Fitting Info
We offer a full service Mastectomy line from pre-op garments to swimsuits to sexy lingerie and bra & panty sets.
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Most insurance companies will cover a pre-op/post-op garment which would be fit before you have surgery.
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Your doctor will decide when you are properly healed, usually between 4-6 weeks, so you may be fit with your mastectomy bras and weighted prosthesis. If you are getting ready to have surgery and your surgeon has not referred you, ask he/she about getting your post-op garment for comfort and to hold your drain bulbs.
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Your physician needs to write you a prescription for your prosthesis, bras, and garments in order for your insurance to be filed, we can fax this to them, just give us a call.
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It is VERY IMPORTANT to wear a weighted breast prosthesis both for your own appearance, as well as for balance, posture, and spine health AFTER your 4-6 weeks are up.
Breast forms are available in a variety of styles.
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Polyester fiber-filled fluff, memory foam, beaded, or a silicone breast prosthesis which provides the most natural replacement, best mimicking breast tissue in weight and feel.
What is the difference? The most obvious differences are their shape.
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The teardrop is designed to be worn in three different positions to suit the surgery of different women.
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An asymmetrical breast form has been designed to be worn on the left or the right. These often provide a more individualized fit, filling the area under the arm and upper chest more naturally to even differences that women have in their breasts.
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The heart shape and triangle shape have no under arm extension and often suit some of the newer surgeries where less tissues has been removed under the arm.
There are over a dozen manufacturers making silicone breast prostheses. Most manufacturers offer a variety of shapes within their line. What other differences can we consider?
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WARRANTY is one consideration. Some forms carry a 1-year warranty against defects, some 2 years.
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Also consider the back of the form. Some styles have a more liquid gel on the back of the breast form. This might be a particular comfort to women who have more scarring or more tissue absent against the chest wall. There are partials and shells designed to be worn by women who have had a lumpectomy or to correct unevenness which may have resulted from implant surgery or reconstruction.
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You might also look at how the form tapers against the body.
Your form needs to be washed by hand every night. This removes body oils from your skin and keeps your breast form from breaking down faster.
There are silicone breast prostheses today that are self-adhesive.
These forms self-adhere, simply and directly to your chest wall. There is no need for special surgical bras. The fashion freedom that this type of prosthesis offers is obvious. There is another advantage: Since the form is worn directly on the chest wall, backache and shoulder strain is often relieved. These forms are self-adhering, not self-supporting, meaning you have to wear a bra with them.
Medicare will cover your bras and garments every year.
They pay 80% of the allowable towards each bra and garment. They also pay for one silicone prosthesis OR one non-silicone prosthesis every year, if needed, at 80% of the allowable. Secondary insurance will pay anywhere from the 20% Medicare doesn’t allow, to paying in full, depending on your insurance policy.
We do not offer online sales. In order for you to get the personal and best fit possible we do suggest you make an appointment so we may measure you properly and get your balance back. This is an intimate experience and cannot be properly done without a "hands on" fitting.
If you are unable to get to our office, after we have fit you and your size has not changed the following year, you may call us and we can assist you by mailing your product to your home at no cost to you!
If you have any questions, or if you would just like to come in and see what options are available, please feel free to call us anytime. We’re here for you!