DIEP Flap Before & After Photos
Before and after photos of Dr. Haddock’s DIEP flap patients, shared with their written permission. A DIEP flap rebuilds the breast with the patient’s own tissue from the lower belly. Each patient is shown from the front, sides and angles, with how long after surgery the photos were taken. Select any photo to enlarge it.
Individual results vary. Dr. Haddock posts a range of results to give patients a broad range of possible expectations. A large portion of the differences amongst results is a result of the patient anatomy and/or previous treatments.
All breast reconstruction before & after photos · About the DIEP flap
DIEP Flap 110 patients
DIEP flap 2 years 5 months after surgery
40s · Nipple-sparing mastectomy · Delayed-immediate reconstruction · Belly button reconstruction
DIEP flap 1 year 3 months after surgery
40s · Skin-sparing mastectomy · Delayed-immediate reconstruction · Nipple reconstruction · Areola tattoo · Belly button reconstruction
DIEP flap 10 months after surgery
40s · Skin-sparing mastectomy · Delayed-immediate reconstruction · Nipple reconstruction · Areola tattoo · Belly button reconstruction
DIEP flap 1 year 6 months after surgery
50s · Skin-sparing mastectomy · Radiation · Delayed reconstruction · Nipple reconstruction · Areola tattoo · Belly button reconstruction · Lower-pole skin replaced because of radiation and delayed reconstruction
DIEP flap 6 months after surgery
40s · Nipple-sparing mastectomy · Delayed-immediate reconstruction · Belly button reconstruction
DIEP flap 1 year 1 month after surgery
30s · Skin-sparing mastectomy · Delayed-immediate reconstruction · Nipple reconstruction · Areola tattoo · Belly button reconstruction
DIEP flap 2 years 5 months after surgery
40s · Areolar-sparing mastectomy (nipple removed) · Delayed-immediate reconstruction · Nipple reconstruction
DIEP flap 1 year after surgery
20s · Robotic nipple-sparing mastectomy · Delayed-immediate reconstruction · Belly button reconstruction
DIEP flap 1 year 6 months after surgery
30s · Nipple-sparing mastectomy · Delayed-immediate reconstruction · Nipple reconstruction · Areola tattoo · Belly button reconstruction
Stacked DIEP + PAP flaps 1 year 10 months after surgery
50s · Nipple-sparing mastectomy · Delayed-immediate reconstruction · Belly button reconstruction
DIEP flap 9 months after surgery
60s · Skin-sparing mastectomy · Delayed-immediate reconstruction · Nipple reconstruction · Areola tattoo · Belly button reconstruction
DIEP flap 3 years 10 months after surgery
40s · Skin-sparing mastectomy · Delayed-immediate reconstruction · Nipple reconstruction · Areola tattoo
DIEP flap 8 months after surgery
60s · Nipple-sparing mastectomy · Delayed-immediate reconstruction · Belly button reconstruction
DIEP flap 1 year 2 months after surgery
50s · Skin-sparing mastectomy · Delayed-immediate reconstruction · Unilateral (right) · Nipple reconstruction · Areola tattoo · No lift or symmetry procedure on the opposite breast, by patient choice
DIEP flap 5 months after surgery
40s · Skin-sparing mastectomy · Delayed-immediate reconstruction · Belly button reconstruction
Stacked DIEP + PAP flaps 1 year 3 months after surgery
40s · Skin-sparing mastectomy · Radiation · Delayed-immediate reconstruction · Nipple reconstruction · Areola tattoo
DIEP flap 2 years 2 months after surgery
50s · Skin-sparing mastectomy · Radiation · Delayed-immediate reconstruction · Nipple reconstruction · Areola tattoo
DIEP flap 1 year 5 months after surgery
40s · Skin-sparing mastectomy · Delayed-immediate reconstruction · Unilateral (left) · Nipple reconstruction · Areola tattoo
