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It is certainly worth discussing with your surgeon. I am sure if he feels improvement can be made then surgery would be advised.
It is definitely not wrong to ask your plastic surgeon about correcting this. He or she may not be able to correct the problem, but if it bothers you, it is worth discussing it.
Yes you should speak with your surgeon about this. Is you reconstruction with your own tissue or with an implant. Fat grafting is the most common method for dealing with contour abnormalities one any excess skin has dealt with properly.
Radiation poses significant challenges to the reconstructive plastic surgeon, especially in thin and active patients such as yourself. The problem is two fold. First, thin patients often have thin mastectomy flaps and tenuous coverage of implants. Second, the radiation can worsen the situation...
Please contact your surgeon. A temperature and pain associated with you tissue expander based reconstruction signs of infection which require immediate attention.IV Antibiotics maybe necessary if there is going to be an opportunity to salvage the reconstruction.
As you have a good early appearance. Cup sizes vary by chest width and how full the breasts are and until you are truly healed, you won't get an accurate sizing. Focus on healing and achieving a symmetrical look to your results as that is more important to us rather than 'what cup size' you h...
I am sorry to hear that you are having problems after your surgery. If the excess skin is coming from the end of your scar then this is what Plastic Surgeons refer to as "dog ears" and this usually can be easily revised with a small surgery under local anesthetic in an office, but...
In general if your BMI is greater than 34 then implant based reconstruction is associated with higher complications so I tend to look at other options for those patients. Another problem is the limited size of implant that provide appropriate size and shape with larger breast sizes. You can ...
Yes, with implant companies usually recommending MRI scans periodically every 3 years or so, perhaps further investigation would be helpful especially with a history of mastectomy.. best of luck
