is there a legal limit as how big of an implant you can receive after mastectomy in LVNV?

Answer 1

This should be more of a health issue than a legal one.

After a mastectomy, it is often in the patients best interests to have a prosthetic implant.

Normally this would mimic the size of the breast removed.

It would be impracticle to use a smaller implant, as the imbalance between the remaining breast and the implant will still cause the same issues as the difference between the remaining breast and the mastectomy scars.

It would be unwise to go for a larger implant than required, in part for the same reason and also that larger skin grafts would be needed to cover the implant, the larger teh implant is.

Answer 2

Laws don't govern this. The woman's body does. Plus if she gets a larger implant it won't match up with the other breast, will it? Insurance might not pay for a larger implant plus adding another implant to match the other breast if not required due to the cancer. Check with your doctor and insurance. They DO have to match the other breast, however. There is a law for this.