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NEW! Going Flat After Mastectomy Survey 2019
Update: the Survey will close on Sunday June 9th! If you have a participant code but have not yet completed the Survey, please do so before the date above. Thanks to our readership we have over 200 participants now! Let’s […]
NPoaS Survey 2018 Report
Download the entire report here. The data analysis is in from our “Going Flat After Mastectomy Survey 2018.” Many thanks to those who participated in this important work! Addressing the Data Deficit on Flat Closure There is little to no […]
Should I Confront My Surgeon?
Confronting Your Surgeon After Flat Denial: A Personal Choice Preface by NPoaS Founder, Kim Bowles If you have been a victim of flat denial, I wrote this for you. Before we delve into the issue of confronting your surgeon, I want […]
Julie – “It Isn’t Right, But It Is My Reality”
Editor: Julie H. Rose knew that she wanted to go flat from the moment she was diagnosed. And yet, her medical team – including the female surgeon that she had chosen specifically to try to protect herself from paternalism – […]
New Resource Pages at Flat Closure NOW: Explant and Revision (ARCHIVED)
New Resource Pages at Flat Closure NOW for Patients Seeking Explant and Revision Surgery EXPLANT SURGERY Our sister organization, Flat Closure NOW (FCN), just published a new resource page for women who have chosen to remove their breast implants (“explant“) and […]
Last Week to Participate in Our 2018 Survey
We are now in the last week of data collection for our 2018 survey. “Going Flat After Mastectomies” 2018 Survey (request your participant code here) If you have gone flat after mastectomy, please consider participating in this short, anonymized survey. It’s an […]
Finally Flat: Suzie’s Revision Story
Editor: For women who initially chose implant reconstruction, and are dissatisfied with their implant experience (there are multiple reasons this may happen – pain, infection, capsular contracture, skin healing issues, implant migration, etc.), the next step is to remove the […]
Aesthetic Results Matter to Male Patients Too
Just before the holiday, the BBC published an article featuring a UK man, Peter Bagnall, who was diagnosed with breast cancer and was denied surgery to produce a symmetric aesthetic result, causing him immense emotional distress. Men represent less than […]
Focus on Flat Closure Techniques
Awareness Continues to Spread Word continues to spread among the surgical community that patients going flat after mastectomy expect their choice to be given the care and consideration it deserves – the same level that is afforded to the choice […]
What Flat Denial Is, and Is Not
We would like to clear up any confusion about what flat denial is, and what it is not. We want to directly address the conflation of minor cosmetic defects with the egregious results that constitute flat denial, as well as […]
Finally Flat: Stephanie’s Revision Story
Editor: It may be shocking to hear that Stephanie’s original surgeon admitted to her face, after the surgery, that he had purposefully left “a little extra” in case she “changed her mind.” But she isn’t the only victim who has […]
NPoaS on the Breast Advocate App!
Not Putting on a Shirt is now included as a resource on the shared decision making* app, Breast Advocate, now available on iPhone and Android! The app is produced by Dr. Minas Chrysopoulo of PRMA Plastic Surgery. You can find our revised brochure, “Going […]