Mastectomy & Top Surgery Massage
If you are going through Breast Cancer treatment, or trans gender-affirming top surgery, a partial or complete Mastectomy could be done. Chest reconstruction (either implants made from foreign material or your own body tissue) can also be done. Afterwards, there can be some possible complications and/or side effects such as:
Receiving massage therapy treatment, from a specially trained therapist to treat these issues can make a big difference to your healing and acceptance of your new body.
- Pain at surgical site
- Pain in the breast that has been removed (phantom breast pain)
- Restricted range of motion
- Restricted breathing
- Swelling (lymphedema) in your arm if you have an axillary node dissection
- Formation of hard scar tissue at the surgical site causing cosmetic or physiological issues
- Shoulder pain and stiffness.
- Numbness, particularly under your arm, from lymph node removal.
- Buildup of blood in the surgical site (hematoma)
Receiving massage therapy treatment, from a specially trained therapist to treat these issues can make a big difference to your healing and acceptance of your new body.
