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If you are facing a mastectomy, or are trying to decide between breast mound reconstruction and aesthetic flat closure (going flat), you may be getting a lot of clinical explanations, limited visuals, and incomplete narratives. How do we know? This was Still’s founder’s experience, and a common one for many.
What’s often missing in breast reconstruction consultations is the answer to this question: What does going flat actually look like and feel like to live with?
Still exists to answer that question.
A view you’re not getting elsewhere.
Still’s resources, the Still Anthology and Still Compendium, share the real, long-term lived experiences of individuals who chose to go flat after mastectomy.
Not summaries.
Not before-and-after snapshots.
Not filtered outcomes.
Real Stories. Real Bodies. Real lives.
Through portraits and deeply honest personal narratives, these resources reveal what is often left out of medical conversations:
how identity evolves
how relationships and intimacy shift
what autonomy actually feels like in practice
what people wish they had known earlier
Why This Matters Before You Decide
Many people make reconstruction decisions without ever fully seeing or understanding the reality of going flat. That gap can lead to:
confusion
pressure
decisions that don’t fully align with who they are
Still helps close that gap by offering something most patients are not given…a grounded, human understanding of this path—before you choose it.
The Still Anthologies, Volumes 1 + 2
What You’ll Get Only in the Still Anthologies
You may have see snippets of stories and photos of people that have gone flat in your doctor’s office or on social media. The Still Anthologies provide what you need to truly understand the option of going flat:
Complete personal journeys, from decision through long-term outcome
Nuanced experiences across ages, identities, and life stages
The emotional, physical, and social realities that unfold over time
What aesthetic flat closure can look like on different body types.
Insights that are rarely documented or openly shared elsewhere
Still is not more of the same. These books provide the context that can make a breast reconstruction decision clearer.
Still Anthology, Vol. 1 $45
Featuring flatties ages 31 to 70, including survivors and previvors, Volume 1 explores:
reclaiming agency
navigating gender identity
building families
confronting flat denial
mastectomy tattoos and body reclaimation
choosing this path before it even had a name
Still Anthology, Vol. 2 $45
Featuring flatties ages 27 to 61, including thrivers, survivors, and previvors, Volume 2 explores:
loss and mourning
sexuality and intimacy
parenting,
physical strength
self-advocacy in medical settings
the ongoing process of reclaiming one’s body
The Still Anthologies are printed on-demand by Blurb.
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The Still Compendium
The Still Compendium is designed to help you walk into breast reconstruction consultations more informed, more grounded, and more prepared to advocate for yourself.
An abbreviated version of the Still Anthology, Volume 1, the Still Compendium is specifically designed for medical settings.
Bring it to your appointments. Share it with your surgeon. Use it to open conversations that clinical language alone often can't start—and raise questions you need answered.
The Still Compendium gives both you and your healthcare team a human reference point for a path that is too often underrepresented in medical settings—helping ensure that aesthetic flat closure is presented, understood, and genuinely considered as part of your care.
Because a decision this personal deserves a complete picture.
This 36-page booklet features the twelve flatties from the Still Anthology and provides beautiful examples of what life can look like after aesthetic flat closure. It shares each flattie’s reason for going flat, their experience transitioning to flat, things they want people to know about life as a flattie, and the profound ways they are Still themselves.
This digital version of the Still Compendium is designed for easy sharing and is perfect for those who want to keep a copy on their devices.