DIEP flap 5 months after surgery
50s · Skin-sparing mastectomy · Radiation · Delayed-immediate reconstruction · Larger left skin paddle required because of prior radiation
Stacked DIEP flaps 11 months after surgery
50s · Nipple-sparing mastectomy · Delayed-immediate reconstruction · Unilateral (right) · Belly button reconstruction · Left mastopexy for symmetry
DIEP flap 1 year 8 months after surgery
40s · Nipple-sparing mastectomy · Radiation · Delayed-immediate reconstruction · Unilateral (left) · No symmetry procedure on the opposite breast
DIEP flap 10 months after surgery
50s · Nipple-sparing mastectomy · Delayed-immediate reconstruction · Belly button reconstruction
DIEP flap 10 months after surgery
40s · Nipple-sparing mastectomy · Radiation · Delayed-immediate reconstruction
DIEP flap 10 months after surgery
50s · Skin-sparing mastectomy · Delayed-immediate reconstruction · Nipple reconstruction · Areola tattoo · Belly button reconstruction
DIEP flap 7 months after surgery
50s · Skin-sparing mastectomy · Delayed-immediate reconstruction · Nipple reconstruction
Stacked DIEP flaps 2 years 3 months after surgery
50s · Skin-sparing mastectomy · Radiation · Delayed-immediate reconstruction · Unilateral (right) · Nipple reconstruction · Areola tattoo
DIEP flap 9 months after surgery
60s · Skin-sparing mastectomy · Immediate reconstruction · Nipple reconstruction · Areola tattoo · Belly button reconstruction
DIEP flap 1 year after surgery
50s · Skin-sparing mastectomy · Delayed-immediate reconstruction · Implants placed elsewhere 15 years earlier; nipple reconstruction and tattoo declined
Stacked DIEP flaps 2 years 8 months after surgery
50s · Total mastectomy · Radiation · Delayed-immediate reconstruction · Unilateral (left) · Nipple reconstruction · Areola tattoo · Larger skin paddle required because of prior radiation; right mastopexy for symmetry
DIEP flap 5 months after surgery
30s · Nipple-sparing mastectomy · Delayed-immediate reconstruction · Belly button reconstruction
DIEP flap 1 year 7 months after surgery
50s · Skin-sparing mastectomy · Delayed-immediate reconstruction · Nipple reconstruction · Areola tattoo · Belly button reconstruction
Stacked DIEP + PAP flaps 2 years 6 months after surgery
40s · Nipple-sparing mastectomy · Delayed-immediate reconstruction
DIEP flap 9 months after surgery
60s · Skin-sparing mastectomy · Delayed-immediate reconstruction · Nipple reconstruction · Areola tattoo · Belly button reconstruction · Mild asymmetry related to scoliosis
Stacked DIEP + PAP flaps 1 year 10 months after surgery
40s · Skin-sparing mastectomy · Delayed-immediate reconstruction · Nipple reconstruction · Areola tattoo
DIEP flap 1 year 2 months after surgery
50s · Delayed-immediate reconstruction · Belly button reconstruction · Prior implant reconstruction elsewhere, nine years earlier
DIEP flap 2 years 3 months after surgery
50s · Total mastectomy · Delayed-immediate reconstruction · Nipple reconstruction · Areola tattoo
DIEP flap 3 years 9 months after surgery
40s · Nipple-sparing mastectomy · Delayed-immediate reconstruction · Belly button reconstruction
Stacked DIEP flaps 2 years 1 month after surgery
50s · Nipple-sparing mastectomy · Delayed-immediate reconstruction · Unilateral (right)
Stacked DIEP + PAP flaps 1 year 3 months after surgery
50s · Nipple-sparing mastectomy · Delayed reconstruction
Stacked DIEP + PAP flaps 1 year 2 months after surgery
50s · Skin-sparing mastectomy · Nipple reconstruction · Areola tattoo
DIEP flap 1 year 2 months after surgery
60s · Skin-sparing mastectomy · Delayed-immediate reconstruction
DIEP flap 6 months after surgery
