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Why the FDA Wants to Include Men in Breast Cancer Clinical Trials “Since there is such a small number of men with breast cancer, including them in clinical trials could potentially take resources from women, who are 99 percent more likely to get it,” saidDr. Constance M. Chen, a board-certified plastic surgeon and breast reconstruction […]

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How One Woman Regained Sensation 10 Years After a Double Mastectomy by Cathy Cassata on August 29, 2019“In her search for a surgeon who could perform natural tissue breast reconstruction, she found Dr. Chen, who suggested she undergo autologous “flap” reconstruction surgery with the techniqueResensation. Resensation uses a processed nerve allograft as a bridge to […]

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Nipple Piercing: Is It Safe, and Does It Hurt? We Asked Experts for the Facts These are just a few of the celebs who’ve had their nipples pierced. Even a few years ago, nipples piercings were seen as wild and out there, and the purpose of nipple piercing wasn’t clear. Not so anymore—it’s a fashion […]

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(HealthNewsDigest.com) – New York, NY, August 14, 2019 – When patients think about healing after surgery, many worry about pain and sometimes nausea. For some patients, however, there is an additional issue that they may be embarrassed to bring up: constipation. Not everyone suffers from constipation after surgery, but general anesthesia and postoperative narcotics slow […]

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How to deal with loose skin after extreme weight loss “There may not be sufficient elasticity for the skin to contract back down to your new, smaller body size,” says Dr Constance Chen, a board-certified plastic surgeon in New York City.Stretch marks are one sign of skin being, well, stretched past the point of no […]

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What Happens To Breast Implants After Pregnancy? It’s A Super Common Concern Having children changes everything, as the saying goes, but does this hold true for plastic surgery as well? People who have gotten procedures in the past might wonder how they’ll be affected by the many changes that go along with pregnancy. If you’re […]

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How To Deal With Loose Skin After Extreme Weight Loss It’s not inevitable—and it doesn’t have to be permanent. Losing a bunch of weight—whether it’s through diet and exercise, surgery, or a combination of different approaches—isn’t all glitter and smiling “after” photos. If you shed a significant number of pounds, having loose skin is normal—and […]

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Textured Breast Implants Linked to Rare Cancer Are Being Recalled Worldwide There have been 33 patient deaths from anaplastic large cell lymphoma, a rare form of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. Pharmaceutical company Allergan has issued a worldwide recall of its Biocell textured breast implants and tissue expanders after the products were linked to a rare form of […]

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ARE YOU WORRIED ABOUT YOUR BREAST IMPLANTS? UNDERSTANDING YOUR OPTIONS Women are increasingly worried about breast implants. In 2016, the American Society of Plastic Surgeons reported that 400,000 women in the United States had breast implant surgery. About 75% were for cosmetic breast augmentation; the rest were for breast reconstruction after mastectomy. While some breast […]

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Breast Cancer Surgery: Avoiding-Minimizing Post-operative Nausea (HealthNewsDigest.com) – New York, NY, June 26, 2019 – In the first 24-48 hours following surgery, about one-third of patients undergoing surgery with general anesthesia suffer post-operative nausea and vomiting (PONV). Some patients find PONV more unpleasant and distressing than post-operative pain, making PONV a common problem that should […]

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