Breast cancer is the most diagnosed cancer in U.S. women with about one in eight women diagnosed over the course of their lifetime. In about 35% of cases, a mastectomy is part of a woman's treatment ...

Fifteen years ago, tattoo artist Amy Black got an unusual request: Could she ink a realistic-looking nipple? Why it matters: That question came from a breast cancer survivor who'd undergone ...

For many women who undergo a mastectomy and breast reconstruction following breast cancer, the end of surgery doesn’t always feel like the end of the ...

For women who have gone through treatment for breast cancer, the day they are told they’re in remission is a pretty fantastic one. But to really celebrate and exhale, many will wait a standard five ...

JOHNSTOWN, Pa. – A Geistown tattoo shop is helping women deal with breast cancer. The trauma of a mastectomy – the surgical removal of one or both breasts – leaves physical and emotional scars. That’s ...

"A lot of women say they just want to feel normal again. They feel like an alien if they look in the mirror and they don't have areolas, for instance," tattoo artist Melissa Kinkade said. "[They say] ...

HOUSTON -- Every year, nearly 250,000 women find out the heartbreaking news that they have been diagnosed with breast cancer. For the 1 in 8 women the American Cancer Society says are living ...

A Colorado medical tattoo artist specializes in tattooing nipples on breast cancer survivors and aims to bring back a sense of normalcy. "I know I miss my pre-cancer self. There are days [when] I feel ...

CHICAGO, Nov. 5, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Prairie Cannabis is proud to announce the success of its Breast Cancer Awareness Month fundraiser, which raised enough funds to fully cover four post-mastectomy ...

One in eight American women will develop breast cancer in their lifetime — requiring long and arduous treatments that change the way their body looks. A medical tattoo parlor in Columbia, Missouri, is ...

A medical tattoo artist has described the online censorship of nipple tattoos for mastectomy patients as "wholly unfair and discriminatory".Lauren Carter, based in Hanham near Bristol, says social ...