I do believe it's becoming more and more common these days.....spurred on by Miss Jolie :/
My right breast had to go after chemo....and after a lot of thought and consultations....I decided to have bi lateral purely based on the size of my tumor the likelihood of it returning in the other breast AND the fact that due to my naturally large breasts would make it near impossible to get satisfactory result in reduction to match the reconstructed breast....My mother had breast cancer and although I have not been tested for the gene...my situation was analysed by the genetics team and it was found that it would be less than 4% chance I carry it....I am 12 days post op and I think I would find it hard to have this surgery purposely......if no cancer at all was present....it's a very very personal decision to make though.
