There is an emerging collective of Aussie women who are proudly embracing their status as “flatties”, opting against ...

And, second of all, I have metastatic breast cancer and had a double mastectomy with aesthetic flat closure mere days after my 40th birthday. I don’t need a mammogram, thank you very much. As with any ...

Signed in 2022, bill A8537 amended an insurance law to provide coverage of and information about chest wall reconstruction, or “aesthetic flat closure,” after a mastectomy.

The actor underwent a double mastectomy 30 days after her biopsy and says she feels fortunate to have caught the cancer early. 1 weather alerts 1 closings/delays. Watch Now.

Kat Timpf quickly went from childbirth to a double mastectomy after learning she had cancer the same day she welcomed her son. Now she has a post-op update.

Related: Comedian Tig Notaro Goes Flat After Mastectomy. In fact, up to one in ten women who clearly ask to go flat are left with unnecessary and unsightly tissue. The patient-advocacy organization ...

Ratliff is one of a number of women with surgically treated breast cancer who are deciding not to have reconstructive surgery. A study published in Annals of Surgical Oncology in 2023 that examined ...

3.2 Aesthetic evaluation. As shown in Table 2, the distribution of nipple reconstruction satisfaction in the DPS group was significantly different from that of the TS group (p=0.002).The “very ...

She finished chemo in August and had a double mastectomy in September. “I actually chose not to do reconstruction," she explains. "I got an aesthetic flat closure because I didn't want to do any ...

She finished chemo in August and had a double mastectomy in September. “I actually chose not to do reconstruction," she explains. "I got an aesthetic flat closure because I didn't want to do any ...

Kathy Bates recently shed light on her bold decision not to have reconstructive breast surgery after undergoing a double mastectomy 12 years ago, and reactions are overwhelmingly positive. Keep ...