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Hi Lisa, Welcome to the site. So sorry to hear that you have had such a hard road with your surgeries. As for what went wrong - my surgeon explained to me that with skin and nipple saving mastectomies that they have to literally shave the tissue away in sometimes incredibly thin slices to try and obtain the cancer free margins. Sometimes if the cancer is close to the skin the skin may be left without adequate blood supply from the amount of tissue left behind and when that happens the skin perishes. I truly cannot imagine how devastating that must have been for you. Just wondering if perhaps you had considered having some counselling to help you through ending up with a surgery that was different to what you originally had planned? The helpline (131120) can put you in touch with someone in your area if you need to chat to a professional and of course we are all here to chat and try to help as well ;-).  On the positive side Congratulations on getting the all clear with your pathology and not requiring further treatment. Are you going to be on hormone therapy such as tamoxifen? Wishing you all the best with your recovery. Let us know how you're going. Xx Cath