Drs. Angelena Crown and Claire Buchanan of Swedish Hospital in Seattle, WA, wrote a great, groundbreaking editorial on presenting aesthetic flat closure as an equal option to mastectomy with reconstruction! Including technical considerations to optimize cosmesis (aesthetics). “They say you will always learn more from your patients than you ever will from a textbook orContinue reading ““My surgical practice: Presenting aesthetic flat closure as an equal option to mastectomy with reconstruction””
Category Archives: Flat Advocacy
Coastal Mermaids’ Calendar Fundraiser for Flat Advocacy
We are honored and excited to announce that Australia’s Coastal Mermaids is putting together a FLAT Mermaid Calendar as a fundraiser for NPOAS! The calendar will exclusively feature flat women to bring awareness to FLAT in beautiful ways.
Pioneers in Flat Advocacy: Samantha Paige (Last Cut Project)
A blog series designed to highlight and amplify the voices of the flat advocates who blazed the trail and laid the foundation for those that followed.
Announcing our Council of International Advocates
Announcing our Council of International Advocates! Flat advocacy is a global movement, with a common purpose. The Council of International Advocates at NPOAS consists of leaders in the flat advocacy community worldwide who have come together cooperatively to #putflatonthemenu for our mothers, sisters, friends, and daughters. We are stronger together! Meet our Council Members atContinue reading “Announcing our Council of International Advocates”
Pioneers in Flat Advocacy: Nikki “Trip” Tripplett
A blog series designed to highlight and amplify the voices of the flat advocates who blazed the trail and laid the foundation for those that followed.
Prof. Abigail Bakan Publishes Treatise on Going Flat & the Politics of Choice
Canadian sociologist publishes feminist analysis of going flat and the politics of choice
How We Do It
How we do it: a look inside our past, present and planned advocacy work to #putflatonthemenu
BISA’s Petition for ICD-10 for Breast Implant Illness
Breast Implant Safety Alliance petition for an insurance code to protect women with breast implant illness
Pioneers in Flat Advocacy: Catherine Guthrie
A blog series designed to highlight and amplify the voices of the flat advocates who blazed the trail and laid the foundation for those that followed.
Pioneers in Flat Advocacy: Charise Isis (The Grace Project)
A blog series designed to highlight and amplify the voices of the flat advocates who blazed the trail and laid the foundation for those that followed.