RECONSTRUCTING BEAUTY AFTER A MASTECTOMY
In the painful aftermath of a mastectomy, breast reconstruction can restore the spirit and make a breast cancer patient feel whole again. Dr. Gayle takes it even one step further providing the additional option of the DIEP FLAP TECHNIQUE (which stands for DEEP INFERIOR EPIGASTRIC PERFORATOR) for the restoration of natural and alluring breasts while avoiding the use of implants or the routine use of the abdominal muscle. During the surgery, skin and fatty tissue from the lower abdomen is transplanted to the breast, thus providing similar tissue for contouring and reconstructing breast volume. In addition, this provides the added benefit of improving the abdominal contour as with an abdominoplasty.