Skin-sparing mastectomy leaves skin for potential reconstruction, but the author chose not to pursue it, embracing natural asymmetry instead. Clear communication with surgeons and thorough pre-surgery ...

The non-profit Personal Ink helps breast cancer survivors take back their bodies with mastectomy tattoos Bryndi Schult More than 140,000 women undergo mastectomies every year The nonprofit Personal ...

Recovering from a mastectomy is no easy feat. The procedure itself involves the removal of an entire breast (sometimes both breasts), and healing time can range from three to six weeks, per the ...

More than half of patients may experience PMPS, a type of chronic nerve pain, following mastectomy and breast surgery. A common, but not often talked about, side effect of mastectomy is ...