Breast cancer strikes one in every eight American women. Those who survive are often scarred for life. If you’re one of those survivors, you don’t have to remain scarred. A DIEP flap surgery is a breast reconstruction technique that follows a mastectomy. DIEP stands for a deep inferior epigastric perforator type of flap surgery, and it’s a microsurgical technique to rebuild your breast.
During the procedure, a skilled plastic surgeon uses the tissue, fat, and blood vessels from your lower abdomen — the same fat that would be thrown away in a tummy tuck — to reconstruct one or both breasts lost to your cancer treatment. The procedure gets its name from the deep inferior epigastric perforator, the DIEP, which is the branch of blood vessels relocated during the procedure.
If your breast cancer surgeon recommends mastectomy, talk to a board-certified cosmetic surgeon about DIEP flap reconstruction. The compassionate cosmetic breast surgeons at Rowe Plastic Surgery in Manhattan, Long Island, New Jersey, and the Hamptons perform transformative breast surgeries, including DIEP flap.
They use a multi-disciplinary approach to breast reconstruction that includes:
- DIEP flap breast reconstruction
- Breast augmentation procedure
- Nipple reconstruction and correction
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