Prophylactic mastectomy is a surgical procedure that removes one or both breasts in order to lower the potential for breast cancer development in women at higher breast cancer risk. The surgery can significantly reduce the risk for women carrying the BRCA1 or BRCA 2 gene mutation or...
Dr. Peled has been chosen to be profiled in this month's California Society of Plastic Surgeons New Member Spotlight, with an interview discussing the best thing about being a plastic surgeon, her favorite procedure to perform, what she couldn't operate without, her first social media...
I recently saw a woman in my office who had been diagnosed with breast cancer over 30 years ago, at age 37. At that time, she had undergone a simple mastectomy without reconstruction, a major lymph node dissection, and chemotherapy for what sounded like a small, very...
Switching to pre-pectoral (“over-the-muscle”) breast reconstruction: how to fix chest wall hyperanimation Up until the last few years, most women who had implant reconstruction after mastectomy typically had their implants placed under their chest wall muscles. Now, however, we know that women can get great reconstruction...
Six weeks ago, I was diagnosed with invasive breast cancer. As a breast cancer and breast plastic surgeon, I see women all the time who are in the exact same place I’ve been since receiving the phone call from the pathologist. Shocked and terrified by the...
Dr. Peled Speaks at school of oncoplastic surgery. Dr. Anne Peled was a featured speaker at the School of Oncoplastic Surgery at their September Program in Las Vegas, NV. The program ran September 8-10, and featured experts on Oncologic Surgery speaking to their specialties at...
Is Direct-to-Implant Breast Reconstruction Right for Me? Common options for breast reconstruction after mastectomy include implant-based reconstruction and autologous reconstruction using a woman’s own tissue. Traditionally, implant-based reconstruction is done in two-stages, with a temporary implant called a tissue expander placed at the time of mastectomy...