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Botched reduction, fat necrosis, bacteria tunneling, almost 6 months post op. Had E. coli infection from surgery, 2 staph infections, now, yeast infection on my breast from the damp always on my bandage from discharge. Now on anti-depressant meds. He plastic surgeon who so head up the UTSW Wound Care Clinic in Dallas I taking mor wait and see. He can go in and do a surgical debridement but say that will leave me with my right side of right breast concave AND I'd probably lose that nipple. By the way, in the two pictures of the two holes, it runs all the way through. I'm having dressing changes twice a week. It's awful. No improvement.

I think they look a little saggy. He removed 740 from the right breast and 720 from my left.
Sorry for the bandage but until I have corrective surgery, it's best I can do. Barb

I first saw Wound Care Clinic in March. Also had Home Health help me out with my godawful dressings. Finally, on May 10th, my Wound Care doctor released me and no more Home Health either. My "tunnel" had close on my right breast. I saw my new plastic surgeon my old PS referred me to. Stephanie Teotia on Cedar Springs in Dallas. Now at the time all was hunky dory. But those "rocks" I felt under my left breast, an the huge amount under my right breast she explained was FAT NECROSIS. Now, she also explained the most common reason (though very rare) is that during surgery, the blood supply, hence the oxygen supply was cut off too long and killed the fat. This not only causes lots of lumpy boobs, but you can't get a decent mammogram. Also, the dead tissue can harbor bacteria that will keep tunneling through your breast(s) until cleaned out.
Only good new is that a bad mammogram because of fat necrosis means insurance will pay for the 2nd surgery. Small comfort.
This is picture after I thought I was all healed AFTER 2 months of Wound Care.