Mary Walsh-Aframe is a certified mastectomy fitter by the American Board of Orthotics and Prosthetics, and the owner and founder of The Women’s Image Center located in Worcester and Leominster. When ...
Karen Bierwagen, lead mastectomy fitter at SCCA’s Shine retail store, displays one of many breast prosthesis options available at Shine. Adjusting to a reshaped silhouette can be challenging. Every ...
After 20 years of being a dental hygienist, Mary Walsh-Aframe decided to switch careers and become a certified mastectomy fitter. She now helps breast cancer survivors find the right option to meet ...
Many breast cancer survivors feel self-conscious about their appearance. They can’t find bras or clothes that fit them properly because of a missing breast(s) or missing breast tissue. Outside of ...
Bringing 12 years of experiece with her, Ulferts will be offering pre- and post-mastectomy services, including prostheses fittings for women who have had breast surgery. She obtained certification ...
Bra manufacturers insist that millions of women wear the wrong size bras. According to an international survey of 10,000 women from Swiss lingerie company Triumph, 64 percent of women are wearing the ...
Today on Living808, Kelly spoke with Evon Reformina, Owner and Certified Mastectomy Fitter of Breast Boutique, about the personalized services her company offers to breast cancer survivors. Breast ...
Cheryl Schlote, owner of Scarlet’s Unmentionables, stands in her store Aug. 20 in North Liberty. Schlote, who is undergoing chemotherapy herself for colon cancer, fits women for breast prostheses and ...
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — Bertha Ponce caught it early. "By the 29th of April, they diagnosed it. It was cancer, but May the 25th, I didn't have a breast already. Everything got moved immediately," said ...
Next month, Alicia Vargo, the proprietress of Pampered Passions Fine Lingerie in Englewood, will open a new outpost of her much-lauded house of bras and panties with an unlikely address and a noble ...
The shelves, clothing racks and display tables were mostly empty. But the small shop at the corner of Park and King streets recently overflowed with more than four decades of memories. Bryant's ...