The federal government is reconsidering a decision that breast cancer patients, plastic surgeons, and members of Congress have protested would limit women's options for reconstructive surgery. On ...

The actress, 47, decided to undergo a stacked DIEP flap surgery, where the breast is recreated with tissue made up of skin and fat from the lower abdomen.And in Doherty's case, she actually had to ...

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"So, DIEP flap surgery has a lower complication rate, and a faster recovery, than the older versions of the surgery," Potter says. "I did a DIEP flap today on a 60-plus-year-old woman," she continues.

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Shannon said her recovery from DIEP flap surgery has been great, and if she hadn't done it in Arkansas, she would have had to travel to New Orleans and pay out of pocket for the procedure. Watch ...