Breast Cancer Chemo Port Scar

The san antonio breast cancer symposium is one of the biggest medical conferences dedicated to breast cancer. The chemo port scar a badge of honor.

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A chemo port makes it easier to get certain kinds of cancer treatments.

Breast cancer chemo port scar. The news on day 1 heavily featured. Find out how it works what it feels like and how to take care of it. It may involve insertion of a port a catheter or port here are five things to know about ports.

Has anyone had a tattoo to cover their port scar and if so are you happy with it. If you are having a surgical procedure for your cancer such as a lobectomy for lung cancer or a mastectomy for breast cancer your surgeon may insert a port at the same time your other surgery is performed. Chemotherapy is a common treatment following a breast cancer diagnosis.

Ive seen so many old port scars in my years of dermatology practice and i want to tell you it will matter down the line when you survive. But i dont like the scar being visible when wearing a bathing suit or even a slightly low top. A tattoo to cover up my chemo port scar.

The san antonio breast cancer symposium is one of the biggest medical conferences dedicated to breast cancer. As the number of survivors continues to increase with improvements in breast cancer treatment greater emphasis has been placed on the aesthetic outcome following breast surgery. The news on day 1 heavily featured.

Port scars are one of the souvenirs of surviving cancer chemotherapy for many of us. When you get a cancer diagnosis your future chemotherapy port scar is the last things on your mind. I know you should wait a year and by then i may change my mind.

A port is most often inserted during a same day surgical procedure that can be performed with a local anesthetic. Effort is made to minimize scarring on the breast yet patients who require a port for treatment inevitably have a scar on the upper chest from the port itself. Tattoo to cover port scar i had the port removed from my chest in february and i am considering getting a tattoo to hide the scar.

It wasnt for me.

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