Diep Siea Flap Reconstruction Gallery

Before and after right breast delayed DIEP flap reconstruction in a 54 year old woman.  She initially was not ready to make a decision about breast reconstruction at the time of her cancer diagnosis, 15 years prior.  At age 39, she required a mastectomy and completed her cancer treatment and recovered for several years, raising her children before considering reconstruction.

She was given the option of an implant or a flap for reconstruction; she chose the DIEP flap to best match her other breast.  Skin and fat was microsurgically transplanted to her right breast to reconstruct a breast that matched her other side in size, shape and consistency.

A nipple and areola reconstruction followed 6 months later.   A portion of her left nipple was moved to the right side as a free graft, and medical tattoo reconstructed her areola.  Follow up photos are shown 6 months after nipple reconstruction and a year after her DIEP flap.  Cancer is finally now behind her, and she has given away her external prosthesis!