The singer revealed her exercise routine to help recover from breast cancer surgery. Oncologists share the importance of ...

After undergoing a partial mastectomy, scar tissue caused pain and stiffness. Then, I found a simple exercise that helped immensely. As a 20-year breast cancer survivor, I have always had scar tissue ...

Erin Burnett, 36, got her mastectomy-scar tattoo more than three years after being diagnosed with stage II, triple-positive, invasive ductal carcinoma at 28. The breast cancer treatment and ...

Breast implants have been linked with some types of rare cancers, which can develop in the scar tissue around the implant, the American Cancer Society reports. “Breast implant-associated anaplastic ...

Learn about breast reconstruction options after a mastectomy, like implants or taking tissue from your body, and why you should choose MSK for your surgery. ... You get a flatter, tighter belly. It’s ...

When Joanne Janopoulos learned she is genetically predisposed to breast cancer, the 45-year-old mother of two young children chose a preventive double mastectomy. Her surgeon used a hidden scar ...

During a conventional mastectomy, all your breast tissue is removed to treat breast cancer. ... You’ll have a much smaller breast scar after this surgery, but there will be a long back scar.

Could scar tissue from lumpectomies be a cause behind this? ... I have small, dense breasts, and I’m concerned about an inflammatory type of breast cancer. -- S.W.

Hyperbaric oxygen therapy helped an Army veteran and volunteer firefighter suffering from side-effects of chemotherapy and ...

They come with a risk of capsular contracture, in which scar tissue develops around the implant. Because this can cause a silent, ... To avoid overwhelming breast cancer patients, ...

Taking tissue from the lower part of the buttock is an inferior gluteal artery perforator flap (IGAP). Taking tissue from the buttock leaves a dent in that area and a small scar. Because the buttock ...

Breast implants don’t cause breast cancer, but are more likely to lead to anaplastic large-cell lymphoma. ... But most women with breast implants get it near scar tissue where their implants are.