Anushka Chaudhry

Anushka Chaudhry Consultant Oncoplastic and Cosmetic Breast Surgeon. Views my own

22/08/2026

Sensation can be lost after mastectomy and can have a profound effect on quality of life after breast reconstruction. As surgeons we can make a beautiful reconstruction. This doesn’t always mean the breast will function like a normal breast. Some women describe it feeling alien. Dr Anne Peled and Dr Ziv Peled are both surgeons in San Francisco who pioneered sensation preservation mastectomy. I discuss it here in this video. Great work guys you are amazing!

03/08/2026

Exercise is proven to reduce the risk of breast cancer recurrence. But often many women feel so guilty as they can’t seem to get started or cannot sustain an exercise plan. That’s alongside managing all the collateral damage and effects of treatment and surgery! Be kind to yourself

29/07/2026

THANK YOU to all the people who trust me to help guide them, those who share to help others and all the new followers. I am ever so grateful.

Alongside being an Oncoplastic Breast Surgeon, I am a huge fan of music (house, heavy metal, you name it), I love cleaning ( ) working out and am married (20 years this month) two two daughters and 2 furry cat children.

I chair and co-founded Aurora Breast Cancer Wellbeing, a young women’s breast cancer charity and I’m always learning, seeking information and aiming to share it in easy to understand ways. I look forward to more reels with you

27/07/2026

I recently posted about the use of low dose vaginal oestrogen in women who have had breast cancer. It caused a flurry of comments, and I realised I needed to be clearer in my stance. I did find however that the post empowered some women to speak to their doctors about their genitourinary symptoms and get prescribed vaginal oestrogen. So here’s me, off the fence. Why the biologic plausibility argument matters?
Vaginal estrogen (estradiol tablets, estriol, or rings) is dosed far lower than systemic HRT and largely acts locally, producing serum estradiol levels that stay near postmenopausal baseline in most studies — though AIs can blunt the enzyme (aromatase) that normally keeps systemic absorption low, raising theoretical concern in that subgroup specifically. Have a discussion with your team if you are having symptoms

19/07/2026

Time for some RnR. Not at burnout stage but need some downtime so taking the week for some family time. Look after you whilst I look after me. And in the meantime, find strategies that give you headspace and calm such as: • Protect sleep aggressively — even partial sleep debt measurably impairs judgment and mood over time.
• Build in micro-recovery — short breaks between cases, not just vacations, help regulate stress hormones.
• Normalize peer support — Balint groups or informal case debriefs reduce isolation, which is a major burnout amplifier.
• Track workload, not just hours — administrative burden (documentation, EMR) is often a bigger burnout driver than surgery itself.
• Seek therapy proactively, not reactively — many hospitals now offer confidential physician wellness programs specifically because self-referral rates arehistorically low due to stigma.

15/07/2026

The therapeutic mammaplasty an excellent procedure for someone who has a cancer in a moderate to large size breast or a very droopy breast. Whilst removing the cancer it allows reshaping of that breast ti a smaller and or pert shape. Symmetry surgery can be offered at another time once cancer treatment has completed and this is usually because radiation therapy can affect the outcome of a breast operation. It can cause some shrinkage and tightening of the skin. In some cases it can be done at the same time and this will depend on where you live and the trust policies. No lt everyone will be suitable and we must take into account your general health, skin and breast tissue quality and cancer position and size.

12/07/2026

There’s no perfect way to be if a loved one has been diagnosed with cancer. Here are some tips from feedback some of my patients have given me alongside my personal ones. When someone I love was diagnosed with cancer, it shook our whole family. It changed us forever. For the good or for bad, we all flow differently. We try to not sweat the small stuff (I said try!). But at the time, we just kept our heads down, didn’t think too far ahead and took each day as it came. That’s all you can do sometimes. People will disappear from your lives and others will show up more than you could imagine. It’s humbling. Look after yourself as much as the person you’re caring for. It’s not always a short journey health

10/07/2026

Interesting publication. What do you think?

08/07/2026

Chest wall perforator flaps can be an excellent option, especially for larger tumours within a small breast. This can often be a good tool to reduce the need to have a mastectomy. Of course there will be certain specifications for this, but it is wonderful to be able to have another type of procedure to offer patients to get excellent aesthetic outcomes whilst prioritising cancer removal

05/07/2026

There is so much online about HRT and women are feeling incensed and failed by healthcare professionals who are not recognising their symptoms and distress

In the world of breast cancer, this is even more difficult because there is so much information - it is hard to unpack what’s true and what’s not

But what is true is that we do not have enough evidence to be able to safely advise women. We have to work on a very individual case by case basis and many healthcare professionals have strong opinions and are not willing to take any risk when it comes to women with breast cancer. Rightly so.

So whilst we need further research and guidance we also need to understand that there are many non-hormonal methods that can deal with symptoms and that symptoms should all not be put in one basket. It is really important to unpick exactly what is going on, understand pharmacology and how we can use certain medications to help with certain symptoms

Here’s my take.

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