This low-impact treatment involves expansion of the remaining soft tissue (muscle and skin) following a mastectomy, using a balloon expander. This is gradually filled over a period of three to six months and then replaced by a contoured and generally slightly smaller silicon implant. The final step involves the restoration of the nipple and areola, using tissue from the patient's own body.
A simple implant reconstruction may be performed either at the same time as a breast removal operation (mastectomy) or as a delayed procedure after breast removal, provided no radiotherapy has taken place in the interim.
Before/after pictures
Before After
Illustrations
View from the front after breast reconstruction completed
Scar lines after reconstruction completed
Anatomical situation after breast removal in the same session (side view)
Insertion below the breast muscle of an expander before it is fully inflated
End result with final implant and reconstructed nipple in place
