Before & After Gallery

This 41 year-old woman developed cancer in her right breast.  She is 5 feet 6 inches tall and weighs 130 pounds.  To treat the cancer a Fort Worth breast oncology surgeon performed bilateral mastectomies.  Dr. Kunkel reconstructed each breast with a tissue expander.  The expanders were replaced 3 1/2 months

This 53 year-old woman was found to have cancer in her left breast.  She underwent bilateral mastectomies and reconstruction with tissue expanders.  She spent one night in a Fort Worth hospital.   Dr. Kunkel later replaced the tissue expanders with 375 cc moderate-plus profile silicone

This 69 year-old woman had previously undergone a left mastectomy to treat her left breast cancer.  She decided to have her right breast removed to prevent her from getting cancer in that breast.  A breast oncology surgeon performed the right mastectomy in a Fort Worth hospital.  Dr. Kunkel reconstructed both

This 51 year-old woman developed cancer in her right breast.  A Fort Worth breast oncology surgeon completed a lumpectomy through an incision along the upper part of the right breast.  The margins of the lumpectomy specimen were positive (still had cancer present) and the patient required a right mastectomy to

This 73 year-old woman underwent breast augmentation with silicone gel implants when she was 30 (43 years before she visited with Dr. Kunkel!).  Over time her right breast became firm and tender.  After visiting with Dr. Kunkel in his Fort

This 68 year-old woman underwent breast augmentation with silicone gel implants when she was 37.  She loves riding horses and noted that her breasts were heavy and uncomfortable while she was riding.  After visiting with Dr. Kunkel in his plastic surgery office

When she was 36 this woman underwent breast augmentation with saline-filled breast implants.  Over the following 24 years, this now 60-year-old woman underwent 3 additional operations related to ruptured implants.  She decided to have her breast implants removed, not replaced, and to undergo

This 71 year-0ld woman had undergone breast augmentation with silicone gel implants when she was 41.  She developed firmness and discomfort in her breasts.  She visited with Dr. Kunkel in his plastic surgery office near the Fort Worth Medical District and decided to have both

This 87 year-old woman underwent breast augmentation with silicone gel implants when she was 53.  She developed pain in both breasts in her 80’s and decided to have her breast implants removed.  Her surgery was performed in a Fort Worth

This woman underwent breast augmentation with saline-filled breast implants when she was 24.  Six years later she had both implants replaced after her left implant leaked.  She later developed psoriatic arthritis (an autoimmune disease).  Concerned about her health, she visited with Dr. Kunkel in Fort