Kathy Hochul signed a bill to require insurance companies to cover reconstruction of the chest wall (known as “aesthetic flat closure”) after mastectomy. This is a major step towards ensuring ...

Editor’s note: An image included below the scroll in this article and images included in the video report show women who have chosen aesthetic flat closure not wearing shirts. GRAND RAPIDS ...

To learn more about a fitting and the different mastectomy bras offered at RCC Medical Supply, go to www.rccmed.net. Aesthetic flat closure rebuilds the shape of the chest wall by removing extra skin, ...

When Kimberly Bowles faced a double mastectomy after ... that she wanted a smooth, flat chest wall when her surgery was complete—now known as an “aesthetic flat closure”—and she even ...

So Attai did her own survey of close to 1,000 women who’d had a single or double mastectomy without ... about their choice to have an “aesthetic flat closure,’’ the term used by the ...

Three years after the mastectomy that left flaps of skin hanging from her chest, Bowles finally had a revision surgery to achieve the flat closure aesthetic she had wanted from the get-go.

On May 31, 2022, I underwent a double mastectomy for breast cancer, opting for something called an aesthetic flat closure. I do not plan on reconstruction. In other words, this former D-cup is now ...

Deciding to "go flat" — to have an aesthetic flat closure (AFC) instead of opting for implants or other types of reconstruction after mastectomy — was an easy choice for me. Going flat meant a ...

Last October, I participated in my first ever breast cancer awareness walk with my Flattie peers for Stand Tall AFC (Aesthetic ... to advocate for flat closure to be presented as an option equal to ...

There are different types of mastectomy. Which type is performed depends on how much of the tissue needs to be removed. Also known as a total mastectomy, a simple ... flat” (i.e., have a flat ...

(WCAX) - A Vermont designer is launching a new advocacy program for women considering their surgical options after receiving a mastectomy ... who choose “aesthetic flat closure,” a surgical ...