post-mastectomy bra review

Royce Lingerie: Post-Mastectomy Bra Review

As I’ve written before, post-mastectomy bra styles continue to change to meet evolving breast cancer therapies and surgeries. Because breast cancer patients may or may not have any reconstructive surgery, or often undergo several procedures over many years. Today we’re sharing a post-mastectomy bra review of a UK lingerie brand. Royce Lingerie has been in…

Flat & Fabulous: Lingerie for Women With Unreconstructed Breasts

Flat & Fabulous: Lingerie for Women With Unreconstructed Breasts

Breast cancer treatments are changing and evolving to meet the needs of women with this disease. Patients now have more options after bilateral or unilateral mastectomy procedures. They may not need or want to wear a prosthesis or a post-mastectomy “pocketed” bra. Many women opt out of breast reconstruction surgery altogether. They choose to remain…

beautiful mastectomy bras

Where Are All the Beautiful Mastectomy Bras?

I found plenty of beautiful mastectomy bras on display at the latest annual lingerie trade show. Well-known brands like Amoena, Anita Care, and Royce, showed off their latest fashions for women whose bodies have been changed by breast cancer surgeries. These bigger lingerie names design pocketed bras used to hold breast forms, or a breast prosthesis. The materials take into consideration…

Breast Cancer and Health Insurance: What’s Covered and What’s Not
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Breast Cancer and Health Insurance: What’s Covered and What’s Not

What’s the one body part Medicare won’t pay to replace with a custom made prosthesis? You guessed it, a woman’s breast. Insurance, in most cases, does pay for a non-custom prosthetics and/or surgical reconstruction (using implants or existing muscle and fat to build a new breast). But reconstruction isn’t an option for everyone, nor is it a…