When someone has a prothesis in her bra pocket, it feels heavier because the weight is carried by a shoulder strap. Petrie adds that balance across the chest area is essential to physical health. At least part of the cost is covered by most insurance companies. The prosthesis has to be cleaned every night with a special gel and brush, so it will retain its stickiness. Heavy perspiring can make them detach and it is not recommended that they be worn while swimming.
Swimmers can wear bathing suits that have pockets in the breast area for inserting a prosthesis.
According to Amoena, about 80 percent of women choose to get a prostheses over reconstruction. Reconstruction is a surgical procedure that rebuilds the breast contour, and if the woman desires, the nipple and the areola. It is really much more detailed and involved than a mastectomy. Once you reconstruct the breast that has been removed, you have to do something to other side to match the one that has been reconstructed. Reconstruction was an option that did not interest Petrie.