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Breast Cancer | Last Active: May 27, 2023 | Replies (78)
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Linlam
I am crying with happiness that I found your post. I can’t find any docs to help me with flat beautiful busy surgery.
I am done with frequent lumpectomies and stress and want to move on. All I get are nightmarish stories of side effects and concave scarring. Your links won’t work for me. Are there any other sites you recommend with images? Information?
Thank you.

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windyshores | @windyshores | Nov 8, 2022

@toomany questions I am flat on both sides now. Recovery wasn't too bad. No concave scarring r side effects. Feel fine. My only suggestion is to have a paravertebral block before surgery so you don't need pain meds.

What do you mean by not finding a surgeon to do surgery that leaves you flat?

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lindalm | @lindalm | Nov 8, 2022

Hello,
I had to ask for another surgeon at Mayo Clinic as the one assigned really felt a woman would be unhappy going flat. I was very fortunate to then get Dr. Minh-Doan Nguyen for my final surgery to go flat on one side.

I showed Dr. Nguyen pictures of "bad" surgical results and the smooth, good results that I wanted. She quickly grasped what I was asking and agreed to do the best she could and her best was really excellent. I healed quickly and now am so happy to not be worried about new tumors under or around an implant.

I checked and found that, Dr. Nguyen moved from Mayo Clinic to HealthPartners Plastic Surgery clinic in Woodbury or St. Paul, MN.

Best wishes to you!

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