What is it?
Reconstruction of the breast may be a result of injury, a disease such as cancer or other congenital reasons. After a breast has been removed through mastectomy, it is often decided that breast reconstruction can be carried out at the same time.

Most breast reconstructions involve several procedures to complete the entire reconstruction. Your first procedure will involve the restoration of breast contour through an implant, and the second procedure will focus on replacement of the nipple and areola.
To return to normal contour, an adjustable implant will be inserted in a pocket made behind the breast under the skin. Using skin flaps from the chest area or grafting skin from the tummy, back or thigh areas, the implant will then be covered and sutured closed.

Another method is the use of a tissue expander, or a fillable implant that can be injected through the skin into the injection port to fill out the implant after initial healing and skin and tissue expansion has taken place. Skin grafts from the patient’s body are used to reconstruct the nipple and areola as well, and are surgically placed on the breast in the appropriate position then tattooed to resemble the shade of the matching areola.

Recovery time:
Depending on the stage of reconstruction.