What makes you have a reconstruction?
I had a mastectomy done and didn't choose implant or reconstruction as I had wanted to get into surgery quickly before Xmas. I didn't want to see a plastic surgeon as it was so close to Xmas and was f...
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Hear, hear. I didn't want a reconstruction and have never regretted that decision but the notion that anyone, particularly anyone who has lost a breast themselves, would think someone else is vain or shallow for wanting reconstruction is appalling. Be just as daft to say that everyone who doesn't have one is a cowardly wuss who doesn't care about their appearance! Scars we all have, those with reconstruction often have more and some of the worst scars don't show physically at all. Every woman should have the right to choose. And all choices are legitimate.