Champagne, 53, who opted for flat closure after a 2009 mastectomy, says before 2012 there were only two posts about flat closure on the Breastcancer.org message board.

After doing extensive research, she decided to undergo a double mastectomy followed by an aesthetic flat closure at the Cleveland Clinic in Ohio. Bowles expressed to her doctors that she had no desire ...

On October 14, Gov. 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 ...

'Going Flat' After Mastectomy: Patient-Reported Outcomes by Online Survey. Annals of Surgical Oncology , 2021; DOI: 10.1245/s10434-020-09448-9 Cite This Page : ...

Source Reference: Baker JL, et al "'Going flat' after mastectomy: Patient-reported outcomes by online survey" Ann Surg Oncol 2020; DOI: 10.1245/s10434-020-09448-9. Share on Facebook.

Almost all women who chose not to have a breast reconstruction following a mastectomy say they are happy with their decision, according to new research, with advocates now calling for improvements in ...

The same survey shows that 22.2% of respondents who had a mastectomy experienced “flat denial,” meaning that their surgeons disregarded or discouraged their wish not to have reconstructive ...

Activist who went flat post-mastectomy poses in SKIMS bra campaign: 'There is power and liberation in owning who we are' Beth Greenfield. September 23, 2022 at 4:36 PM. Copied; ...

READ MORE:Make it A Double: My Decision to Go Flat After Breast Cancer. Women reported that the main reasons for undergoing only a mastectomy is to avoid the placement of a foreign object in their ...

PHILADELPHIA – When Laura Tuzio Ross told her plastic surgeon that she preferred not to reconstruct her breast after cancer surgery, he warned her she would regret it. “He said, ‘You’re ...

After a mastectomy, women forgoing reconstruction said they are satisfied with their choice. ... More Women Embracing Going Flat After Mastectomy. by Colleen Fleiss on Jan 5 2021 11:40 PM.

A growing number of women forgoing reconstruction after a mastectomy say they're satisfied with their choice, even as some did not feel supported by their physician, according to a study led by ...