Breast reconstruction is for women who have undergone mastectomy due to cancer or other disease.  Appropriate procedures vary from case to case and are best determined in consultation with your doctor.  Implants, flap reconstruction (using the patient’s own tissue), and skin expansion are just a few of the options available.

Reconstructive surgery can be performed simultaneously with mastectomy. Please ask your surgeon about immediate breast reconstruction,  and if you get the go-ahead, we will be able to assist you in feeling whole again by performing immediate breast reconstruction. 

With new medical techniques and devices, it’s now possible to create a breast that closely resembles the form and appearance of a natural breast. The ideal candidate is a woman whose cancer has, as best as can be determined, been eliminated by mastectomy. 

Breast reconstruction is often performed in several stages.  The first stage, creation of the breast mound, may be performed at the same time as the mastectomy or at a later date and often takes place in a hospital.  General anesthesia is commonly used.  Follow-up procedures may be performed at a hospital or at our in-office facility and may require just local anesthesia and sedation.  Follow-up procedures may be necessary to replace a tissue expander with an implant, reconstruct the nipple and areola, or alter the reconstructed breast to better match the natural breast. Frequently surgery is performed to either lift or reduce the opposite breast.