Breast Reconstruction - How it is done?

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Breast Reconstruction How it is done

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• A surgical procedure known as breast
  reconstruction helps to reconstruct human breast
  to its normal proportion, size and shape after an
  injury, mastectomy or in other conditions which
  have damaged its appearance. The nipple and
  areola can also be restored by this surgery.
  Women found it quite difficult emotionally,
  mentally and physically, after losing breast
  either due to mastectomy or some other reason. It
  can be restored and would look just like before,
  enabling you to match your physical appearance
  and self image again.
• Reconstruction surgery is considered to be one of
  the best ways to help a patient in moving ahead
  in life positively. There would be no need to use
  any type of breast form to fill the side of the
  bathing suit or bra after the surgery is done.
  While naked, the new breast would feel and look
  different than before, but the important thing is
  that your body would regain its proportion and
  balance. There are mainly two types of breast
  reconstruction surgery such as

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• Surgery with Implants
• Implants are one of the most common ways of
  reconstructing breasts back to its normal shape
  and size. You have choice in this and can choose
  either silicone implants or saline implants.
  Silicone ones are made by using a soft silicone
  gel which becomes quite solid later. This gel
  somewhat feels similar to fatty tissues found in
  humans. On the other hand, implants made of
  saline consist of a shell which is completely
  filled with salt water. You can take advice from
  a plastic surgeon to choose an implant which goes
  well with your body. If based in Sydney, then you
  can search online to find some of the most
  reputed plastic surgeons in your city.

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• If you are looking forward to getting surgery
  with implants, then there are two options
  available which are delayed breast reconstruction
  or immediate construction. Delayed surgery is
  done once you heal up from the mastectomy. This
  is usually done in different stages and you would
  find it to be more common type surgery than the
  others. In the breast area, a tissue expander is
  placed and the filled with saline water for at
  least six months. This process helps in
  stretching that area and later the implant is
  placed in it. On the other hand immediate
  reconstruction is done with the mastectomy
  surgery. The breast is removed by oncologist and
  implant is placed by the plastic surgeon.

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• Tissue Flap Procedure for breast Reconstruction
  This is an analogous procedure in which breasts
  are reconstructed using the tissues of the
  patients body. Either tissue from the upper back
  or from lower abdomen is used in tissue flab
  reconstruction procedure.
• The procedure in which abdomen muscles are used
  is known as transverse rectus abdominus muscle
  flap (TRAM) and the term Latissimus Dorsi flap is
  used when tissue from upper back is used. Enough
  tissue is provided in the TRAM flap and there is
  no need for extra implant. Skin and fat is
  removed from the stomach region, so your body
  would be having two areas where surgery is done.

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