MICHELLE: MEDICAL TATTOOING IS A GROWING TREND AND ONE THAT CAN CONCEAL SCARS AND WOUNDS, SOME WHICH CAN RUN DEEP, EMOTIONALLY. FOR WOMEN WITH BREAST CANCER, THE TATTOOS CAN RESTORE A WOMAN’S CONFIDENCE AND SELF IMAGE. JIM: WESH 2’S ILGA PASCHALL-BROWN SHOWS US HOW MEDICAL TATTOOING IS NOT ONLY COVERING THE SURGICAL SCARS OF CANCER SURVIVORS BUT CHANGING THEIR LIVES.
>> IT WAS A SO FAST AND IT LOOKS SO REAL AND IT’S JUST AMAZING. GAIL: JENNA EINHORN WAS DIAGNOSED WITH CANCER IN 2019, SHE HAD DOUBLE MASTECTOMY AND THEN HER PLASTIC SURGEON RECOMMENDED STACIE BECKER A MEDICAL TATTOO ARTIST IN LONGWOOD AND A UCF STUDIO ARTS STUDT. EN >> I GET TO GIVE MANY BRSTEA CANCER SURVIVORS REALISTIC NIPPLE AREOLA TATTOOS.
GAIL: CINASES WHERE WENOM ACTUALLY LOOSE THEIR NIPPLES BECAUSE OF BREAST CANCER, STACIE IS ABLE TO RECREATE A NIPPLE AND THE AREA AROUND THE NIPPLE KNOWN AS THE AREA. OL IT’S ABOUT RESTORING THEIR NATURAL APPEARANCE AND JENNA SAYS IT'S’SO REALISTIC. AND I LOOKED DOWN AND I FELT LIKE MAGN.
E AT AGE 46, BRANDI RICE OF ALTAMONTE SPRINGS SAYS SHE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH THE MOST AGGRESSIVE TYPE OF CANR. CE SHE TOO HAD A DOUBLE MASTECOMY WITH RECONSTRUCTION. HER DOCTOR SUGGESTED THE NIPPLE TAOOTTS, BUT BRANDI WENT ALL OUT.
THERE’S A CANVAS OF BUTTERFLIES COMPLETE WITH DECORATIVE SWIRLS. IT’S CHANGED HER LI. FE >> IT TAKES SO MUCH OUT OF Y.
OU IT MAKES YOU FEEL SO DEFEAD. TE THROUGH IT ALL YOU FEEL SO DEFEATED, AND THIS ACTUALLY BRINGS FUN BACK INTO YOUR LIFE. GAIL: STACIE IS ADAMANT ABOUT MAKING MEDICAL TATTOOING A MORE MAINSTREAM PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE AND ONE, HOPEFULLY PAID FOBYR INSURANCE.
SHE SAYS IT MAKES A DIFFERENCE IN LIVES OF SO MANY. >> I FEEL LIKE I AM NOW COMPLE. TE I FEEL LIKE THIS WAS THE END OF THAT CHAPTER, LIKE I SLAMMED THE BOOK SHUT, ONCE I GOT THESE TATTS.
