What incisions or scarring should I expect with a breast reconstruction procedure?

What incisions or scarring should I expect with a breast reconstruction procedure?

Steve Fallek (Plastic Surgeon & Medical Director, Face Focus Medical Spa, New York City) gives expert video advice on: How is a breast reconstruction procedure performed?; Is breast reconstruction painful?; Will I have to take time off from work after getting breast reconstruction surgery? and more...

If your plastic surgeon is choosing to put in a tissue expander and then an implant, most likely he'll go through the old mastectomy or breast removal scar. There will be no added incisions in that case. If your doctor or plastic surgeon chooses to do a otologist procedure, such as a TRAM flap or a latissimus flap, then the incision sites will be where those muscles or tissues are being removed. For example, the TRAM flap is an incision site that mimics an abdominoplasty or tummy tuck incision.