But an annual check-up just three years later revealed the cancer had returned and Jeanne opted for a double mastectomy, deciding not to have reconstructive surgery. I didn’t think about my body ...

“The consensus from all surgeons I saw, was you should have a double mastectomy,” Hutson said. She knew she had no other choice but to book the surgery. She was ready. But then she received a ...

Alison HallCourtesy of Alison Hall "In the same [double mastectomy] surgery, they put in tissue expanders to basically get my body ready to host future implants," she says. "And so, I have those ...