New medical techniques and implants have made it possible to create a breast that comes close in form and appearance to matching a natural breast. Are you a breast cancer survivor looking to restore your pre-mastectomy contour? Frequently, reconstruction is possible immediately following breast removal (mastectomy) so the patient wakes up with a breast mound already in place, having been spared the visual experience of having no breast at all. Post-mastectomy breast reconstruction is not a simple procedure. There are often many options to consider that Dr.