Award-winning oncoplastic breast surgeon in Manchester
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How do you treat women who’ve had a breast augmentation and then develop breast cancer? This was a question @plasticsurguk and I asked many years ago that launched this UK National study. Can we keep the breast and the augmentation or should we do a mastectomy with or without a reconstruction? Turns out in the UK >70% of women keep their breasts. Is this a good thing? - well this is where it gets complicated; these women will nearly all get radiotherapy and this causes tightening of the implant. So is there a correct way of treating these women? The short answer is no - a clear discussion is needed to discuss the pros and cons, and as researchers we have plenty more work to do to compare long term quality of life after these types of surgery and the cosmetic outcomes. #breastaugmentationandbreastcancer #breastaugmentation
Another lovely email our practice manager Millie received from a patient`s relative 🥰.
Having cancer is a scary time for anyone and to have someone at the end of the phone who can guide a patient through a seamless process is key.
We love receiving this feedback. It really makes you feel you have made a difference even as a secretary 🙏.
#private #cancerjourney #secretary #practicemanager
We have been blessed with such lovely patients recently. This patient in her 80s has kept her own summary of her cancer treatment so far, what she has been reflecting on, who she has met and what she has been told. And then she has summarised her outlook on life post cancer surgery.
This really made me and my breast care nurse smile. Hope it does you too. Love the honesty and love her outlook. What an awesome woman 🙌🙌
It was a real privilege to be in Glasgow this week, teaching advanced oncoplastic skills such as perforator flaps to a lovely group of registrars.
I was truly touched by the warm welcome and the wonderfully friendly faculty who made the experience such a joy 🍛 🍹
Thank you, Glasgow — what a wonderful place to visit and an even more wonderful team. 💙💚🤍✨
Phishing for an invitation for next year @vivienne_blackhall 😉
🚨 IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT:
I have updated my website.
I have looked at it approximately 427 times.
I have inevitably missed at least one typo or one dodgy link!
Please help me find it before it haunts me forever.
Reward for each discovery:
⭐ A Gold Star
🌟 My undying gratitude
✨ Possibly cake (virtual… but still cake) 😄😄
And before we knew it the inaugural Manchester Oncoplastic Breast Masterclass was done! We have had a lot of fun as a faculty setting up this course to be as interactive as possible . A lot of amazing reconstructive surgery is being performed and taught in the North of England but the majority of the courses are Southern based. A huge thanks to Nader Touqan my consultant colleague for organising an awesome course and Rajiv Dave. We had the pleasure of being the first course to run in the National Breast Imaging Academy which is a new wing of the Nightingale breast unit at Wythenshawe hospital. Yesterday, I had a great pleasure of doing some live operating with my friend and plastics colleague Ben Baker. We certainly had a lot of fun doing the operations together and live streaming across to the NBIA. Here’s to next year 🥂.
Closing this chapter at Spire Manchester. This step allows me to focus more closely on other roles, with a continued commitment to outstanding patient care. I’ve loved looking after the patients here and caring for Lester Barr’s patients. I can now focus all my private practice in one place, and getting back a little more brain space and flexibility 😌
✨ Autologous Breast Augmentation After Weight Loss ✨
Significant weight loss can leave the breasts looking deflated, droopy and without central fullness. This patient felt she had lost her cleavage and shape, and wanted a natural way to restore volume, and we didn’t need to use implants to achieve this.
During surgery we performed a breast lift and re-shaping, then used the excess loose skin and tissue from beneath each armpit. This tissue was carefully raised on its own blood supply and repositioned into the breast to provide volume and projection — a natural augmentation using her own tissue.
You can see in the bottom-right image where the redundant tissue was taken from. This has been converted into a neat, fine scar which will sit discreetly in the armpit crease and is easily hidden when the arm is down.
We were delighted to offer this technique for her, and it has made a meaningful difference to her breast contour and symmetry.
✅ No implants
✅ Uses the patient’s own tissue
✅ Improvement in fullness and cleavage
✅ Scars hidden in the armpit crease
Every patient is unique, and results will vary, but it’s wonderful to see how much confidence this procedure has given her and super satisfying for us to be able to do this for her.
For consultations or more information, please feel free to get in touch.
#weightlossmastopexy #breastlift #naturalaugmentation #breastreshaping #autologousaugmentation #postweightlossurgery #bodyconfidence #mastopexy #cosmeticsurgery #beforeandafter
Cancer is such a worrying time for patients and such a scary journey of the unknown.
Having a great team to support patients through this is key. From the initial call to Millie, to seeing Professor Harvey right upto coming in and having surgery/ treatment. 🙏
The feedback we received from this lovely patient of ours, when they are going though such a difficult time and a frightening time, is so lovely to read and receive. ☺️
We are so happy we are able to put patients at ease and make this journey a little bit easier for them ❤️❤️❤️
@thealexandrahospital
#cancer #cancerjourney #private #feedback
A great review from one of our breast reduction patients. This surgery seems to be one of the popular ones ⭐️.
#stars #review #surgery #private
✨ A New Chapter for Prof Harvey’s Private Practice ✨
We wanted to share a little update from Manchester Breast Surgery Limited 💙
After much thought (and a few cups of tea ☕️), Prof Harvey has decided to focus all his private practice at The Alexandra Hospital, Cheadle.
This means we’ll be saying goodbye to Spire Manchester – a big thank you to the fantastic Spire team for all their help and support over the past 18 months 🙌 You’ve been brilliant!
Why the change? Simply to make life a bit easier for Prof Harvey (and us all!) and to create more capacity for patients at The Alex – everything in one place, smoother and simpler.
Millie will be in touch with all our Spire patients individually to chat through options and make sure your care continues seamlessly if you wish to stay under Prof. If you have any questions or worries in the meantime, please don’t hesitate to give Millie a bell 📞 – she’s always happy to help.
Here’s to new beginnings (and fewer car journeys across Manchester! 🚗💨)
First trip to Scandinavia, first trip to the European Society of Surgical Oncology. Grateful as always for the opportunity to speak on behalf of our collaborative research on localisation devices. Lovely to meet some new friends including Dr Jonathan Zager 🇺🇸 from Moffat Cancer Centre, Florida who is using the Scout device to mark lymph nodes to reduce treatment burden in melanoma patients. Weather was beautiful to explore and run around Gothenburg 🏃🏻♂️➡️🏃🏻♂️➡️ and still another day to go!! Ps I might have the meatballs tonight 🇸🇪
