How effective is reconstructive surgery after a double mastectomy ?

Question

I was wondering because Christina Applegate did this, and she thinks she'll have cute b***s for the rest of her life.

Answer 1

I have never heard anyone complain about the results.  But I have heard complaints about prosthesis.

Answer 2

my sister in law had a double mastectomy but she opted to use external prostheses.  

I have seen it done on one the plastic surgery shows on discovery health and the end results looked very good.  I'm sure it's possible to have problems with the prosthesis.  

Answer 3

I hope she will. There are some problems that can happen, though. One is the encapsulation of the prosthesis. Prosthesis are foreign objects on the body and the immune system creates a scar tissue around them and sometimes they get so contracted that the b*****s get a "hard" look. Or the prosthesis can get rupture and deform and we do not know very the effects caused by the silicon around the body. The saline implants can have the material inside contaminated by bacteria.

Answer 4

In my case NO it was not effective. I was in the hospital 9 times in 9 months.  The doctors tried Reconstruction 3 times and my chest looks nasty ...  I was told I had the best doctor in town, and all I can do is pray that  she has better luck then I did.   One of my Implants  has  now moved under my arm, and I have to go back in again and get cut on again.. add more scares and I will have to accept  the fact that I will have to go another 6 months without being able to pick up anything and add more to the fact that my cat can cut my chest and I can not feel anything...all of my chest area is died no feeling at all, not to hot not to cold.. No feeling at all.. So maybe seeing she  has really good money she will have the cute little boob, in my case  Bad insurance coverages  I got butchered  

Answer 5

We could be asking the same question about you one day, wandering if you are going to have natural looking reconstruction after your mastectomy.