I had a DIEP flap 10 years ago and while scrubbing my tub I felt this pain and pop in upper rib area underneath my reconstructed breast. My pain still is there and I am having trouble getting comfortable. Could I have moved something that is causing this pain?
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Hi GlynisB,
Many surgeons use clips to control blood vessels and prevent bleeding in surgery.
In general, these are used deep in the tissues--usually in or behind the muscle or along the abdominal wall.
Your body will usually form a layer of scar around the clips and they stay there forever....
Hello!Your right breast lacks not only volume but also skin. I don't recommend stretching your existing breast skin as that likely will fail. You absolutely need both extra skin and volume added to your right breast to give you symmetry and a natural breast shape and "hang" (called ptosis). This...
The skin color of the transplanted tissue of the DIEP flap does not change, There may be some color variation due to the photographs that you are seeing, but in reality the skin stays the same color as the location it was transplanted from.
