A Tattoo To Reconnect After A Mastectomy
websitebuilder • November 16, 2019
When Grace Lombardo received her diagnosis of breast cancer, she struggled with her new appearance and feelings of lack of control. After undergoing reconstructive surgery, she still didn't feel reconnected to her body. An article about a tattoo artist well-known for his beautiful mastectomy tattoos caught her attention and sent her on the road to her first tattoo. Receiving her tattoo on the first anniversary of her reconstructive surgery, she felt it brought her back to herself in many ways.
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