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It’s only natural to be curious about what your breast reconstruction surgery results will really look like. A reconstructed breast will not look exactly like a natural breast, and results can vary considerably from one person to another.
At The Breast Center Park Meadows Cosmetic Surgery in Lone Tree, CO, Dr. Christopher G. Williams and Dr. Jeremy Z. Williams are board-certified plastic and reconstructive surgeons with advanced training in breast reconstruction. They will help you understand what may be realistically possible with your reconstruction and how different surgical options can affect breast size, shape, symmetry, scars, and contour.
Results Will Vary Based on a Variety of Factors
Breast reconstruction results vary from woman to woman based on a variety of factors. Your individual results will depend on factors such as:
- Your natural breast tissue before and after mastectomy
- Your unique body shape
- Your lifestyle, which can affect the type of reconstruction that is best for you
- Type of mastectomy performed
- Choice of breast implants or natural tissue reconstruction
- Reconstructive breast surgery technique
Take back your body after breast cancer. CONTACT THE BREAST CENTER PARK MEADOWS COSMETIC SURGERY to schedule your consultation with our board-certified plastic surgeons and caring staff.
Learn More About How Your Results Will Look
If you are considering your breast cancer treatment options and your reconstructive surgery options, there are a number of ways you can get an idea of the results:
- Schedule a consultation with us. One of our board-certified plastic surgeons will help you understand your options and give you an idea of what your results will look like for any given procedure.
- View our before-and-after photos. Our breast reconstruction gallery shows before-and-after photos of many of our patients and includes various reconstruction techniques.
- Read and watch our patient testimonials. Our patients have provided both written testimonials and video testimonials so you can learn more about the quality of their results and their experience at our practice.
- Attend events with other breast cancer survivors. Events like BRA Day (Breast Reconstruction Awareness Day), for which Park Meadows Cosmetic Surgery is an affiliate, give you a chance to meet other survivors who have had reconstruction and even to see some women's results.
Direct to Implant Breast Reconstruction
The following images are of a twenty-six-year-old patient who underwent a bilateral nipple-sparing mastectomy with direct-to-implant breast reconstruction using a Mentor smooth round moderate plus implant.
DIEP Flap Breast Reconstruction
The following images are of a forty-eight-year-old patient who underwent a bilateral immediate-delayed DIEP flap reconstruction.
Why Choose The Breast Center Park Meadows Cosmetic Surgery for Breast Reconstruction in Lone Tree?
When the appearance of your reconstructed breasts matters to you, your surgeon’s experience with both reconstructive and aesthetic surgery can make a meaningful difference in planning. Dr. Christopher G. Williams and Dr. Jeremy Z. Williams are board-certified plastic surgeons with years of advanced training at Johns Hopkins and specific expertise in microsurgical breast reconstruction. Their experience spans implant reconstruction, DIEP flap surgery, breast shaping, fat grafting, and other revision techniques. That range gives them multiple ways to consider breast shape, proportion, symmetry, scars, and contour.
Breast reconstruction is also an emotional decision, especially when it comes after a cancer diagnosis, mastectomy, or an earlier reconstruction that didn’t meet your expectations. At The Breast Center, you’ll have time to ask questions, discuss what matters most to you, and hear realistic expectations about what surgery can and cannot accomplish. Our surgical team emphasizes education, dignity, respect, and continued care through recovery, so your experience isn’t centered on the technical result alone.
Frequently Asked Questions
They can. Implant-based reconstruction uses a breast implant to create the breast mound, while flap reconstruction uses your own tissue from another area of the body.
Flap reconstruction can sometimes create a softer, more natural breast shape and feel, while implant results depend in part on the amount and quality of tissue covering the implant.
Neither method produces one predictable appearance. Your anatomy, mastectomy technique, prior treatments, and reconstruction plan all influence the final result.
Breast reconstruction aims to create as much similarity as possible in breast size, shape, and position, but perfect symmetry can't be guaranteed.
When only one breast is reconstructed, the natural breast may sit or change differently than the reconstructed side. A breast lift, reduction, augmentation, fat grafting, or revision procedure may sometimes help create a closer match.
Dr. Christopher Williams and Dr. Jeremy Williams can explain what degree of symmetry could be realistic based on your anatomy and reconstruction plan.
Some scarring is expected after breast reconstruction, although its location and extent depend on your mastectomy and reconstruction technique.
Breast scars generally become less noticeable as they mature, but they do not disappear completely. Flap reconstruction also creates a scar where tissue is taken from the abdomen, back, thigh, or another donor area.
Your surgeon can show you where incisions are likely to be placed before surgery, so you have a clearer idea of what to expect.
Your reconstructed breasts will continue to change as swelling decreases and the tissues heal and settle. This process generally takes several months, and the full reconstruction process can take longer when procedures are performed in stages.
Some women also choose later procedures such as fat grafting, scar revision, or nipple reconstruction to refine the breast shape and symmetry. Your timeline will depend on the reconstruction method, healing, and any additional cancer treatment or revision procedures involved.
That depends partly on whether your nipple and areola can be preserved during mastectomy. With nipple-sparing mastectomy, your existing nipple and areola remain, although sensation may be reduced or absent afterward.
When they cannot be preserved, nipple and areola reconstruction can be performed later using techniques such as surgical nipple reconstruction and tattooing.
Three-dimensional tattooing is another option that can create the visual appearance of a nipple and areola without physical projection.
Learn More About Your Breast Reconstruction Options
If you are interested in learning more about the results of reconstructive breast surgery and whether the procedure is right for you, please call 303-706-1100 to schedule your consultation with a board-certified plastic surgeon at The Breast Center Park Meadows Cosmetic Surgery.
Our surgeons provide Denver-area patients with multiple breast reconstruction options.