I had a bi-lateral skin sparing mastectomy 8 weeks ago with tissue expanders placed at the time of surgery. I've had this redness/bruising the entire time. It does not get better or worse, only expands wth my breast. I've asked my dr and while he's an excellent dr, he's a man of very few words and just says "your still healing". What is this and is it permanent?
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September 13, 2017
Answer: Redness/bruising above tissue expander not improving, is this permanent?
Tissue expanders are usually placed to assist with the breast reconstruction process. Tissue expanders are gradually filled until you are happy with the volume and size, and they are replaced with a permanent implant of your choice. With that being said, you can have the tissue expander remov...
Fat grafting is a good option to add natural volume over an implant. Generally an increase in a full cup size cannot be achieved with a single session. Best options would be to consider planning for more than one session of fat grafting or combine fat grafting with an increase in implants size...
Hi Janice,
Following a mastectomy with removal of the breast tissue and all those lymph nodes from under your armpit, it is not uncommon to suffer changes in sensation due to some very small nerves that travel in the area being traumatised when the breast and lymph nodes are...