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Emily Sespaniak, MSN, FNP-C

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Breast Reconstruction Q&A with a San Francisco Breast Cancer Survivor

By: Karen Horton | Dec 8, 2020

 San Francisco Board-Certified Plastic Surgeon, Dr. Karen Horton, is honored to share that one of her breast reconstruction patients was recently featured in a video by the American Society…

Dr. Horton Weighs In On Breast Augmentation Without Implants Via Fat Transfer

By: Karen Horton | Aug 7, 2020

San Francisco Board-Certified Plastic Surgeon Dr. Karen Horton was recently featured in a RealSelf article discussing breast augmentation via fat transfer. Because breast implants are not used in this procedure,…

Allergan textured breast implants pulled from the U.S. market

By: Karen Horton | Jul 24, 2019

Today’s news was no surprise.  Textured implants from the manufacturer Allergan were pulled from the U.S. market, following the UK, France and Canada. I have never been a fan of…

Mondor’s Bands after Plastic Surgery of the breast – What are they? How are they treated?

By: Karen Horton | Jun 24, 2019

“What are Mondor’s bands? Mondor’s bands are bands of tight superficial veins that can often pop up a few weeks after breast surgery in the armpit area or under the…

Step-by-step DIEP flap & nipple-areola reconstruction

By: Karen Horton | Apr 6, 2019

How do we make a new breast using tummy skin and fat?  The DIEP flap is a microsurgical transplant from one part of the body to another – in this…

The benefits of subglandular implants for breast augmentation

By: Karen Horton | Nov 19, 2018

In my practice, I prefer to place breast implants ON TOP of the muscle, both for breast augmentation and breast reconstruction after mastectomy for breast cancer. Why keep implants on top…

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