Hashtag of the day: mastectomytattoos - mastectomy tattoos

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#mastectomytattoos

October is the month of raising awareness for breast cancer. Brands, companies and activists are engaged in the dissemination of information about the disease and the collection of money for research; In many countries, you can also take a survey and get a free consultation. And it was in October that many tattoo artists put out works under the hashtags #mastectomytattoo or #mastectomytattoos. Women who have experienced the complete or partial removal of one or both breast glands, tattoos at the site of the operation help to move on: they give someone the opportunity to feel confident again, and someone with their help pays tribute to their own courage and stamina.

According to one of the representatives of Instagram, just this month, more than six hundred thousand posts appeared in the social network, in which the authors talk about breast cancer prevention, many posted photos of mastectomy tattoos. Some of them are colorful and large-scale works of art, while others are only a modest way to remind yourself of your experiences.