Month: February 2015

Mastectomy refers to removal of the whole breast. It may also include lymph node removal in the armpit area to determine whether the cancer has spread from the breast to your body’s lymphatic system.

Breast reconstruction is a highly personalized procedure. What works for one woman won’t necessarily work for another. (Some women decide against reconstruction altogether.) With that in mind, a study found that breast reconstruction patients that replaced implants with their own tissue were happier.

As an Associate Professor of Surgery for the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Dr. Kim is very academically active. He serves at the Principal Investigator (PI) for numerous clinical studies.

It seems that almost every week, another tabloid is announcing a celebrity’s incredible transformation after having a baby. And it truly is unbelievable how these celebs are able to walk down a runway or wear a bikini mere months after giving birth.