'Love handles' repurposed for breast reconstruction in women without enough belly fat
Wednesday, April 14, 2010 - 10:42
in Health & Medicine
A new technique using tissue from those below-the-waist "love handles" improves cosmetic breast reconstruction in slim, athletic cancer patients without adequate fat sources elsewhere, a small Johns Hopkins study has found. The method also turns out to be less complicated than other options for surgeons as well, the research shows.