I'm one of the lucky ones. My cancer was picked up on a mammogram and was a minor DCIS so all I needed was a lumpectomy. That's the good news, the less good news was that the excision left me with a depression right in the cleavage area.
My general surgeon recommended a plastic surgeon with "a good reputation" for the repair. The plastic guy recommended an alloderm implant to fill the void. Alloderm aka Life Cell, if you read all the literature, is supposed to convert to natural tissue. Mine is calcifying...a little last year on my post-surgical mammogram and a lot more this year. You can actually see calcium flakes.
No one seems to know why. One theory is that it could be a result of my post-op radiation treatment.
I am relating this to see if anyone else has had a similar result and to alert others that it can happen.
Another plastic surgeon told me that they use Alloderm as a base for a breast implant but wouldn't know if it changes form it since those women don't have mammograms.
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Potomac, MD