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View Dr. Ambani's Crisalix profileBreast Reconstruction
Breast reconstruction can restore shape after mastectomy, lumpectomy, trauma, or an earlier operation. The right plan depends on your cancer treatment, prior radiation, available tissue, health, and personal priorities.
Introduction
What is breast reconstruction?
Reconstruction may be performed at the time of breast surgery or later. Depending on the situation, options can involve an implant, your own tissue, reshaping the remaining breast, revision of an earlier reconstruction, or a symmetry procedure.
The decision is coordinated with your medical history and any other specialists involved in your care. Dr. Ambani explains which approaches fit your situation, what scars and recovery they require, and whether treatment should be staged.
Technology in consultation
See the plan more clearly.
These tools support discussion and evaluation. They do not replace the examination or guarantee an outcome.
Breast augmentation
Preservé by Motiva
Dr. Ambani is trained in Preservé, a less invasive breast augmentation approach designed to preserve native breast tissue. She determines whether it fits your anatomy and goals.
Learn about PreservéReal-time imaging
Clarius ultrasound
Dr. Ambani is trained in Clarius handheld ultrasound, which can provide real-time imaging of breast implants when it is useful to the evaluation or plan.
See the breast implant protocolHonest guidance
Are you a good candidate?
YOUR CONSULTATION CONSIDERS
- You are considering reconstruction after mastectomy, lumpectomy, trauma, or a prior breast operation.
- Your cancer treatment, radiation history, health, and surgical timing have been reviewed.
- You understand the available choices, including the option to delay or decline reconstruction.
AN INDIVIDUAL DECISION
Candidacy is personal. Dr. Ambani reviews your goals, anatomy, health, medications, prior procedures, healing history, and timing before recommending treatment.
She will also tell you when another procedure, further evaluation, waiting, or no treatment is the better plan.
A useful consultation leaves room for every outcome: proceeding, refining the plan, staging care, or deciding that waiting is right for you.
Why choose Dr. Ambani
ABPS board-certified plastic surgeon with more than twenty years of experience
MEDICAL SCHOOL
Duke University School of Medicine
RESIDENCY
Plastic Surgery, University of Michigan Affiliated Hospitals
FELLOWSHIP
Microsurgical Reconstruction, University of Pittsburgh Affiliated Hospitals
BOARD CERTIFICATION
American Board of Plastic Surgery
EXPERIENCE
Attending surgeon since 2017
Supported at every stage
What recovery involves
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Early healing
Recovery varies widely. Implant-based surgery, tissue reconstruction, and revision procedures do not share one timeline.
02
Returning to routine
Hospital stay, drains, lifting restrictions, and time away from work depend on the operation and any other treatment happening at the same time.
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Long-term care
Reconstruction often unfolds in stages. Shape, scars, sensation, and symmetry continue to change as healing progresses.
Risks to discuss: Risks include bleeding, infection, fluid buildup, delayed healing, scarring, sensation change, asymmetry, implant complications when an implant is used, partial or complete tissue loss with flap surgery, blood clots, anesthesia complications, and revision.
Clear, personalized planning
Coverage and care planning
Reconstruction may involve hospital, surgical, anesthesia, imaging, pathology, or other professional fees. Insurance and facility arrangements depend on the care plan.
The practice will explain which parts of the proposed care it coordinates and what billing information you need before scheduling.
Thoughtful answers
Common questions
These answers are general. Your consultation is where Dr. Ambani applies them to your anatomy, health, and goals.
Can reconstruction happen at the same time as mastectomy?
Sometimes. Immediate or delayed reconstruction depends on the cancer plan, radiation, health, anatomy, and patient preference.
Does breast reconstruction always use implants?
No. Reconstruction may use an implant, your own tissue, rearrangement of remaining breast tissue, or a combination.
How does radiation affect the plan?
Radiation can affect tissue quality, healing, and the choice and timing of reconstruction. It must be part of the planning discussion.
Will the reconstructed breast have normal sensation?
Sensation often changes after breast surgery and may not return fully. The expected change depends on the operation and individual healing.
Plan your care with Dr. Ambani
Breast reconstruction planning in Ann Arbor.