Question:
What is Strattice? What are the instances when it’s used in breast surgery?
Answer:
Strattice is porcine acellular dermis. This is skin from a pig that’s been treated to have no cells in it. We use it quite frequently for revision breast surgery and in primary mastopexy augmentation when the tissues are very thin. In our practice, it has phenomenal results in treating capsular contracture.
Question:
I have symmastia. What causes this? Is it something the surgeon did wrong?
Answer:
Symmastia is when the breast implants communicate in the central portion. This can be due to over dissection of the tissues. It is corrected with Strattice and correcting the pockets so they are not so close together.
Question:
My breast reduction was a week and a half ago. My breasts appear uneven. One breast is much higher than the other and seems harder. Is this anything I should be concerned about? Will it correct itself?
Answer:
For breast reduction formed from a week and a half ago, it’s hard to assess breast asymmetry. One needs to be careful for hematomas that could cause changes in early breast shape and these need to be drained if present.
