I'm waiting for surgery by plastic surgeons to remove dog ears after double mastectomies. I've had two surgeries by breast surgeons and they felt the plastics would do a better job. I saw the plastic surgeon in June 2023 and put on waiting list. I have put up with the dog ears now for 2 years 2 months and getting frustrated now. What sort of waiting times gave others experienced for say diep surgery?
I also had DMX in August 2023 with immediate implants but not happy with outcome as under arms have dog ears and makes my breasts look like they are squared and wrap around me rather than round boobs I was shown pics of initially . How did you proceed towards requesting further corrective surgery if not happy?
I had to have a second surgery to remove lymph nodes found after mastectomy. When I saw the surgeon to discuss thus I told her I wasn't happy with the look of lumps under my armpits and she was happy to correct during lymph node removal. However the outcome of second surgery was really no better so during followup I told the breast surgeon I wasn't happy and she suggested referring me to plastic surgeon.
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