From DIEP Flap and TUG Flap procedures to lesser-known SHAEP and Stacked Flaps, we offer a range of natural tissue reconstruction and breast sensation restoration options. Whether you're interested in direct-to-implant or expander implant reconstruction, we are experienced in both prepectoral and subpectoral approaches. We perform a wide range of procedures, like conversion to prepectoral implants, flap revision, fat grafting, and surgery on the opposite breast, to improve your breast reconstruction. We offer surgical and non-surgical options, like 3-D tattoo, that allow our surgeons to create a natural appearing nipple as the final touch for your breast reconstruction. We help our patients understand the types of mastectomies available and how genetic information, like BRCA gene mutations, can factor into your decisions. We pioneered a unique and reliable abdominal wall reconstruction procedure to repair TRAM flap related hernias and contour deformities. We offer procedures to help prevent as well as ease lymphedema, a condition where limbs swell after lymph node removal. Radiation can be an important part of your breast cancer treatment. Learn how to coordinate it with your reconstructive timing and approach. For men facing mastectomy, we offer a variety of procedures including natural tissue flaps, fat grafting, and nipple reconstruction. Our team can help you navigate surgical options from facelift and browlift to necklift and eyelid rejuvenation. Non-surgical facial rejuvenation options include Botox, fillers, laser peels, and chemical peels. In addition to nose-reshaping, our surgeons perform procedures that can alleviate breathing difficulties associated with deviated septum and internal nasal blockages. We’re experts in cosmetic breast procedures, including augmentation with fat grafting, implant augmentation, reduction, and lift. Liposuction, abdominoplasty, or tummy tuck, and butt augmentation can all reshape the body to improve your appearance. We offer brachioplasty, or arm lift, and thigh lift to transform your extremities. Enjoy body sculpting and facial rejuvenation treatments like CoolSculpting, IPL, Microneedle Skin Tightening, and more administered by our Aesthetician. Oncoplastic procedures like oncoplastic closure, reduction and lift, and local tissue flaps for volume loss preserve breast shape after a lumpectomy. A systematic approach to post mastectomy pain. Specialized tattooing and micro-needling can help create or refine nipple reconstruction, manage scars, and more. Tattooing can create permanent makeup, improve the appearance of hair density, and more.

Breast Reconstruction Coverage

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Breast reconstruction is protected by law

Per the Women’s Health and Cancer Act of 1998, all stages of breast reconstruction are always covered by health insurance, ad infinitum. That means that if you decide to have reconstruction years after your mastectomy, or you’re unhappy with prior reconstruction and choose to revise it, insurance must cover your procedure.

Patients in the state of New York are also protected by legal language that prevents insurance companies from overturning any reconstructive surgery plans you and your doctor create together and ensures that insurance companies are thoughtful in their decisions concerning risk-reducing patients.

About the Women’s Health and Cancer Act of 1998

The Women’s Health and Cancer Rights Act of 1998 (WHCRA) is a federal law passed on October 21, 1998 that protects patients who choose to have breast reconstruction at any point after a mastectomy. Despite its title, coverage is not limited to cancer patients. Any patient who has undergone a mastectomy for any reason is entitled to reconstruction under the law. Protections extend to all stages of reconstruction, including:

All reconstruction stages of a breast on which a mastectomy has been performed
Surgery and reconstruction on the opposite breast to improve symmetry
Prostheses and treatment of all complications of all stages of mastectomy, including lymphedema.

To learn more about the WHCRA, click here.