Thank you for your support, feedback and your thoughts.
I totally understand your concerns - and in some ways I also share them.
Of course patient advice should not (at least not more then to some extent) rely on "what everybody else thinks".
But as mentioned above, for some patients it is a big support to atleast get an understanding what "in general" is seen as asthetically pleasing.
Furthermore, decision taking is not just up to the patient. There are also many "surgical" decisions that have to be taken - sometimes even during surgery as not everything can always be planned in advance (e.g. tumor size is bigger -> more resection is need and thus reconstruction also changes).
Decisions like "do we correct the areola asymmetry now that we see there is one after reconstruction" are quite common during surgery - and so far, decisions are mostly based on surgeon preferences unfortunately.
If we can get a better understand on what parameters matter more for aesthetical perception, decision taking is improved in many different ways - not the patient-related part of it.
I hope that explanation helps! Thank you so much for the great support!
wolverine876|5 years ago