Services
Advanced reconstruction. Whole-person recovery.
Autologous Breast Reconstruction
Implant Based Breast Reconstruction
Secondary Procedures
Cosmetic Procedures
Partners in your healing journey
Why Choose Us
Elite Surgical Expertise
Expertise
Whole-Body Care
Whole-body
Secondary Reconstruction Specialists
Specialists
Personalised, Unrushed Care
Personalized
our philosophy
After years in clinical practice, we have watched patients complete treatment, receive a clean bill of health, and still feel like strangers in their own bodies. Fragmented care, time-pressured appointments, and a healthcare system focused on disease management rather than whole-person recovery leaves too many people stranded between surviving and truly living.
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FAQ
In our experience, almost all patients are potential candidates for breast reconstruction. The more accurate question is rarely whether reconstruction is possible, but when, and how to best prepare for it.
Candidacy depends on overall health, body composition, your cancer treatment plan, prior surgical history, and personal goals.
In most cases, no. Patients are sometimes told they are not surgical candidates because of weight, blood sugar, or other modifiable factors, and are left with the impression that the door is permanently closed.
Modifiable factors are exactly that: modifiable. Helping patients improve their overall health before surgery can genuinely transform someone from a poor candidate into a good one. A second opinion is worth seeking.
Implant-based reconstruction uses a breast implant, typically with soft tissue support.
Autologous (natural tissue) reconstruction uses your own tissue, usually from the abdomen, thigh, or back, transferred with its own blood supply using microsurgery.
Both are valid options with different advantages, trade-offs, and recovery profiles. The right choice depends on your anatomy, health, treatment plan, and personal goals.
Breast reconstruction as a whole, from initial surgery through final refinement, typically spans multiple stages over one to two years, sometimes longer depending on treatment history, the need for radiation, and individual healing.
Most patients undergo a primary procedure followed by one or more refinement procedures over time. We discuss the full anticipated journey with every patient during consultation so there are no surprises.
Reconstructive wellness is the work that surrounds surgery: the careful, deliberate effort to understand the whole patient (nutrition, sleep, physical conditioning, metabolic health, and emotional readiness) and to optimize each of these in service of a better surgical result and a fuller recovery.
The principles are well established in the surgical literature; what is rare is the consistent application of them in everyday practice. We built Altris around it.
Yes. The Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act (WHCRA) of 1998 is a federal law that requires any group or individual health plan covering mastectomy to also cover:
- All stages of reconstruction of the breast on which the mastectomy was performed
- Surgery and reconstruction of the other breast to achieve symmetry
- Prostheses and treatment of physical complications, including lymphedema
WHCRA covers both implant-based and natural tissue reconstruction.