Considering breast reconstructive surgery? Discover if Resensation® nerve repair surgery is right for you.
Sensory nerves run from your breasts to the brain. They send messages that allow you to feel touch, temperature and even pain.
During a mastectomy, these nerves must be cut so the breast tissue can be removed. If the nerves aren't repaired during breast reconstruction, they can no longer send signals to the brain. This can result in numbness and permanent loss of sensation to the breast area.
Loss of sensation after mastectomy can have a negative impact on your life. Think of how it feels when your mouth is numbed at the dentist. Or the weird sensation of bumping your foot after it's fallen asleep, and you realize you can't feel it. Numbness in your chest may be similar. Without the ability to detect touch, you might have a somewhat disconnected sense of your chest. The temperature of water in the shower, burns from hot objects like curling irons, or cuts from sharp objects -- you might not feel any of it.
Research has shown that loss of breast sensation can affect body image and mental health, as well as the risk of injury. For many women, breasts without sensation don't feel like a part of their own body. Losing sensation can make it difficult to move past your mastectomy and start to feel whole again.
Studies suggest that restoring breast sensation may improve your physical safety, body image and emotional health. A recent study found that women who had undergone Resensation® had experienced a positive impact on their quality of life after mastectomy and were more likely to report their reconstructed breasts "felt like their own."
Women report that regaining sensation helped them recover and move on from their experience with cancer, mastectomy and reconstruction. It also helped them feel more like their old selves.
Resensation® is a surgical technique performed during breast reconstruction that allows surgeons to reconnect nerves cut during a mastectomy using allograft nerve tissue. Over time, the nerve fibers regenerate, becoming a part of the woman's own body. As the nerve fibers grow, they have the potential to gradually restore sensation to the breasts.
Click here to see the Resensation® video. With Resensation®, it can be possible to feel closer to normal after a mastectomy -- to surrender one less thing to cancer.
You may be a candidate for breast nerve repair surgery with Resensation® if you are considering or undergoing breast reconstruction surgery after a mastectomy. If you are interested in these procedures, please call our office at 657-722-1400 to schedule a consultation with Dr. Zeineh.
Dr. Zeineh is an active member of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons and the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery. She combines over 20 years of experience with cosmetic and reconstructive surgery in private practice with new technology and techniques in the care of her patients. Her first priority is the satisfaction and well-being of her patients, providing compassionate and personalized care.
A complete range of non-surgical and minimally invasive rejuvenation procedures are personally performed by Dr. Zeineh on her patients to achieve and maintain a youthful, refreshed, and natural appearance, including facial injections, skin tightening and facial/body contouring. Surgical procedures that Dr. Zeineh performs include: facial rejuvenation, body contouring, reconstructive and cosmetic breast surgery, and reconstructive surgery.
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