Free Breast Reconstructions for Women with Breast Cancer
Hearing you have breast cancer is a devastating blow for any woman. The treatment and journey back to health is usually exhausting, scary and emotional and often requires one or both breasts removed in a mastectomy. Whilst reconstruction after a mastectomy is an...
Gender Reassignment Surgery More Popular than Ever
Since the 1970’s when we started to see more alternative lifestyles become more accepted, to today when we have a thriving transgender community in most countries all around the world, it’s only a natural progression that plastic surgery has developed procedures to...
Breast Reconstruction After Cancer
Breast cancer sucks. Unfortunately, as the most common cancer in women today, one in 8 of us will be diagnosed with it by the time we turn 85. It was estimated that around 42 women were diagnosed with breast cancer each day in 2015. Many of these women as part of...
Breast Enhancement Surgery – Information you should Know
There are many and varied reasons to consider breast enhancement surgery; from reconstructive purposes to enlargement of the breasts. Breast reconstruction generally occurs after a patient has undergone a mastectomy, while breast enlargement typically allows a patient...
When the doctor gets sick – coming back from the brink – Rani’s* Story – My Breast Cancer Diagnosis
Recently, I was approached by “Rani” wanting to share her story of breast cancer. Rani is a doctor, and you just don’t think it can happen to a doctor – or at least I didn’t. Since hearing Rani’s it’s made me rethink what’s important, and what’s not, and also how...
CHECK YOUR BREASTS! BE BREAST AWARE! This is why!
We love hearing your stories, and think anyone who is willing to tell their story in a public forum is so brave, and you can never know how many people they might touch or help by sharing their experience. Toni is one of these women, and each and every one of us needs...
Mastectomy and Reconstruction – Looking at the Statistics
A mastectomy is something most of us don’t really imagine, or hope, will be something we have to undergo. Usually, a mastectomy is performed due to cancer, or the threat of. Unfortunately, the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare estimate that the number of new...
Angelina Jolie and Preventative Surgery
Cancer – it is something that affects all of us, whether it is first hand or through someone we love or know. Even the seemingly blessed Angelina Jolie. Unfortunately, even with today’s medical miracles and rapid technological advancements, doctors and...
Not Just for Aesthetics: How Plastic Surgery Can Help Save Lives
Many people think that something like plastic surgery is solely for looks and many people would be right. For the vast majority of individuals who took on plastic surgery in the past, it was very cosmetic-driven. However, with the exploration in plastic surgery...
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