Prepectoral Implant Reconstruction to match natural breast in The Woodlands, TX

This is a pleasant woman in her early 50's diagnosed with left breast cancer. Her breast surgical oncologist felt it would be safe to perform a nipple-sparing mastectomy and the patient chose this cancer treatment. In her initial consultation with Dr. Albright, she expressed that she would like to reconstruct her left breast to match her right breast as closely as possible. Her goal was to avoid any surgery on the right breast. To achieve this patient's goals, Dr. Albright recommended a two-stage approach to allow more control and achieve a symmetric breast reconstruction result. Following the left nipple-sparing mastectomy, a Sientra AlloX2 tissue expander and FlexHD acellular dermal matrix were used for a prepectoral technique - where the tissue expander is positioned between the pectoralis muscle and the remaining breast skin. After expansion and an adequate period of healing, the tissue expander was removed and replaced with a 275 cc Mentor MemoryGel smooth, round silicone gel-filled implant. Autologous fat grafting was performed in the same surgery to build a natural slope to the upper part of the breast. The patient was very happy with the softness of the reconstructed breast and the close symmetry to her right natural breast.