Surgeons Answer Your Breast Reconstruction Questions
Read what breast reconstruction specialists have to say about revision surgery, how radiation therapy impacts reconstruction, going flat after reconstruction, and more.
- Can implant surgery be revised with DIEP flaps years later?
- Am I too old for reconstruction using my own tissue?
- Can a DIEP flap and fat grafting be performed at the same time to create a breast?
- Can post-surgical adhesions be fixed?
- I had radiation and my surgeon says I can’t have implants. Is flap surgery my only option?
- How difficult is it to “go flat” after implant surgery?
- Why is implant reconstruction usually not recommended after radiation therapy?

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