A Breast Cancer Thriver’s Guide To Summer
Summer doesn’t have to be a bummer when you’re on a cancer journey. Whether you’re just starting treatment, in recovery or living cancer free, with the right information and a little preparation, you can embrace all the season has to offer.
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How Resensation® helped one mom feel her daughter’s touch.
Jane knows how to persevere proactively through the unexpected. When she and her husband experienced fertility issues—they decided to use a surrogate. When a routine mammogram discovered tumors in both breasts—she chose to get a double mastectomy.
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Expanding the Scope of Breast Reconstruction to Include Sensation: An Interview with Dr. Warren Ellsworth
We’ve started trying to restore sensation for women who are undergoing breast reconstruction using their own (autologous) tissue. I most commonly do this during DIEP flap reconstruction, which is when I take skin and fat from the abdomen to create new breasts. I form the abdominal tissue into a flap and move it to the […]
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Reconstructing Breasts That Look and Feel Great: An Interview with Dr. Jules Walters III
Dr. Jules Walters, a board-certified plastic surgeon in New Orleans, was not satisfied that his breast reconstruction patients had to deal with a lifetime of numb breasts. Wanting to find a solution, he began incorporating Resensation into free flap breast reconstruction. “I want to offer women the chance to not just have reconstructed breasts, but […]
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The Importance of Shared Decision-Making in Breast Reconstruction
After a mastectomy, many women feel relieved to be cancer-free and look forward to focusing on their future and simply enjoying life. But with this new chapter comes more decisions, including whether to have breast reconstruction. By having a full understanding of the many breast reconstruction options available, and choosing a plastic surgeon who offers […]
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Ensuring Women Know About All of Their Breast Reconstruction Choices: A Conversation with Dr. Kamran Khoobehi
With over 20 years of experience as a plastic surgeon, Dr. Kamran Khoobehi has distinguished himself with his aesthetic and reconstructive results – including performing an eyelid reattachment surgery. To save the sight of a young woman injured by a dog bite, Khoobehi operated for six hours under magnification to reconnect the delicate skin, connective […]
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