Eli5:Why are mastectomy scars so large?

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Eli5:Why are mastectomy scars so large?

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When it’s a cancer treatment, they have to be sure to get ALL the tissue, all the lymph nodes, anything that could be harboring cancer cells. They can’t put the nipple back because cancer cells are commonly in the nipple area.

So that makes it very different from a cosmetic procedure like breast removal for trans men.

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