question. This is a follow-up: How is a second surgery able to further reduce breast size, assuming the surgeon already removed as much tissue as they deemed safe? Is the blood flow to the NAC likely to change over time so that the pedicle can be made smaller?

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