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Dr. Chen was quoted in Playboy

“More Studies Add to Hormonal Birth Control’s Bad Rap” “For those of you who aren’t quite audacious enough to adopt Bella Thorne’s all-natural approach to birth control (read: skipping it altogether), you’ll want to pay close attention to a new study that found a link between and a slightly increased chance of developing breast cancer, […]

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Dr. Chen was quoted in Everyday Health

“5 Ways to Replace Nipples After Breast Cancer Surgery” “Mastectomies remove nipples as well as breasts, leaving women with breast cancer to ponder not only whether and what kind of reconstruction they want, but how they want to address the missing nipples. Fortunately, there are several options. Which one is best for you?” Click HERE […]

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Dr. Chen was quoted in Zwivel

“The Most Common Breast Augmentation Complications” “Most breast augmentation procedures go smoothly, with very few — if any — complications or side effects. However, as with any plastic surgery, complications with breast augmentation are always a possibility. According to the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS), potential complications of breast augmentation include infection, bleeding, issues […]

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Dr. Chen was published in ThirdAge

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“Nipple-sparing Surgery Is Safe for Women with Harmful BRCA Mutations” According to the National Cancer Institute, the risk of breast cancer is approximately 12% for women in the general population, which means that one in eight women will develop breast cancer at some point in her life. But the risk is considerably greater for women […]

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Dr. Chen was quoted in Women’s Health

Thighlighting” Is Apparently The Latest Trend In Plastic Surgery. Please make it stop. “There’s no doubt that plenty of us look at the likes (and legs) of Bella Hadid and Kendall Jenner and wish we had their pins. But that’s usually as far as the fantasy goes, we have more important things to worry about […]

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Dr. Chen provided commentary to HEALTH

“It’s Not Enough to Have a Thigh Gap Anymore. Here’s Why ‘Thighlighting’ Has Become the Latest Trend” “If you’ve heard any of the buzz about thighlighting, you may have assumed it involved shimmery lotion or leg makeup for leaner-looking stems. But this trend takes things up a notch—or 10.” Click HERE for the full article […]

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Dr. Chen was quoted in HealthNewsDigest

“Removing and Downsizing Breast Implants” Every year, hundreds of thousands of women in the United States receive breast implants, either to reconstruct a breast lost to cancer or for cosmetic purposes. But three out of four reconstruction patients will experience at least one complication and many will be unhappy with the way their implants look […]

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Dr. Chen was quoted in INSIDER

“9 myths about breasts that you should stop believing” “Despite the fact that more than half of the population has them, the average person doesn’t really know much about breasts.In fact, some of these things that you hear from friends, your mom, aunts, sisters, and the other people who identify as women in your life […]

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Dr. Chen was published in ThirdAge

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“Breast Reconstruction: Why Patient Perceptions Differ.” “Breast reconstruction after mastectomy is a very subjective experience. Different women who undergo the same type of breast reconstruction may have very different perceptions of newly reconstructed breasts depending on the starting point. In general, the best result in breast reconstruction today is achieved with natural tissue, in which […]

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Dr. Chen was quoted in SHAPE

“Can Foam Rolling Really Reduce Cellulite?” “Ah, cellulite. Pretty much everyone’s got it.” “Approximately 80 to 90 percent of women will develop cellulite at some point after puberty,” says Sonia Batra, M.D., a board-certified dermatologist and regular co-host on The Doctors. In other words, it’s extremely common and normal. And though most women have it, […]

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As one of the leading breast reconstruction specialists in the United States, Dr. Constance Chen has been featured in over 100 news and media publications and journals over her years in practice.

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