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Originally Posted by megansmomma  If mastectomy is chosen many times (not always) the reconstruction process can begin with the mastectomy. A plastic surgeon will place saline expanders in the breast if there is not enough breast tissue and over a period of months the woman will return to the plastic surgeons office to have more saline injected via a port into the expanders until the desired size is achieved. Then once this happens a second surgery is performed and the permanent implants are inserted. But I have seen some surgeons recently with a larger breasted woman go directly to the permanent implants. There are even options where the plastic surgeon will do a tramflap to have enough tissue for reconstruction which is when they basically do a tummy tuck and use the skin to add to thhe breasts. Many woman will have bilateral mastectomies w/reconstruction. Most woman that do bilateral mastectomies will say they chose this route because they never want to worry about doing down this road again.  |
Surgery, mastectomy, reconstruction, chemotherapy and radiation are all very expensive. Especially when you don't have insurance....