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>> VERY FANCY LOOKING FOOD.
THANK YOYO VERERY MUCH.
GREAT FOOD FOR A GREAT CAUSE.
>>> IN "HEALTHWORKS", OCTOBER IS
BREAST CANCER AWARENESS MONTH
AND IF A WOMAN HAS A LUMPECTOMY
OR MASTECTOMY, MANY HAVE
RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY.
THAT'S WHAT WE'LL BE TALKING
ABOUT.
JOINING US IS A BOARD CERTIFIED
PLASTIC AND RECONSTRUCTIVE
SURGEON TO TALK ABOUT YOUR
OPTIONS IF YOU WANT TO HAVE
RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY.
GOOD MORNING TO YOU.
>> GOOD MORNING.
>> LET'S TALK ABOUT WHERE A
WOMEN EVEN BEGINS TO DECIDE WHAT
TO DO.
THERE ARE QUITE A FEW OPTIONS
AND THEY'RE VERY PROMISING.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
THERE ARE OPTIONS DEPENDING ON
WHETHER A WOMAN DECIDES WITH
THEIR BREAST SURGEON TO HAVE A
PARTIAL MASTECTOMY WHERE PART OF
THE BREAST IS REMOVED OR A
MASTECTOMY WHERE THE ENTIRE
BREAST IS REMOVED.
WHAT I WOULD ENCOURAGE WOMEN IS
TO CONSULT WITH A BOARD
CERTIFIED PLASTIC SURGEON WHO
HAS AN INTEREST IN BREAST
RECONSTRUCTION TO SEE WHAT SOME
OF THE OPTIONS ARE FOR EITHER OF
THOSE SCENARIOS.
ONE OF THE BIG MISCONCEPTIONS
OUT THERE IS THAT A PARTIAL
MASTECTOMY OR LUMPECTOMY, WHERE
ONLY A PORTION O OF THE BREAST
REMOVED, CAN LEAVE A SIGNIFICANT
DEFECT IN THE BREAST MOUND AND
SHAPE, AND THEY FEEL SINCE THEY
HAD BREAST CONSERVATION SURGERY,
THEY DON'T NEED RECONSTRUCTION.
SO THEY'RE LEFT OUT THERE NOT
KNOWING WHAT SOME OF THE OPTIONS
ARE.
>> THE GREAT THING IS WE'RE NOT
JUST TALKING REGULAR PLASTIC
SURGERY.
A LOT OF THIS IS COVERED BY
HEALTH INSURANCE, SO IT CAN HELP
MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN A WOMAN'S
OVERALL SELF-ESTEEM.
THIS CAN BE A REAL LIFE CHANGER.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
RECONSTRUCTING THE BREAST AFTER
BREAST SURGERY IS A VERY
IMPORTANT ASPECT OF RESTORING
THE SELF-ESTEEM FOR A WOMAN
WHO'S HAD BREAST CANCER.
SOMETIMES THE WOMAN IS SO
FOCUSED ON GETTING RID OF THE
CANCER AND TREATING THE CANCER,
THEY FORGET THERE ARE OPTIONS TO
HELP THEM RESTORE THE BREAST
MOUND.
>> LET'S TALK ABOUT ONCO PLASTIC
SURGERY.
>> IT'S REALLY FOCUSING ON USING
THE TECHNIQUES WE HAVE IN OTHER
SURGERY, WHETHER IT'S A BREAST
LIFT, A BREAST REDUCTION,
WHETHER IT'S ROTATING SOME
TISSUE FROM ONE PART OF THE BODY
TO ANOTHER, OR TECHNIQUES LIKE
FAT GRAFTING WHERE WE CAN FILL
IN A PORTION OF THE DEFECT
THAT'S BEEN CREATED WHEN A
PORTION OF THE BREAST HAS BEEN
REMOVED.
>> HOW DOES A WOMAN DECIDE WHAT
WAY TO GO?
IS IT BEST TO TALK WITH A
SURGEON AND TELL HER HER HOPES
ANAND TO GO FROM THERE WITH THE
ADVICE?
>> ABSOLUTELY.
IT'S A BREAST SURGERY AND BREAST
CANCER.
IT'S A MULTIDISCIPLARY
APPROACH.
MOST WOMEN GO THROUGH THE
SURGERY TO REMOVE A PART OR FULL
PORTION OF THEIR BREAST WITHOUT
CONSULTING A PLASTIC SURGEON.
GETTING THEM INVOLVED EARLY
ALLOWS WOMEN TO KNOW WHAT THE
DIFFERENT OPTIONS ARE.
>> I'M GLAD YOU CAME IN TO TALK
ABOUT THIS.
WITH US KNOWING THAT ONE IN
EIGHT WOMEN WILL GET BREAST
CANCER, FOR A WOMANHOHO H HASN'
THOUGHT ABOUT THESE THINGS, IT'S
GOOD TO KNOW WHAT THE OPTIONS