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Study Examines Mastectomy Patients
Being diagnosed with breast cancer and told you will have to have a mastectomy is a life-changing event. For many, it can be traumatic, scary and devastating. And then the surgery comes, the breast is removed, and the woman is left disfigured.
Studies suggest that many women who undergo a mastectomy suffer from depression and a lowered self esteem following the procedure. Plastic surgeons have made incredible advances in reconstructive surgery in an effort to give these women their self esteem back and to increase their quality of life after the surgery. Read more
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