PS's doing Prepectoral/OVER Pec Implant Reconstruction

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macb04
macb04 Member Posts: 1,433
edited January 2018 in Breast Reconstruction

Hi, adding this listing to my prior thread on Over Pectoral Implant Reconstruction. A technique whose time has come, and is being done by Plastic Surgeons across the country. Allows reconstruction without the pectoral muscle being disturbed, no Animation Defect, faster recovery and less pain for most women. A viable alternative for many women that is likely the wave of the future. PM to have your PS added to the list of doctors skilled in Prepectoral Implant Reconstruction.

Thanks to all.

UPDATED 10/23/2017 - I HAVE A LARGER LIST OF PS's doing Prepectoral Implant Reconstruction on

Topic: TE/Implant OVER pectoral Can exercise, comfortable &NO RIPPLES!

Forum: Breast Reconstruction — Is it right for you? Discuss timing and various procedures and techniques.

Plastic Surgeons in the US performing Prepectoral Implant Reconstruction

Dr Bryan McIntosh -Bellevue, WA

Dr. Thomas Hahm - Charleston, SC

Dr Justin Sacks - Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, MD

Dr. Minh-Doan T. Nguyen, MD, Ph.D -Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN

Dr Steven R Jacobson - Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN

Dr. Bruce Chau - Berkley , MI

Dr. Richard Hainer - North Oakland Plastic Surgery, Rochester, MI

Dr Hilton Becker - Hilton Becker Clinic of Plastic Surgery, Boca Raton, Fla

Dr Jeffrey Lind II - Cleveland Clinic Florida, Weston, Fla

Dr. Hardy -Northwest Plastic Surgery Associates, Missoula MT.

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  • macb04
    macb04 Member Posts: 1,433
    edited May 2016

    Hello, want to keep this front and center of Reconstruction Options.

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  • macb04
    macb04 Member Posts: 1,433
    edited May 2016

    Whew, 8 Plastic Surgeons doing OVER Pectoral /Prepectoral Implant Reconstruction. Keep the names coming! Wave of the future.

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  • macb04
    macb04 Member Posts: 1,433
    edited May 2016

    9 Plastic Surgeons doing OVER Pectoral, and counting.

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  • macb04
    macb04 Member Posts: 1,433
    edited June 2016

    Bump

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  • Andraxo
    Andraxo Member Posts: 410
    edited July 2016

    William Dougherty - Santa Fe NM

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  • kodelaney
    kodelaney Member Posts: 1
    edited August 2017

    Dr. Kevin Delaney - MUSC- Charleston, SC

    Dr. Jason Ulm- MUSC- Charleston, SC

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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Member Posts: 1,376
    edited August 2017

    I work with Dr. James Craigie and Dr. Richard Kline Jr. at East Cooper Plastic Surgery in Mount Pleasant, SC and we too do pre-pectoral implants

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  • Lanne2389
    Lanne2389 Member Posts: 229
    edited December 2017

    Dr Reid Mueller, MD; OHSU, Portland, OR

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  • GreenEyes81
    GreenEyes81 Member Posts: 389
    edited October 2017

    What is the benefit of this other than faster recovery? If you do this, then I imagine you will have to get mammo's or ul still?

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  • macb04
    macb04 Member Posts: 1,433
    edited October 2017

    HI GreenEyes. Come over and have a look. I will answer you more later, have an appt right now for a Facial.

    https://community.breastcancer.org/forum/44/topics/835911?page=38#idx_1115

    Topic: TE/Implant OVER pectoral Can exercise, comfortable &NO RIPPLES!

    Forum: Breast Reconstruction — Is it right for you? Discuss timing and various procedures and techniques.

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  • macb04
    macb04 Member Posts: 1,433
    edited October 2017

    Hi GreensEyes81, to answer your question about the benefits of Prepectoral versus Subpectoral Implant Reconstruction -

    • Faster Recovery - Considerably less need for pain medication, return of normal Range of Motion/Strength
    • No disruption of your Pectoral Muscle, so no loss of strength long term
    • Considerably less chronic chest tightness from my own experience and that of many, many other women on the other, main Prepectoral Implant Reconstruction thread.
    • No Animation Defect
    As for surveillance, that can be done via MRI,as far as I know. Come by the other Thread and ask your questions and I am sure some of the other women will come by to answer.
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  • GreenEyes81
    GreenEyes81 Member Posts: 389
    edited October 2017

    Thanks! Headed on over! :)


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  • juliempw
    juliempw Member Posts: 383
    edited October 2017

    Irfan Galaria working out of Ashburn, Chantilly and Haymarket in Virginia

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  • Willow1968
    Willow1968 Member Posts: 1
    edited January 2018

    Hi

    I had a pre pectoral implant after a cancer recurrence on the 4th December. Part of the scar has not healed properly, its right where the nipple was, so I am going into hospital tomorrow to have it restitched. My implant feels very tight and when I sit up or cough my breast muscle feels quite uncomfortable when it contracts.

    Will this ease over time or is it because the implant is so tight, I had radiotherapy 4 years ago so the skin is not as stretchy. My implant is nearly a C cup.

    I also want to start exercising again, will I be able to do any light boxing in time or will this not be an option?

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  • macb04
    macb04 Member Posts: 1,433
    edited January 2018

    Hi Willow, sorry to hear you are having some issues with tightness. It sounds like part of your issues are how your skin has residual loss of flexibility due to radiation damage. Another name for thatkind of tightness is radiation fibrosis. I had that too. Crazy, crazy tightness. Iron bra big time which I absolutely hated. I take Pentoxifylline 400mg/tab three times per day and Vitamin E 400IU per capsule, 3 times per day, as well as use a specially compounded Prescription Cream of Pentoxifylline and Vitamin E 5%/1%.

    That, in combination with Fat Grafting and Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy as mostly resolved the awful Iron Bra feeling.

    https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22846413


    Come over and meet the ladies at my main thread about Prepectoral Implant Reconstruction

    Topic: TE/Implant OVER pectoral Can exercise, comfortable &NO RIPPLES!

    Forum: Breast Reconstruction — Is it right for you? Discuss timing and various procedures and techniques.

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  • amtreb
    amtreb Member Posts: 29
    edited January 2018

    My PS is skilled in pre-pec. I just had my exchange last week and so far so good! The expanders we placed at the time of my BMX with alloderm. The worst part of the exchange is the soreness from the fat grafting.

    Dr Ryan Gobble- UC Health Cincinnati, OH

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  • macb04
    macb04 Member Posts: 1,433
    edited January 2018

    Hi amtreb,

    Glad it is working out so well for you. Ďr Gobble is on the listing for the Midwest.

    Topic: TE/Implant OVER pectoral Can exercise, comfortable &NO RIPPLES!

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