DIEP Flap Post Surgical Garments
The type of DIEP flap post surgical garments you will wear may very depending on your plastic surgeon. This is a photo I took on my computer. Keep in mind this is from my surgery in 2015 and what they give patients now may be updated. But it is a page taken directly out of the Breast Reconstruction Planner from my surgical group, PRMA in San Antonio. They are very comprehensive helping you plan every step of the way but I wanted you to hear an experience from a patient’s standpoint and the type of DIEP flap post surgical garments I wore. Are they glamorous? No, but you learn to conceal their bulkiness with accessorizing! Here is a picture with my nurse Denise. You can visibly see the outline of my drains but you don’t see any of my post DIEP flap surgical garments. Are they comfortable? They’re not uncomfortable Continue Reading →