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Whichever decisions a woman makes about her surgical options, it’s imperative that she understands what to expect from the surgery, recovery and how her new breast will look and feel, said Dr. Constance M. Chen, board-certified plastic surgeon and breast reconstruction specialist in New York City. Click HERE for the full article.

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A woman’s breasts are often changed by age and gravity. As she grows older, it is natural for skin to lose elasticity and for her breasts to drop. The most significant contributing factor is breastfeeding, but even women who have never lactated will often find their skin stretching and their breasts drooping. With menopause, dense […]

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It depends on your cup size, but if you have very large breasts, “not wearing a bra could affect back or neck pain,” says Constance M. Chen, MD, board-certified plastic surgeon and breast reconstruction specialist in New York City. In fact, a study published in The Journal of Orthopaedics found a correlation between a large […]

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Questions abound for women considering breast reconstruction surgery. The most important include now versus later and the choice between breast implants or autologous reconstruction, using a woman’s own tissue. Whichever decisions a woman makes about her surgical options, It’s imperative that she understands what to expect from the surgery, recovery and how her new breast […]

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HealthNewsDigest.com – New York, NY – Women seek breast reduction for many reasons. Large breasts are often heavy and uncomfortable, causing upper and lower back pain. The excess weight causes back pain, neck aches, headaches, arm tingling and shoulder grooving. Large pendulous breasts can also rub against the upper abdomen, causing troublesome rashes under the […]

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September 2, 2020 by Danielle Jackson “The natural process of wound healing takes six to eight weeks for complete healing in a healthy patient,” Constance M. Chen, MD, told POPSUGAR. “Often, people may feel fairly normal by one month, but there is still underlying wound healing happening even if someone feels great. Thus, it is […]

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Breast reconstruction has come a long way. Advances in surgical technique have made it possible to use a woman’s own tissue to construct a breast that is soft and warm and often very similar to the breast she has lost to mastectomy. This “autologous reconstruction” has become the gold standard in breast reconstruction and can […]

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Mastectomy has changed a great deal over the years. Long gone are the radical mastectomies of your grandmother’s day which removed not only breast tissue but also extensive breast skin, lymph nodes, and underlying chest muscles. By the 1980s, the most common approach was the modified radical mastectomy, which left the chest muscles intact. Since […]

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Andrea Smith, practice manager for Constance M. Chen, M.D., PC, a boutique plastic and reconstructive surgery office in New York City, told Part B News how their practice was handling its PPE needs in month four of the COVID-19 pandemic. We recently got back in touch to see how she’s doing now. The following conversation […]

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Providers’ schedules will likely need to be more staggered to avoid patients sitting in waiting room, said Andrea Smith, practice administrator for plastic surgeon and breast reconstruction specialist Constance M. Chen, MD, in New York. Medical practices will continue their enhanced medical office safety policy, cleaning rooms between patients, temperature screening of incoming patients and […]

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