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kat06
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3 months ago

Going flat after implant rapture

Hi All

I had a bilateral mastectomy 8 years ago with expanders and silicone implants (aged 48 at that time). Here I am 8 yrs on and find I have had a implant rapture and now have silicone in my axillary, clavicle and chest lymph nodes. Rapture likely 12 mths ago due to spread of silicone, that is why its called a silent rapture.

I had the mastectomy to not live in fear of getting breast cancer (as my mother had it twice) and I had a young son. Here I am now living in fear of what the silicone toll will take. Have received advice and can do reconstruction but  would need to use flap under arm area as well as implants as the skin is thin due to expanders from first reconstruction for a swap out or I am thinking go flat. Going flat will prevent the fear of further possibly of another rapture and more silicone in my system. If I had have been told 8 yrs ago I could have the mastectomy to prevent cancer but they cant reconstruct I would have still had the mastectomy so I am coming to terms with the flat chest option.

Has anyone on this forum had reconstruction with implants then gone flat later? Any advice, regrets, experience with prostheses double breasts at all?

 

 

 

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  • Mez_BCNA's avatar
    Mez_BCNA
    Community Manager
    3 months ago

    kat06​  Thankyou for starting the conversation and sorry to see you here under the circumstances you shared.

    While we wait for others to share their own lived experience, we thought you may find the below resource useful in relation to staying flat after surgery:

    Staying flat after mastectomy

    Please feel free to contact BCNA's Helpline 1800 500 258 if we can assist further.@ Thankyou for starting the conversation.