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Articles

The Progressive Magazine - Article on Aesthetic Flat Closure
The Movement to Go Flat
Eleanor J. Bader
March 12, 2021
VeryWell Health - Article on Aesthetic Flat Closure
More Breast Cancer Patients Opting Out of Reconstructive Surgery
Rachel Murphy
January 15, 2021
How Sexism in Medicine is Hurting Breast Cancer Survivors
Catherine Guthrie, Cosmopolitan Magazine
September 06, 2018
Yahoo! Life article 2020 aesthetic flat closure advocacy going flat after mastectomy valid beautiful - Shay Sharpe flat happy flowers
Breast cancer survivors make strides in showing the world that ‘going flat’ after mastectomy is ‘both beautiful and valid’
Beth Greenfield
October 07, 2020
Breast Cancer Patients Opting to “Go Flat” After Mastectomy
Patient Power
May 18, 2020
She Chose To ‘Go Flat’ And Wants Other Breast Cancer Survivors To Know They Can Too
Rachel D. Cohen, NPR
November 02, 2018
One Woman’s Story Can Change the World
Catherine Guthrie
September 19, 2018
Breast cancer survivor fights Cleveland Clinic over surgery results
Sara Goldenberg, Channel 19 News
June 21, 2018
Topless protest alleges malpractice over breast-cancer surgery: ‘Paternalism at its finest’
Beth Greenfield, Yahoo News
September 09, 2018
Cancer survivor stages a topless protest as she accuses her surgeon of IGNORING her wishes for a flat chest after a mastectomy, leaving her with unwanted flaps of skin instead
Clemence Mcallon, Daily Mail
September 10, 2019
Breast cancer patients’ wishes are being ignored by their surgeons — often while they’re unconscious
Women in the World
September 10, 2018

Videos

Breast cancer patient opens up about alleged malpractice in surgery
Today Show with Stephanie Gosk
October 02, 2018
Breast Cancer Survivor’s Decision Ignored By Doctor
Brut America (Facebook Video)
September 29, 2018
Breast cancer survivor fights Cleveland Clinic over surgery results
 Sara Goldenberg, Channel 19 News
June 21, 2018
Part 1
Part 2

Podcasts

ART Podcast (Mastectomy Tattoos)
July 29, 2020
Stacie-Rae Weir
FLAT is where it’s at
February 19. 2020
Stephanie Astalos-Jones
Your Killer Life
July 31, 2020
Tammey Grable-Woodford
FLAT is where it’s at
April 17, 2019
Stephanie Astalos-Jones
Behind the Pink Ribbon
October 15, 2019
Melissa Adams
Mind Bloom Podcast: NPOAS’ Devorah Vester on Going Flat (Aesthetic Flat Closure)
October 29, 2020
Devorah Vester Borenstein

Guest Blogs and Features

Optimal Surgical Outcomes When Choosing Flat Closure after Mastectomy
DiepC Foundation
Terri Coutee
October 10, 2020
Guest post NCCS NPOAS Founder Kim Bowles advocating for aesthetic flat closure choosing flat after mastectomy
Advocating for Women Who Choose to Go Flat After Mastectomy
National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship
September 10, 2020
Flat denial - Kimberly Bowles tells her story - aesthetic flat closure advocacy to put flat on the menu
Flat Denial
Surviving Breast Cancer.org
October 07, 2020
Aesthetic flat closure advocacy SHARE Kim Bowles Jersi Baker Dr. Yara Robertson
Know Your Options: Aesthetic Flat Closure
SHARE Cancer Support Webinar
October 11, 2020
Going Flat: Your Body, Your Choice
YSC Blog
January 03, 2019
My Body, My Choice: Aesthetic Flat Closure After Mastectomy
Our Bodies Ourselves
July 21, 2020
ReThink Article Aesthetic Flat Closure
Why I Advocate for Aesthetic Flat Closure
ReThink Breast Cancer
August 13, 2020

International Coverage

Kim Bowles, sopravvissuta al cancro al seno e la sua lotta per restare ‘piatta’
LetteraDonna (Italia)
September 13, 2018
Basta con la “cultura della ricostruzione”: rispettate i desideri delle donne, tutti!
September 08, 2018
Woman protests topless after double mastectomy ‘assault’
Newshub NZ
January 07, 2019

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