40s · Total mastectomy · Radiation · Delayed reconstruction · Nipple reconstruction · Prior left latissimus flap and skin graft performed elsewhere
DIEP flap 1 year 5 months after surgery
50s · Skin-sparing mastectomy · Radiation · Delayed-immediate reconstruction · Nipple reconstruction · Areola tattoo · Belly button reconstruction · Left breast sits higher because of prior radiation
DIEP flap 2 years 6 months after surgery
60s · Skin-sparing mastectomy · Delayed-immediate reconstruction · Nipple reconstruction · Areola tattoo · Belly button reconstruction · Allergan implants, moderate projection: 345 cc (right), 310 cc (left)
Stacked DIEP + LAP flaps 2 years 1 month after surgery
40s · Skin-sparing mastectomy · Radiation · Delayed-immediate reconstruction · Nipple reconstruction
DIEP flap 9 months after surgery
30s · Skin-sparing mastectomy · Delayed-immediate reconstruction
DIEP flap 1 year after surgery
40s · Skin-sparing mastectomy · Delayed-immediate reconstruction · Nipple reconstruction · Areola tattoo
DIEP flap 1 year after surgery
20s · skin sparing · Immediate reconstruction · Nipple reconstruction · Belly button reconstruction
Stacked DIEP + PAP flaps 7 months after surgery
60s · Total mastectomy · Radiation · Delayed reconstruction · Nipple reconstruction
DIEP flap 10 months after surgery
60s · Nipple-sparing mastectomy · Delayed-immediate reconstruction · Unilateral (left) · Right DIEP flap augmentation and mastopexy for symmetry
Stacked DIEP + PAP flaps 10 months after surgery
50s · Skin-sparing mastectomy · Radiation · Delayed-immediate reconstruction
Stacked DIEP flaps 9 months after surgery
60s · Total mastectomy · Radiation · Delayed reconstruction · Unilateral (right) · Nipple reconstruction · Areola tattoo
DIEP flap 3 months after surgery
30s · Skin-sparing mastectomy · Delayed-immediate reconstruction · Nipple reconstruction
Stacked DIEP flaps 9 months after surgery
50s · Nipple-sparing mastectomy · Radiation · Delayed-immediate reconstruction · Unilateral (right) · Belly button reconstruction
DIEP flap 1 year 11 months after surgery
40s · Total mastectomy · Delayed reconstruction · Nipple reconstruction · Areola tattoo · Larger skin paddles required for delayed reconstruction after a flat closure
DIEP flap 1 year 6 months after surgery
40s · Skin-sparing mastectomy · Radiation · Delayed-immediate reconstruction · Nipple reconstruction · Areola tattoo · Belly button reconstruction · Implants placed elsewhere; presented after radiation
DIEP flap 1 year after surgery
60s · Robotic nipple-sparing mastectomy · Delayed-immediate reconstruction · Belly button reconstruction declined
DIEP flap 1 year 2 months after surgery
40s · Skin-sparing mastectomy · Delayed-immediate reconstruction · Nipple reconstruction · Areola tattoo · Mastectomy and tissue expanders performed elsewhere
DIEP flap 10 months after surgery
40s · Skin-sparing mastectomy · Radiation · Delayed-immediate reconstruction · Unilateral (left) · Nipple reconstruction · Areola tattoo · Right breast reduction for symmetry
DIEP flap 2 months after surgery
50s
DIEP flap 1 year 6 months after surgery
50s · Skin-sparing mastectomy · Delayed-immediate reconstruction · Nipple reconstruction · Areola tattoo · Prior latissimus flap and implant reconstruction elsewhere
DIEP flap 2 years after surgery
60s · Skin-sparing mastectomy · Delayed-immediate reconstruction · Areola tattoo
Stacked DIEP + PAP flaps 10 months after surgery
50s · Skin-sparing mastectomy · Delayed-immediate reconstruction · Nipple reconstruction · Areola tattoo · Tissue expanders placed elsewhere
Stacked DIEP + PAP flaps 10 months after surgery
