Natalie Johnson and Sarah Adomah worked with hosiery company Nubian Skin to create the prosthetic covers Women of colour who have had a mastectomy are for the first time to be offered soft ...

For many years, there was really only one answer to that question: Women who had mastectomy surgery got fitted by specially trained fitters for a prosthesis that is worn in a special bra.

Mastectomy is when all breast tissue is removed. In appropriately selected patients, the surgeon may be able to conserve some of the skin and/or nipple normally lost during a mastectomy. The choice of ...

A charity has donated soft-prosthetics in a variety of skin tones for women who have undergone a mastectomy. Veronica Kumata, of Ladies Fighting Breast Cancer, has donated 80 "softies" to ...

Barb Demorest, founder of Knitted Knockers, came up with the idea after having a mastectomy, in which a friend made her a set ...

Pavilion Boutique, a Witham Health Service that makes life easier for patients who have been diagnosed with cancer by giving them a convenient place to find items such as mastectomy bras, hats and ...

"Prosthetic breast and bras are all quite expensive, but are free on medical card,” she said. There is an allowance for medical card holders towards post-mastectomy bras every year, and towards ...