What type of reconstruction?(after double mastectomy)

Hi @tinatin - have only had my implant since August last year (in one breast). There’s no denying it is different in shape from the other breast when naked but in all honesty I felt that as long as they looked pretty symmetrical with a bra on I’d be satisfied - and that is the case, I’m not big busted so was happy that I felt confident enough to wear a bikini on holiday without it looking too obvious that one breast has an implant. The implant seems to have become less visible over the last few months, or maybe I’ve just got more used to it. Wishing you all the best in whatever you decide to do.

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Thanks @sunny2 for the response- I’m planning a double mastectomy because of the BRCA mutation and my surgeon also mentioned that it would be easier to achieve symmetry in this case. Good to hear that all is going well and it’s becoming less visible

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Hi @tinatin I am also having a double due to Brca. I am sure your doctor has discussed all the issues around sizing etc. Mine will be over the muscle and my doctor told me that I can expect considerable rippling to begin with, but that this will be corrected with lipofîling. He also told me: don’t loose any more fat!! Music to my ears really… first time I’ve heard that since I was 12, it only took cancer :rofl:. Anyway, he also said that most of us have enough fat somewhere to do lipofîling. I saw pictures of other patients and after the lipofîling it looked pretty natural! Good luck!

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