Liposuction fat transfer for mastectomy scars

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graciejane250
graciejane250 Member Posts: 1
edited March 2018 in Living Without Reconstruction After a Mastectomy

i met with PS about removing dog ears left over from double mastectomy 18 months ago. He can do that in office. He offered to do liposuction and transfer fat from sides to fill in scars that especially on one side are a bit concave. That means twilight sleep in surgery center. About 1 1/2 hours. I thought about trying and actually have scheduled it. But then i heard your body can absorb the transferred fat and be back to square one. Anyone had this done?? Medicare pays and apparently pays to redo it once

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    Moderators Member Posts: 25,912
    edited March 2018

    Hi graciejane and welcome to Breastcancer.org,

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  • Meow13
    Meow13 Member Posts: 4,859
    edited March 2018

    You know it does get reabsorbed, but insurance will pay for these touch ups. I am 5 years since my DIEP and I think I might get it done in the fall again. I remember it being sore but wearing the garment helps. I also bruise very easy so I want to hide the bruising with shirt. Also I had a cortisone shot along a scar line and that smoothed it out.

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