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Are you a woman who’s had breast implant surgery or breast reconstruction surgery? If so, then you may need nipple reconstruction surgery as well. Nipple reconstruction surgery is a procedure in which some skin from your breast reconstruction or another part of your body is used to create a protruding nipple. Nipple reconstruction surgery is a common […]

At The Breast Center Park Meadows Cosmetic Surgery, we advocate for breast cancer awareness. We want to be there for women at every step of this journey, from early awareness to healing after cancer through breast reconstruction. Please take our quiz below to learn more about breast cancer risk factors. If you have any questions

Your own natural fat cells can serve an important function as a way to pad and add volume beneath the skin. For breast reconstruction specifically, fat grafts can ultimately be useful in several ways, specifically in the final phases of the reconstruction, when some fine-tuning may be recommended. Fat can be used to: Make the

If you’ve been through breast cancer and had mastectomy as a result, there are ways to reconstruct your body to help restore your sense of self, your femininity, and your sexuality. The preferred Autologous Breast Reconstruction (using your own skin and tissue for the reconstruction) method for Dr. Jeremy Williams and Dr. Christopher Williams at The Breast Center Park

If you’ve been researching breast reconstruction, you may have learned about tissue expanders. These are very similar to breast implants, but have a thicker shell and are filled in increments over time to expand the skin on your breasts. The tissue expander is typically placed in the first phase of breast reconstruction, as the general

We’ve blogged before about celebrity chef Sandra Lee, who was diagnosed with breast cancer this past March. She received a double mastectomy in May, according to people.com. People Magazine says Ms. Lee had to undergo an additional surgery this past August to treat a post-op infection. Now, she has told People that she’s waiting until after the Super Bowl to undergo breast

Breast implants take time to settle after they are placed within your breasts. At first, your breast implants may look and feel like they are positioned a little too high, and your breasts may seem to have too much fullness in the upper portions. If you choose to have your breasts reconstructed after mastectomy, breast implants

If you have a unilateral mastectomy, in which only one breast is treated, then one of our goals as your reconstructive breast surgery team is to restore breasts that are as symmetrical and even as possible. Many women who undergo unilateral mastectomy decide to have one or more breast procedures performed on the remaining breast so

In a video blog posted on May 29, celebrity chef and author Sandra Lee discussed how she was feeling the first week after double mastectomy. Lee opted for a double mastectomy after a lumpectomy was not able to remove all of the cancerous cells in her breast. At the time, her doctors told her the

Breast implant-based reconstruction is one option for restoring a natural, feminine breast shape after mastectomy. There may be other options that will work well for you too, such as flap reconstruction using your own tissue. The only way to know for sure is to consult our experienced reconstructive breast surgeons in Lone Tree, who can