Breast is a symbol of womanhood. It is important to conserve breast especially in early
breast cancer patients. Breast is a gland that plays a important role in her physical and
emotional wellbeing. Deviation from normal size and shape is unattractive, so
reconstruction at the time of surgery or later should be attempted to improve quality of
life. Various methods that are available:
External breast prosthesis in various custom made sizes and shapes.
Tissue expander implants
Flaps : Muscle from own body used to reconstruct breast like LD flap, TRAM flap.
Silicon gel implants
Similarly sometime we seen that breast has excessively grown, this need surgical
intervention to decrease the size, to give body a better look. This is called breast
reduction surgery.