Losing part of your breasts, one breast, or both breasts after a mastectomy might bring about mixed feelings. Your risk of breast cancer is lower, but your upper body doesn’t look the same. At Allure Aesthetic and Plastic Surgery, board-certified plastic surgeon Percy Lo, MD, provides breast reconstruction surgery to rebuild your breasts and make them look full, natural, and symmetrical again. To discuss breast surgery with Dr. Lo and find out if you’re a candidate, call today.
Breast reconstruction is a type of cosmetic surgery that restores your breasts to a more natural shape or outward appearance. It’s a surgery that works differently for everyone. You might focus your breast reconstruction on adjusting the appearance of your nipples or you might choose to remove some tissue from one breast to make them more symmetrical. At Allure Aesthetic and Plastic Surgery, surgeon Dr. Lo is an expert in reconstructing breasts with implants, fat grafting, and other strategies. He works with you one-on-one to identify the features of your breasts that need adjusting and choose the best method to use for your surgery.
Your breast reconstruction surgery is personalized to meet your specific goals, so it won’t be the same as someone else’s breast reconstruction in St. Petersburg. Dr. Lo may use one of these two strategies, with or without a nipple reconstruction, for your surgical alteration: expander and implant reconstruction and tissue flap reconstruction.
During this procedure, Dr. Lo first places an expander device in your breast to encourage tissue stretching. The expander fills up slowly with a saline solution through an internal valve. This encourages your breast tissue to stretch and expand to the size it needs to be to hold an implant. Dr. Lo replaces the expander with a breast implant after several weeks.
For a tissue flap reconstruction, Dr. Lo uses tissue from another part of your body. He may take tissue from your thigh, back, or abdomen to use in the reconstruction of your breast. The tissue remains connected to its original blood supply.
Many women who consider breast reconstruction surgery recently underwent a mastectomy, or breast removal, due to the presence or possibility of developing breast cancer. If you choose to have breast reconstruction in St. Petersburg, Dr. Lo conducts an in-depth consultation with you to discuss your reasons for getting the surgery and the way you want your breasts to look as a result. You might be a candidate for the surgery if you:
If you’re not currently a candidate, Dr. Lo can give you suggestions for how to become a candidate or find alternative procedures that are a better fit.
To learn more about how St. Petersburg breast reconstruction surgery works and help you decide whether to get it, call Allure Aesthetic and Plastic Surgery today.