30s · Nipple-sparing mastectomy · Radiation · Delayed-immediate reconstruction · Prior bilateral tissue expanders
DIEP flap 7 months after surgery
30s · Skin-sparing mastectomy · Delayed-immediate reconstruction
DIEP flap 1 year 7 months after surgery
60s · Skin-sparing mastectomy · Delayed-immediate reconstruction · Nipple reconstruction · Areola tattoo
DIEP flap 2 years after surgery
50s · Skin-sparing mastectomy · Delayed-immediate reconstruction · Nipple reconstruction · Areola tattoo
DIEP flap 1 year 2 months after surgery
50s · Skin-sparing mastectomy · Delayed-immediate reconstruction · Nipple reconstruction · Areola tattoo
Stacked DIEP + PAP flaps 1 year after surgery
40s · Nipple-sparing mastectomy · Delayed-immediate reconstruction
DIEP flap 2 years 2 months after surgery
40s · Total mastectomy · Radiation · Delayed reconstruction · Nipple reconstruction · Areola tattoo · Mastectomy performed elsewhere
DIEP flap 9 months after surgery
30s · Unilateral (right) · Belly button reconstruction
DIEP flap 7 months after surgery
60s · Skin-sparing mastectomy · Delayed-immediate reconstruction · Nipple reconstruction · Areola tattoo
DIEP flap 1 year 1 month after surgery
50s · Skin-sparing mastectomy · Radiation · Immediate reconstruction · Nipple reconstruction · Areola tattoo
Stacked DIEP + PAP flaps 3 years 5 months after surgery
30s · Skin-sparing mastectomy · Radiation · Delayed reconstruction · Nipple reconstruction · Areola tattoo · Prior left mastectomy and radiation
DIEP flap 8 months after surgery
40s · Nipple-sparing mastectomy · Delayed-immediate reconstruction
DIEP flap 9 months after surgery
50s · Nipple-sparing mastectomy · Radiation · Immediate reconstruction
DIEP flap 10 months after surgery
40s · Nipple-sparing mastectomy · Delayed-immediate reconstruction · Nipple reconstruction · Areola tattoo · Belly button reconstruction
DIEP flap 9 months after surgery
40s · Skin-sparing mastectomy · Delayed-immediate reconstruction · Nipple reconstruction · Areola tattoo · Belly button reconstruction
DIEP flap 5 years after surgery
50s · Skin-sparing mastectomy · Delayed-immediate reconstruction · Nipple reconstruction · Areola tattoo · Belly button reconstruction
DIEP flap 11 months after surgery
50s · Skin-sparing mastectomy · Delayed-immediate reconstruction · Nipple reconstruction and tattoo declined
DIEP flap 1 year 7 months after surgery
40s · Nipple-sparing mastectomy · Delayed-immediate reconstruction · Belly button reconstruction
DIEP flap 1 year 1 month after surgery
50s · Skin-sparing mastectomy · Delayed-immediate reconstruction · Unilateral (right) · Nipple reconstruction · Areola tattoo · Mentor implants, moderate projection, 130 cc
Stacked DIEP flaps + implant 4 years 5 months after surgery
30s · Nipple-sparing mastectomy · Radiation · Delayed reconstruction · Belly button reconstruction · Implants: 485 cc full projection (right), 120 cc low-plus projection (left) · Prior bilateral nipple-sparing mastectomy elsewhere with a failed left reconstruction
Stacked DIEP + PAP flaps 1 year 1 month after surgery
50s · Skin-sparing mastectomy · Radiation · Delayed reconstruction · Nipple reconstruction · Areola tattoo · Mastectomy performed elsewhere
DIEP flap 2 years after surgery
40s · Skin-sparing mastectomy · Delayed-immediate reconstruction · Nipple reconstruction
DIEP flap 1 year 6 months after surgery
60s · Skin-sparing mastectomy · Delayed-immediate reconstruction · Nipple reconstruction · Areola tattoo
Stacked DIEP flaps 2 years 4 months after surgery
50s · Skin-sparing mastectomy · Delayed-immediate reconstruction · Unilateral (left) · Nipple reconstruction · Areola tattoo · Implants, low projection, 240 cc (right) · Right augmentation-mastopexy for symmetry
