Mastectomy tattoos are a beautiful way to transform scars into stunning works of art, offering a unique form of healing and self-expression after breast surgery. If you clicked on this article, you…

'For some people, this was the first time they could look past their scars or their cancer.'

Mastectomies, or surgical removals of all or part of a breast, can be life-saving procedures for people suffering from or at risk of developing breast cancer, but the scars they leave behind can be both physical and psychological. For some women, tattooing their post-mastectomy breasts has become a powerful way to reclaim what was lost.

"My first mastectomy client believed in me. She was there and willing to trust my view. Together we created a work of art. We turned sterile into sensual."

Beautiful AND powerful.

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“I’ve accepted that I will no longer look down and see my breast, but a beautiful scar—a scar that saved my life,” says one.

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