The breasts are an integral part of a woman's sexuality and femininity. You need to wear a push-up bra to enhance your cleavage in a low cut dress or top. They are like the colorful plumage the male peacock fans out to attract his mate. If you have had to have a mastectomy, you may feel like less of a woman which greatly affects your feelings about intimacy.
Breast reconstruction after mastectomy can help you reclaim your sexuality and make you feel like a whole woman again. This procedure is one of the most important services plastic surgeons offer their female patients. It is hard enough having to deal with cancer and the treatments. You are swamped with so many emotions and then you find out you are going to lose the very things that made you feel sexy, fed your children and simply made you feel like one.
Talk to your surgeon before the removal and discuss reconstruction after mastectomy. If you decide ahead of time, the whole procedure can be done at the same time. If you are still thinking about it, a tissue expander to stretch the skin out can be placed until you are ready for the implant. The process is much like augmentation in that a saline or silicone implant is placed under the muscle to give you a natural look.
While having a reconstruction after mastectomy may give you back the look you want, you may not get back all of the feeling. Feeling is closely tied to a woman's sexuality, particularly around the nipple. The problem with this is if you also have to have your nipple reconstructed, you may not have any feeling in that area. It may remain numb because nerves have been damaged.
Give yourself some time to get used to your new self. You won't look exactly like you did and, though they will fade, the scars will be permanent. Learn your body before exploring more intimate moments with your partner. When you are comfortable with it, he will be too.
Many women are comfortable without breast reconstruction after mastectomy and it is an entirely personal choice. It is a good idea to talk with a therapist, discuss your fears and self-esteem issues.
Also, talk with a plastic surgeon that is experience in performing this procedure. Look at some before and after photos. Talk to your partner. But in the end, it is up to you.
Cancer can take your breasts, but it doesn't have to take away your sexuality. You can still wear the sexy clothes that always made you feel good about yourself and show off that cleavage. Reclaim your sexuality and feel good about yourself again.
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