Mastectomy, or surgical removal of one or both breasts, partially or completely. It is a common procedure to save the lives of people who are suffering from breast cancer. However, the scars left after performing simple mastectomy can be insightful and uncomfortable for cancer patients. That is why, some women opted for tattoos as a powerful way to reclaim what they have lost.
P.Ink is a Website that connect tattoo artists with women who want to tattoo their breast scars. One such tattoo artist, David Allen, had inspiring things to say about the process; “What was clinical became beautiful again… we turned sterile into sensual. We took back control.”
