Scars After Breast Reconstruction

Abstract

Breast cancer develops in the lifetime of 12% of women. Breast reconstruction increases the quality of life in these women. There are different surgical options for breast reconstruction: immediate or delayed prosthesis-based reconstruction, oncoplastic reconstruction, fat grafting, and free or pedicled flap reconstructions. Different techniques leave different scars on the breast. Here, we present a woman with a breast scar after breast reconstruction using a deep inferior epigastric perforator (DIEP) flap.