Almost all women who chose not to have a breast reconstruction following a mastectomy say they are happy with their decision, ...

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

Liz McEwan, 45, was diagnosed with breast cancer after deciding to have a boob job because she felt "flat-chested" - and her decision also saved her life a second time ...

More than 100,000 American women undergo mastectomy and breast reconstruction every year. Thousands more are having preventive double mastectomies. But despite widespread awareness of breast ...

This includes a mastectomy or a double mastectomy, as well as reconstruction and prosthesis ... who do not have breast cancer choose to have a prophylactic double mastectomy, also known as a ...

I elected to have a preventative double mastectomy, removing my breasts ... semblance of normalcy and putting in expanders as part of reconstruction. The expanders would stretch my skin and ...

There are multiple types of prophylactic mastectomy: 4 A bilateral, or double, mastectomy refers ... Bilateral mastectomy with reconstruction involves removing both breast but also the use of ...

UPDATE: Ashley Ricks said she underwent her preventative double-mastectomy and reconstruction surgery on March 7 at the Riverside campus of The Ottawa Hospital. An Ottawa woman says she's ...

“No surgery can reduce the risk of breast cancer down to zero,” says Gary, adding that even after a double ... when discussing prophylactic mastectomy along with the reconstruction options ...

While things look better now that she's had reconstruction surgery ... in The New York Times that she decided to get a preventive double mastectomy when she found out she, too, carried a gene ...

CNN’s Sunlen Serfaty Recalls 'Ticking Time Bomb' Cancer Risk Before Preventative Double Mastectomy, ... Serfaty is now scheduled to undergo breast reconstruction surgery on May 6.