Starting BRAVA Procedure! Reconstruction After Breast Cancer/Double Mastectomy 31 Years Old - Madison, WI

Sounds great Jennifer! And yes, this is a fantastic site on real people going through hundreds of different procedures. It's a little better than just hearing doctors explain procedures. Once I learned of the procedure I started doing research and came across this site as well.

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Thank you for sharing! I do have implants...and have already gone through expansion process. But I am very intrigued for new patients. I will mention this to my plastic surgeon when I see him. I also have a lot of restriction from radiation, and i'm thinking this might be a way to 'stretch' out my radiated side. I am going to contact Dr. Khouri and ask him what he thinks. Bless you for being so brave! you go girl!

Thank you! You've done the BRAVA procedure? With fat injections? If so, Could I ask you a few questions??

Yes, I used Brava domes off and on for a year. Sure, ask away. My surgeon is Dr Khouri at the Miami Breast Center

You're awesome thank you! 1. When you're expanders were removed did the surgeon do a fat graft immediately following? 2. how much fat was removed during you're time period of reconstruction? Sizes in pants change? any idea how much fat was removed? 3. Would you be comfortable showing before and after pictures? I'm so curious to see a final result with a radiated breast. ( like mine) Thank you!Thank you!

I was (and still am) overweight at 5'8 and 213 at the time of my mastectomy and was a very saggy C/D. I had almost 3 pounds of breast tissue removed by the mastectomy. I have just finished my 4th grafting session and have had about 800 ml total placed on each side. Roughly 200 cc each side each time. Almost all of it has stayed on the left but I had a seroma form once on the right and a hematoma this last time so I am probably about 150 cc smaller on the right. The scar on my right side was much tighter and hard to release as well. Dr. Khouri likes to use fat from areas where you do not lose it easily because it seems to have more staying power after transfer. I was wearing size 16 (snug) or 18 JC Penny's Worthington Curvy Fit pants and now wear the same style but 14's keep sliding down on me and 12's are still too tight. To be fair my weight is also down to 190 so that it is not just because of the lipo. The lipo won't give you results like weight loss will, but it definitely helps with contouring. Previously my shape was honestly more like a box than curvy whereas now I definitely have an hourglass shape emerging. I have sent you a private message with how to view my photos. Although I did not have radiation several friends of mine did and you can view their results as well.

Thanks you so much for this information!

Hello again and hoping you had a lovel Thanksgiving! So... I went on the site you told me about and found it someone difficult to navigate around it. I found you, but I'm restricted from seeing a lot of your information.I went through the 3 steps but still found it difficult to see you info/pictures. I guess I'm not really a fan of the website for now.. I've gotten frustrated the last 2 times I've logged in and messed round on the site. I like to think I'm pretty internet savvy! lol

You might want to give that site a try again. The host was ill and far behind in adding new members and photos, has recently done an update which makes it a little easier to use ( but still not great in my opinion). I you persevere you will find a wealth of info there.