"The breast structure always remains an individual decision"
The main requirement for the reconstruction or correction of the breast after a cancer operation is: The patient has to want it herself. After all, the normal surgery risks are associated with it and it is also conceivable that you will not like the result afterwards as she had hoped. So she takes a lot of responsibility with this decision.
Of course, there are women who hesitate, who initially do not know exactly what they want. Give them time to think about it, maybe get them in touch with others who have already undergone such a cosmetic procedure. It makes a difference whether, after an amputation, a new self-tissue breast, with or without implants, has to be built, or if, for example, an asymmetry is compensated with the help of silicone pads. Should it be necessary to correct the second, healthy breast, this usually has to be paid for yourself.
Further prerequisites for such an OP are: It must be possible from a medical point of view. Then all the consequences of radiotherapy must have subsided and the patient must be relatively healthy. If all of this is true, in many cases I can recommend such an embellishment. It is always an individual decision, as a doctor I take on the advisory role.