DIEP flap 6 months after surgery
40s · Nipple-sparing mastectomy · Delayed-immediate reconstruction
Stacked DIEP flaps 1 year 1 month after surgery
40s · Total mastectomy · Delayed reconstruction · Unilateral (right) · Nipple reconstruction · Areola tattoo
DIEP flap 4 years 2 months after surgery
40s · Skin-sparing mastectomy · Delayed-immediate reconstruction · Nipple reconstruction · Areola tattoo · Belly button reconstruction
DIEP flap 2 years 3 months after surgery
40s · Skin-sparing mastectomy · Delayed-immediate reconstruction · Nipple reconstruction · Areola tattoo
Stacked DIEP + LAP flaps 8 months after surgery
60s · Skin-sparing mastectomy · Delayed-immediate reconstruction · Nipple reconstruction · Areola tattoo · Belly button reconstruction
Stacked DIEP + PAP flaps 2 years 7 months after surgery
40s · Skin-sparing mastectomy · Radiation · Delayed-immediate reconstruction · Nipple reconstruction · Areola tattoo · Right skin paddle required because of radiation damage
DIEP flap 11 months after surgery
40s · Skin-sparing mastectomy · Delayed-immediate reconstruction · Nipple reconstruction · Areola tattoo · Belly button reconstruction
Stacked DIEP flaps 1 year after surgery
40s · Nipple-sparing mastectomy · Radiation · Delayed reconstruction · Prior nipple-sparing mastectomy and implant reconstruction elsewhere, with loss of the implant
DIEP flap 1 year 4 months after surgery
30s · Nipple-sparing mastectomy · Radiation · Delayed-immediate reconstruction · Allergan implants, low-plus projection, 165 cc
DIEP flap 7 months after surgery
40s · Skin-sparing mastectomy · Delayed-immediate reconstruction · Nipple reconstruction · Areola tattoo · Belly button reconstruction
DIEP flap 3 years 7 months after surgery
Nipple-sparing mastectomy · Delayed-immediate reconstruction · Belly button reconstruction
DIEP flap 1 year 7 months after surgery
Nipple-sparing mastectomy · Belly button reconstruction
DIEP flap 1 year after surgery
Skin-sparing mastectomy · Immediate reconstruction · Nipple reconstruction · Belly button reconstruction
DIEP flap 2 years 3 months after surgery
Skin-sparing mastectomy · Delayed-immediate reconstruction · Areola tattoo · Belly button reconstruction
DIEP flap 1 year 7 months after surgery
Skin-sparing mastectomy · Delayed-immediate reconstruction · Nipple reconstruction · Areola tattoo
DIEP flap 4 years 2 months after surgery
Skin-sparing mastectomy · Delayed-immediate reconstruction · Nipple reconstruction · Areola tattoo · Belly button reconstruction
DIEP flap 2 years after surgery
Skin-sparing mastectomy · Delayed-immediate reconstruction · Nipple reconstruction · Belly button reconstruction · Implants, low-plus projection, 190
DIEP flap 5 years 5 months after surgery
Skin-sparing mastectomy · Delayed-immediate reconstruction · Areola tattoo
DIEP flap 5 years 6 months after surgery
Skin-sparing mastectomy · Delayed-immediate reconstruction · Nipple reconstruction · Areola tattoo · Belly button reconstruction
Stacked DIEP + LAP flaps 8 months after surgery
50s · Nipple-sparing mastectomy · Delayed-immediate reconstruction · Belly button reconstruction
Stacked DIEP + PAP flaps 2 years 3 months after surgery
40s · Nipple-sparing mastectomy · Radiation · Delayed-immediate reconstruction
Stacked DIEP + PAP flaps 1 year 3 months after surgery
50s · Nipple-sparing mastectomy · Delayed-immediate reconstruction
Stacked DIEP + LAP flaps 1 year 2 months after surgery
50s · Nipple-sparing mastectomy · Delayed-immediate reconstruction · Belly button reconstruction
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