'Love handles' repurposed for breast reconstruction in women without enough belly fat

Thursday, April 15, 2010 - 04:14 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...

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