How to Fix Pain from Scar Tissue After Breast Reconstruction?

Please read reviews about you Plastic surgeon and speak with a patients to learn about their personality to help you get the right fit.Three basic forms of breast reconstruction exist. You can use your own tissue, implants or a
combination of the previous two techniques.
Your own tissue can be used in the form of the DIEP flap, PAP flap, SGAP
flap or fat grafting. Implants can be
done in one stage or two stage. Two
stage reconstructions are started by placing expanders at the time of
mastectomy. Once they expanders are
placed they are able to be inflated as determined by wound healing. The final
time consists of combining any of the above techniques.I have operated on several patents over the years with tremendous symptoms from implant based reconstruction.  Sometimes the pain caused by the capsule around the implants is to much for them to handle.  I have removed there devices in certain cases and replaced it with their ow tissue which has resolved their pain in many situations.

Pain that occurs in reconstructed breasts can occur for several reasons. Most commonly, pain can occur in a reconstructed breast that develops capsular contracture. Pain can also occur secondary to scar contracture, especially when there is a small amount of residual breast tissue left in place.Occasionally, the process of tissue expansion can put pressure on the chest wall and cause pain in this manner.

Although operating for breast pain does not always relieve the pain, there are some things that can be done for each of these conditions.  Replacing a tissue expander with a softer silicone implant can relieve some pain complaints. Some patients will benefit from placement of Alloderm inbetween the implant and the skin, which serves to make the skin less sensitive in some. However, some reconstructed breast pain and scarring is really bad, and can only be relieved by "bringing in new tissue," such as with a Latissimus dorsi flap.