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Catia · 12-28-2014, 10:04 AM

Rina, I am so sorry you had to experience this. I too researched forever what to do after my mastectomy and had decided on the BRAVA procedure which is done by Dr. Khouri, but now also by many other doctors who have trained with him throughout the States. It is a fat grafting procedure that is especially recommended for radiated breast as they are more difficult to operate on and to heal. He will do lipo on you and take that fat and inject it in your breast with two to three procedures. He prepares the breast for this fat cell transplant with the BRAVA device to assure the fat will live. You will have sensation in it and it will be "jiggly" like it used to be (lol).
Good luck on whatever you decide to do!

12-28-2014, 10:04 AM	#9
Catia Member Join Date: Jul 2013 Posts: 19	Re: 8yrs later I am gearing up for double Mastectomy Rina, I am so sorry you had to experience this. I too researched forever what to do after my mastectomy and had decided on the BRAVA procedure which is done by Dr. Khouri, but now also by many other doctors who have trained with him throughout the States. It is a fat grafting procedure that is especially recommended for radiated breast as they are more difficult to operate on and to heal. He will do lipo on you and take that fat and inject it in your breast with two to three procedures. He prepares the breast for this fat cell transplant with the BRAVA device to assure the fat will live. You will have sensation in it and it will be "jiggly" like it used to be (lol). Good luck on whatever you decide to do! __________________ Dx: April1st (yes April Fool's Day!), 2011 ER-/PR-/HER2+++ Tumor grade 3 size:1.6mmx1.2mm Micromet to sentinel node, 5 auxiliary nodes were clear, stage 1B April 13th, 2011 Double Mastectomy, no immediate reconstruction May 2011 to Nov, 2011 chemo AC-TH plus Herceptin until Sep 2012 11/2012 Began GP-2 vaccine at MD Anderson in Houston (monthly shots until April 2013), now receiving booster shots every six months Began natural breast reconstruction with BRAVA procedure in Oct 2012 With Dr. Khouri at the Miami Breast Center. Oct 2012 First fat graft Jan 2013 Second fat graft March 2013 Third fat graft July 2013 Final touch-up with nipple reconstruction November 2013: Vaccine Booster #1 January 2014 Nipple tatooing April 2014: Vaccine Booster #2 October 2014: Vaccine Booster #3 April 2015: Vaccine Booster #4 (trial finished) Dec 2015: Scar treatment with Kenalog and laser Update: 2022 still in the clear and the GP-2 vaccine trial I participated in is moving to 3rd and final phase. None of the women that are in it have relapsed!!!