You may have / had or are about to have a mastectomy, either because you’ve been diagnosed with breast cancer or are at very high risk of developing it in the future. If so, your doctor may have told you about options to rebuild your breast or breasts — a surgery called breast reconstruction. Breast reconstruction is the creation of a new breast shape (mound) using surgery. It may be done after removal of a whole breast (mastectomy) or part of the breast. You can either have reconstruction at the same time as the breast cancer surgery (immediate reconstruction) or months or years later (delayed reconstruction). Breast reconstruction is a process and often involves several operations to give you the best result possible. Cancer rec. also involves rec. after facial cancers like Ca maxilla, mandible, tongue, buccal mucosa and eye and reconstruction in genital cancers.