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by gus_massa 2036 days ago
I agree with most of your comment.

About the arms, I guess the problem is that for internal use in a Medicine class it is usual to make the torso without arms. For example half of these images don't have arms https://www.google.com/search?q=torso+medicine&rlz=1C1CHBF_e...

If the survey was about hand reconstruction if a machine destroys your thumb, and they move a finger to the thumb position, I guess the image would have only the hand without the arm.

Perhaps this can be solved with a more smart cropping. (The images don't have legs, but that part is cropped so it is not weird.)

> Scarring is not just about aesthetics. It's about pain and swelling and limited movement and things like that.

In some images I notice the scar and though: "More symmetric is better, but that means an additional surgery. I don't like surgeries unless they are absolutely necessary." I don't remember what I selected, but it was a difficult choice because the question in the survey and my preferences have a different answers. I probably answer half following the instructions and half my opinion.

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I agree that cropping could go a long way towards solving the arm issue. It's a small detail, but it could be handled more sensitively.

Some women experience a lot of swelling after a mastectomy and my general understanding is this can be impacted by how many lymph nodes get removed. This can make tight clothing a nightmare that causes bad swelling and a lot of pain.

This can be a really serious quality of life issue.