Hi Kathryn, you are very welcome. They added extra skin to my nipple area at time of mastectomy/reconstruction to make me a new nipple later but it died and fell off. My big op was nine hours long, and the new nipple was made with the extra layers of skin that they rolled over and over until it was big enough - that was after my breast started healing. I basically had enough of ops etc and hence decided not to have the nipple reconstructed. I also had the areola tattoed but that also gradually faded - I chose not to have that done again either. I am happy with my reconstructed breast, my plastic surgeon did a very good job - still get nice comments to his handywork when I go my yearly mammo on my other breast 🙂 Yes, I am happy that it is all behind me and that the breast is still as they made it - whether I would the same op again, I dont know. Simply because I was quite poorly but the breast itself feels so natural x
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