The wound that will not close: when it stops being a matter of patience
A wound that has gone more than four to six weeks without closing is not a slow wound: it is a wound with a cause behind it that is still acting.
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Breast reduction: when the problem is not how it looks, it is your back
The functional improvement is usually the change patients are most grateful for, ahead of the aesthetic one. And in Peru some insurers cover it.
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Why you will be asked to stop smoking before surgery
It is not lifestyle advice and it is not a telling-off. It is the one risk factor in your operation that depends entirely on you.
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BRA Day 2026: the question worth asking before a mastectomy
Breast Reconstruction Awareness Day does not exist to persuade anyone to have surgery: it exists so that nobody reaches a mastectomy without knowing they could have asked.
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Facial palsy: the eye comes first, and there is a window of time
An eye that will not close dries, ulcerates and can lose sight. It is the only part of the picture that threatens something irreversible in the short term.
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Microtia: why you have to wait until eight (and what to do meanwhile)
The shape of the ear and hearing are separate problems, with different specialists and different timetables. Families usually arrive with the two mixed together.
