10/24/2025
Tissue expanders are a temporary implant device that are used to stretch the skin. While tissue expanders have a variety of uses, today let’s focus on tissue expansion after mastectomy.
At the time of mastectomy, a tissue expanders is placed in the breast to maintain and continued to create a pocket for eventual placement of a breast implant or even leading up to some forms of staged natural tissue breast reconstruction.
Tissue expanders are filled with saline (water), usually on a weekly basis, until adequate expansion is achieved.