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AmandaMon
AmandaMon Member Posts: 4
edited October 2019 in Living Without Reconstruction After a Mastectomy

Hi, my name is Amanda and my grandmother had a single mastectomy without reconstruction. She always complains that she can't find mastectomy bras to fit her new body type that feel comfortable. Does anyone else have that issue as well? I'm trying to design a new mastectomy bra to help her out and I'm wondering if this is a universal issue. Any information would be greatly appreciated :)

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  • Moderators
    Moderators Member Posts: 25,912
    edited June 2019

    Hi AmandaMon,

    You may want to check out this article. If she is near a Nordstroms, they tend to do a very good job with this according to members in our community.

    Prosthetics: An Alternative to Reconstruction

    We hope that your grandmother can get some help to feel more comfortable.

    The Mods

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  • AmandaMon
    AmandaMon Member Posts: 4
    edited June 2019

    Thank you!

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  • bluepearl
    bluepearl Member Posts: 961
    edited June 2019

    I just go to Walmart and buy the bras with the inserts in them (a small hole at side to get them in and out). Not a mastectomy bras but I bought Knitted Knockers to put in (I found the silicone to heavy...like the ones Walmart sells to enhance breast..cheaper and I am cheap)..and they look really nice. What I had to do is sew the cup around the middle parts to keep the inserts from drifting to the middle and making one large breast that doesn't look right. Get the Knitted Knockers in your regular size...or bigger or smaller...whatever you like. They are wonderful.


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  • alto
    alto Member Posts: 233
    edited June 2019

    I had some trouble right after the surgery, but a few months later, I was able to wear a mastectomy bra that is very similar to my pre-surgery bra (just without underwires, and with pockets). I do sometimes wear a larger band size and smaller cup size to get a better fit.

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  • msphil
    msphil Member Posts: 1,536
    edited June 2019

    hello yes after mastectomy I ordered mastectomy bras that were kinda expensive and then I also get from Wal-Mart works just as well and I got a lot of them and nice colors too. msphil idc stage2 0/3 nodes 3mo chemo before and after Lmast got married was planning at diagnosis. Then 7wks rads and 5yrs on Tamoxifen. Praise God now 25 yr Survivor with Hope and Positive thinking and of course my faith.

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  • msphil
    msphil Member Posts: 1,536
    edited October 2019

    hello after my Lmast my sister sewed a piece material into couple my bras used them for awhile then ordered from J C Penney has a dept just for mastectomy bras prothesis swimsuits. I now get bras also from Wal-Mart . msphil idc stage2 0/3 nodes 3mo chemo before and after Lmast then got married was planning our 2nd marriages when diagnosed then 7wks rads and 5yrs on Tamoxifen

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