Plastic surgery lecture

Carolin had her heart set on hearing a local doctor talk about breast reconstruction but she had been more horizontal than vertical all day. After not being able to talk her out of it, I offered to drive. The presentation was in a smallish room with about 45 other people. As usual for these things, the average age was maybe 55.

The good doctor brought his slide show with many real-life before-and-after pictures. Also included were shots of the actual operation. Very graphic. Only 20% of women that have a masectomy have reconstruction afterwards. The most common procedure done by this doctor's team is a Tram flap that takes tissue from your stomach and puts it on your chest. It's a 10 hour operation and they recommend that you stay home from work for 4 months while your stomach heals. Lots and lots of scars in odd places. There's other options and he described many of them, however I left understanding why 80% of the women decided to not go this route.