A 3D tattoo, of the same type that is normally used for semi-permanent make-up, to redo the eyebrows, lip contours or eyeliner.
This is the solution tested at the Ca ‘Foncello Hospital in Treviso for the reconstruction of the breast areola on 169 women following mastectomy.
Minimally invasive dermopigmentation surgery, which allows post-operative reconstruction of the areola and nipple area of the breasts, restoring their original and harmonious appearance as well as their psychologically wellbeing which greatly helps patients in the acceptance process.
Another small battle won against breast cancer, which affects one in ten women every year in Italy.
The experience, which since 2010 has led to the current pool made up by the director of the Complex Operational Unit of Radiotherapy, Alessandro Gava; director of Breast Surgery Christian Rizzetto; director of Plastic Surgery, Giorgio Berna; and specifically the work of Rita Molinaro at the Treviso LILT (Italian League Against Cancer) who performed 309 interventions, published in the Annali magazine of the Istituto Superiore della Sanità, which followed the stages step by step.
The satisfaction questionnaires followed, which praised this new technique applied to medicine.
At Ca ‘Foncello in Treviso, these are carried out by an internationally renowned dermopigmentist.
It is she who inserted small color pigments under the top layer of the dermis of these women’s breasts, thus acquiring an appearance similar to that prior to their mastectomies (the removal of one and both breasts due to the presence of a tumor mass).
Dermopigmentationis a reconstruction technique permitting a harmonious and highly realistic aesthetic result.
It is not very invasive as it is done using a very thin needle, as with eyebrow reconstruction or to redesign the lips.
In Italy there are about 50,000 new cases of breast cancer every year.
About 35% of women affected by the disease undergo mastectomy surgery.
Following surgery, in practice comes breast reconstruction, which is an important moment in the psychological and social recovery of a woman battling breast cancer.
Numerous studies show that women who have undergone mastectomy operations continue to experience psychological discomfort even after some time and that the reconstruction of the areola-nipple complex is strictly correlated to the patient’s degree of satisfaction and to her acceptance of her own image, significantly boosting the reconstructive result.
