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 go flat! If you are considering going flat after explant, please visit FCN’s Explant PageContinue reading “New Resource Pages at Flat Closure NOW: Explant and Revision (ARCHIVED)”
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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 to reconstruct. Patients going flat expect a high-quality flat closure in one surgery whenever possible.Continue reading “Focus on Flat Closure Techniques”
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 the conflation of women who were on the fence about reconstruction with those who madeContinue reading “What Flat Denial Is, and Is Not”
Putting Flat on the Menu: Flat Closure NOW (Archived)
At Not Putting on a Shirt, we are SO excited to announce the official launch of the new collaborative flat advocacy organization, Flat Closure NOW! Flat Closure NOW is an education and advocacy group dedicated to ensuring breast cancer patients and providers understand that “going flat” is a valid, beautiful, healthy surgical option after mastectomy. FlatContinue reading “Putting Flat on the Menu: Flat Closure NOW (Archived)”
NPR Interview With Catherine Guthrie
Women’s health journalist Catherine Guthrie, whose groundbreaking article in Cosmopolitan blew the lid off of flat denial, was just featured on NPR talking about her own story and about the struggle that women face getting our wishes respected and our needs met. And as you can see, she’s wearing her Not Putting on a ShirtContinue reading “NPR Interview With Catherine Guthrie”