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Fixing GAP flap reconstruction?

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Question from Mebert: I had GAP reconstruction five and one-half months ago and was devastated to discover that the graft was much higher up than my real breast. I feel like I have a baseball hanging off of my clavicle. Does this happen commonly, and can it be brought down? My real breast is exactly where I want it to be, I don't want it lifted, I want the graft brought down to match it.: Answer —Carolyn Chang, M.D.: It's difficult to know what the options are. You should speak to your surgeon and consider a second opinion from someone else.

On Wednesday, April 20, 2005, our Ask-the-Expert Online Conference was called Reconstruction and Safe, Sexy Cosmetics. Carolyn C. Chang, M.D., Anna-Dee Rinehart, S.C.S., and moderator Lillie Shockney, R.N., B.S., M.A.S. answered your questions about reconstructive surgery and safe, sexy cosmetics.

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Carolyn C. Chang, M.D. is a board-certified plastic surgeon specializing in breast reconstruction after mastectomy, TRAM flap reconstruction, and implant reconstruction.

Anna-Dee Rinehart S.C.S. is a nurse-aesthetician, aesthetic instructor, and director of education for Austin Medical Aesthetics in Austin, Texas.

Lillie Shockney, RN., BS., M.A.S. Lillie Shockney, R.N., B.S., M.A.S. is the administrative director of the Johns Hopkins Avon Foundation Breast Center.

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