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Orlando Health Aesthetic and Reconstructive Surgery Institute

Benefits

Natural look and feel

Your reconstructed breasts are composed entirely of living tissue, providing a softness and warmth that implants cannot replicate.

Muscle-sparing technique

Your muscles will not be cut or moved. As a result, your pain level post-surgery will be relatively low and allows a faster return to normal activity. Most patients can control discomfort with over-the-counter products instead of narcotics.

Body contouring benefit

By using tissue from your “love handle” region along with the upper buttocks, you will gain a tailored waist and uplifted rear, which is an added aesthetic benefit unique to this donor site.

Potential breast sensation

In selected cases, sensory nerves can be connected at the time of reconstruction, allowing the possibility of restored breast sensation over time, something implants cannot offer.

Long-term durability

Once healed, the reconstructed breast requires no ongoing maintenance, device replacements or implant-related monitoring. It ages naturally with your body.

Symmetry procedures available

If only one breast is reconstructed, your surgeon can perform a balancing procedure on the opposite side so both breasts — and both flanks — are matched in size and shape.