Breast Cancer Blog

Prophylactic Mastectomy and Reconstruction

Posted in: Breast Cancer Blog , Friday October 15, 2021

Video Transcript I’m Dr. George Xipoleas. I’m a board certified plastic surgeon here at the Long Island Plastic Surgical Group. I have been doing breast reconstruction surgery since I started here. And that’s approximately eight years. So women may opt to undergo a prophylactic or preventative mastectomy for multiple reasons. In women who have a… Continue Reading

Prepectoral Tissue Expanders

Posted in: Breast Cancer Blog , Wednesday October 13, 2021

Video Transcript My name is Dr. Brian Pinsky. I’m a board-certified plastic and reconstructive surgeon. I’m originally from Akron, Ohio and I’ve been in practice with the Long Island Plastic Surgical Group since 2012. Breast reconstruction has been part of my practice, really, since the beginning. It was something that we focused on heavily in… Continue Reading

Sherry’s Story

Posted in: Breast Cancer Blog , Monday October 11, 2021

Video Transcript I’m Sherry. My surgeon is Dr. Brian Pinsky. Back in May of 2015, I happened to come home and the first thing you do is you take your bra off, get the bra off and do one of these, and I found a lump. So I worked for a practice, a cardiac practice,… Continue Reading

Deciding Between Implant and Flap Surgery

Posted in: Breast Cancer Blog , Friday October 8, 2021

Video Transcript I’m Dr. Noel Natoli, a board-certified plastic surgeon at Long Island Plastic Surgical Group and one of the partners here. I’ve been in practice with the group, October will be my 10-year anniversary. I’ve been doing breast reconstruction the whole time. Including training, almost 16 years now. In discussing breast reconstruction, there are… Continue Reading

Skincare Treatment for Cancer Patients

Posted in: Breast Cancer Blog , Friday October 8, 2021

Video Transcript Hi, everyone. I’m Marianna Torre. I’m a Physician Assistant here at the Deep Blue Med Spa. My background consists of general surgery and trauma. And most recently, the last four years, I’ve been a PA at Deep Blue Med Spa doing aesthetic medicine. I also have a background in breast cancer. I worked… Continue Reading

Nipple Sparing Mastectomy & Breast Reconstruction

Posted in: Breast Cancer Blog , Tuesday October 5, 2021

Video Transcript I’m Dr. Michael Dobryansky. I’m a board certified plastic surgeon and a partner in a Long Island plastic surgical group. A nipple sparing mastectomy is the type of a mastectomy that preserves basically the entire skin envelope of the breast. So all the skin and the areola and the nipple itself remain in… Continue Reading

Lynda’s Story

Posted in: Breast Cancer Blog , Thursday September 30, 2021

Video Transcript Hi, my name is Lynda and my breast surgeons were Dr. Mora and Dr. On, and my plastic surgeon was Dr. Barry Douglas. In August of 2020, I had an MRI of the breast, which was routine for me. Every year I was having it. And it was fine. And then in October… Continue Reading

Fat Grafting Reconstruction

Posted in: Breast Cancer Blog , Thursday September 30, 2021

Video Transcription I am Dr. Frederick Lukash. I’m a board certified plastic surgeon. I’ve been in practice for over 40 years. I do the full spectrum of plastic surgery, including breast reconstruction, which I’ve been doing for the full length of my career going through all the different iterations in techniques. In point of fact,… Continue Reading

Tricia’s Story

Posted in: Breast Cancer Blog , Wednesday September 29, 2021

Video Transcript My name is Tricia Vitucci. And my surgeon is Dr. Addona. Beginning of October, that October 2nd, 2019, I just went for a routine checkup to my gynecologist, and she felt a lump, which if I’m being honest, I might have felt something a couple of days prior to that, but I really… Continue Reading

Bridget’s Story

Posted in: Breast Cancer Blog , Sunday September 26, 2021

Video Transcript My name is Bridget and my surgeon was Dr. Matthew Kilgo. I had gone for my annual gynecology appointment. My daughter was about a year and a half. And prior to knowing all of this, I had fiber adenomas, which are benign, non-cancerous lumps in the breast. And I was told 10 years… Continue Reading

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