Tag: Mastectomy

Mastectomy Patients: meet the 3D Nipple Tattoos Michelangelo

Vinnie Myers, the tattoo artist transforming mastectomy patients’ scarred chests with incredible three-dimensional nipple inkings

In a small town north of Baltimore, a man has made a career out of making women become whole again. After preventative mastectomies, women are left with, usually, a reconstruction, but no nipples. Vinnie Myers of Little Vinnie’s Tattoo Shop helps clients traveling from all parts of the world who want to get his one of a kind 3D nipple tattoos.

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Frequently Asked Questions:

  • When can I get nipple tattoos done?
  • Is it possible to tattoo a reconstructed nipple?
  • If you have implant-only reconstruction, is there any risk for the tattoo needle accidentally puncturing the implant?
  • Can you correct a tattoo done in the plastic surgeon’s office?
  • What’s the difference between inks used in the doctor’s office and tattoo shops?
  • Will getting a nipple tattoo hurt?
  • How much can I expect one or two nipple tattoos to cost?
  • How do I find a tattoo artist to do my tattoos?
  • Do I need a consultation with the tattoo artist ahead of time?
  • How long will it take to create the tattoo?
  • How long will the tattoo(s) take to heal?
  • How does the color of the tattoo change over time?
  • Read Vinnie Myers, 3-D Nipple Tattoo Artist: FAQs,
    BreastCancer.org, September 4th, 2013
  • UK Contact: Richard Burley website

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Prophylactic Mastectomy: many Women undergo unnecessary double Mastectomies

Fear drives young cancer patients to needless mastectomies

Perceptions, Knowledge, and Satisfaction With Contralateral Prophylactic Mastectomy Among Young Women With Breast Cancer: A Cross-sectional Survey
Many women overestimate their actual risk for cancer in the unaffected breast

A new US study shows that even before Angelina Jolie’s surgery, many women under age 40 who were diagnosed with breast cancer in one breast were having their other breast removed as well, despite the fact that removing the healthy breast does not improve survival rates for most women.

Despite knowing that CPM (contralateral prophylactic mastectomy) does not clearly improve survival, women who have the procedure do so, in part, to extend their lives. Many women overestimate their actual risk for cancer in the unaffected breast.

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Sources: Perceptions, Knowledge, and Satisfaction With Contralateral Prophylactic Mastectomy Among Young Women With Breast Cancer:
A Cross-sectional Survey, American College of Physicians, 17 Sept 2013.

Facebook’s new Policy allowing Mastectomy Photos

Stop censoring photos of men and women who have undergone mastectomies

Stop censoring photos of men and women who have undergone mastectomies
Facebook’s new policy allowing Mastectomy Photos

Congratulations on the victory of the petition asking Facebook to stop censoring photos of men and women who have undergone mastectomies! “We want the world to know breast cancer is not a pink ribbon – it is traumatic, it is life-changing, and it urgently needs a cure.” says Scorchy Barrington who launched the petition signed by more than 21,000 people.

Read/Join : Stop censoring photos of men and women who have undergone mastectomies – Read Facebook newly published policy

Visit The SCAR Project website – Facebook Page

Oncoplastic Breast Cancer Surgery

Combining Oncology Cancer Treatment and Plastic Surgery

Oncoplastic Surgery: New Approaches Are Changing Breast Cancer Surgery Options
Oncoplastic Breast Cancer Surgery combines Oncology Cancer Treatment and Plastic Surgery

” Treating breast cancer almost always involves surgery, and for years the choice was just having the lump or the whole breast removed. Now, new approaches are dramatically changing the way these operations are done, giving women more options, faster treatment, smaller scars, fewer long-term side effects and better cosmetic results.
It has led to a new specialty – “oncoplastic” surgery – combining oncology, which focuses on cancer treatment, and plastic surgery to restore appearance. ”

Read Oncoplastic Surgery: New Approaches Are Changing Breast Cancer Surgery Options, by Marilynn Marchione, May 2013
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Mastectomy: Why do Women have Preventative Breast Cancer Surgery?

The BRCA Gene and Family History

Why do Women have Preventative Breast Cancer Surgery?
Angelina Jolie says she hopes her double masctectomy story will be helpful to other women

In her post My Medical Choice, published today in The NewYorkTimes, Angelina Jolie bravely revealed she had a preventative double mastectomy after finding out she is a carrier of the BRCA1 gene.

Why do Women have Preventative Breast Cancer Surgery?

  • Under what circumstances would a woman have a preventative double mastectomy?
  • How many women undergo preventative double mastectomy in the UK?
  • Is a preventative double mastectomy the only option in some circumstances?
  • Talk us through the entire procedure, from start to finish
  • Can you receive this treatment on the NHS? And what aftercare is available?
  • Read The Huffington Post UK article, 14/05/2013

The BRCA Gene and Family History

  • What are the BRCA genes?
  • What does it mean for those that carry a faulty gene?
  • What is the likelihood of having either of these faulty genes and if you do what’s the likelihood of contracting breast cancer?
  • Who is eligible to be tested for these faulty genes?
  • If someone’s mother had breast cancer does that mean they have a family history?
  • Read Breakthrough Breast Cancer article, 14/05/2013

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