Tag: breast
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Breast Cancer Survivor’s Scars Are Beautifully Concealed by Tattoo Artist
Since 2010, David Allen has been tattooing women who have undergone mastectomies. Typically recreating the nipple shape, mastectomy tattoos have been around for some time. David’s work, however, uses design principles to draw attention away from the scarring by tattooing images of flowers and other flora. This process has quickly become a new, viable option…
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Artist Reimagines Disney Princesses As Breast Cancer Survivors To Raise Awareness For Breast Cancer Month
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Breast cancer remains the most common cancer among women in most developed countries (excluding non-melanoma skin cancer). Survival rates continue to improve with 89 out of every 100 women diagnosed with invasive breast cancer now surviving five or more years beyond diagnosis. To bring attention to this important cause,…
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Photo Series Highlights the Beauty of Breastfeeding in Public
It’s been a hotly-debated topic for many years: breast feeding in public. Some argue that breast feeding is perfectly natural and there should be no issue with breastfeeding in public. Others argue that it should only be done in private. In response to the debate, photographer Ivette Ivens just released a series of highly stylized…
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Mamming: The Latest Social Media Craze, Involving… BOOBS!
First there was planking. Then tebowing. Then came owling. And hopefully we’ve all forgotten that Miley Cyrus twerking thing. Now the latest craze to hit social media is called “mamming”. And yes, it involves your BOOBS. For the uninitiated, mamming involves taking a photo of your (clothed) breasts sitting on anything. They could be perched on a…