Insights Into ‘Living Flat’: A Qualitative Study of Patients Who Have Mastectomy Without Reconstruction

This study found considerable patient dissatisfaction with mastectomy scar cosmesis and demonstrated the profound impacts of poor cosmetic outcomes, highlighting the importance of optimising aesthetic outcomes and the need for scar revision surgery to help women achieve aesthetic flat closure. These findings demonstrate the importance of careful pre-operative planning and good surgical technique with more time allocated to manage expectations.