Board-certified plastic surgeon Dr. Gregory Dumanian has helped many women to achieve their desired body proportions after the medical removal of one or both breasts. One of the simplest ways to accomplish this is with a tissue expander and implants.  Here, Dr. Dumanian explains why tissue expanders are beneficial to the process.

Breast cancer is the most common cancer in women in the United States. After undergoing lumpectomy or mastectomy surgery to treat cancer, many patients choose to pursue surgical breast reconstruction. Gregory Dumanian, M.D., offers surgical breast reconstruction in Chicago. Here, Dr. Dumanian describes how breast reconstruction technique has improved over time.

Breast reconstruction is a surgical procedure that can be performed in a few different situations to optimize the shape and size of the breasts. While this transformative procedure is sometimes performed to treat congenital deformities, it is more common after mastectomy or lumpectomy. There is no right or wrong decision when it comes to breast…Read More…

For many women who have had breast cancer and subsequent breast reconstruction, nipple reconstruction is an important part of the process. Dr. Gregory Dumanian has witnessed first-hand how creating a realistic-looking nipple helps his breast reconstruction patients feel more like themselves after their experience with cancer. Nipple reconstruction can provide a sense of much-needed “closure”…Read More…

I distinctly remember my first visit with Dr. Dumanian.  I was 6 months post-treatment for Inflammatory Breast Cancer, I felt emotionally and physically defeated and I was pretty sure there wasn’t much that could be done about the way I looked.  I think normalcy was as much as I felt I could possibly hope for. …Read More…