Tissue expanders and reconstruction
Just wondering if anyone out there has recently been through tissue expansion and reconstruction. I had a mastectomy a year ago, and in November, due to the fear of the cancer recurring, underwent a ...
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Hi Deb,
Do you know the weight of the tissue that they removed from each of your breasts? I used this as a gauge to where I wanted to be. You can't judge the size based on the expanders as they are sit very high at the moment and aren't the right shape.
I ended up going up a cup size which from memory is about 100-200ml but it depends on your size as there is no standard measurement.
On average they took about 300g of tissue from each of my breasts and I was expanded to 450ml. When I had the implants put in and the support bra removed, I was a bit disappointed but after they settled in after a couple of days of surgery I was really happy. Although, I couldn't really remember what having breasts was like because I hadn't "seen" them for about 4 months.
I hope this helps.
Wendy