A loss of sensation has been reported by patients who have had breast reconstruction surgery – so much so, that some women have even unwittingly burnt themselves with heating pads post op, simply because they weren’t adequately warned. So it pays to know what to expect after your reconstruction or reduction.
There’s an after-effect of breast reconstruction and breast reduction surgery that you need to discuss with your plastic surgeon – loss of sensation. And this is not just about reducing erogenous sensation – although that is a consideration, of course.
According to study results published in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Global Open, patients have sustained full thickness burns, partial thickness burns, and even full thickness burns (which were so severe that they required surgical treatment), due to the lack of feeling in the patients’ new breasts.
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