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  2. Medical tattoo - Wikipedia

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    A medical tattoo is a tattoo used to treat a condition, communicate medical information, or mark a body location for treatment. People may get a paramedical tattoo to conceal a condition or the effects of treatment, such as creating the appearance of an areola after breast reconstruction, or a cover-up tattoo to disguise the area in an artistic ...

  3. Woman covers double mastectomy scars with Wonder Woman tattoo

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    Nothing can stop Stephanie Kelly, not even the chance of cancer. The 42-year-old mother of four watched her mother battle breast cancer twice, most recently in 2015.So when she tested positive for ...

  4. Cover-up tattoo - Wikipedia

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    A decorative tattoo over mas­tec­to­my scars (see before image), chosen in lieu of restorative tattoos that replicate the nipple and areola (see example) [31]: 11 . The use of flesh-like medical tattoos to cover up skin conditions and surgical scars is a long-established practice, dating to the German doctor Pauli in 1835, who used mercury sulfide and white lead to tattoo over skin lesions ...

  5. Chest reconstruction - Wikipedia

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    The removal of breast tissue in chest reconstruction is a type of mastectomy called a subcutaneous (under the skin) mastectomy. This type of mastectomy removes tissue from inside the breast (subcutaneous tissue), as well as excess skin. The surgeon then contours the chest, altering the size and position of the areolae and nipples as needed or ...

  6. 13 Women Who Wear Their Mastectomy Scars Like a Badge ... - AOL

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  7. Olivia Munn Proudly Displays Double Mastectomy Scars in Skims ...

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    Olivia Munn is proudly displaying her double mastectomy scars in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month. The actress, activist and breast cancer survivor stars in a powerful new Skims campaign ...

  8. Process of tattooing - Wikipedia

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    Nipple-areola tattoos are a form of medical tattoos that can be done for those who lost their nipple during a mastectomy and had breast reconstruction surgery. The tattoo artist tries to recreate the same pigment and shape as the original nipple and areola, although it may not always result in an exact replica as the patient's old nipple.

  9. As a Black breast cancer survivor, Ericka Hart felt unseen ...

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    She recalls being offered photos by her plastic surgeon of previous patients who had double mastectomies in an effort to give Hart an understanding of what the result might look like and what ...