Beauty After Cancer - Breast Cancer and Nipple Tattooing

PART 1: Breast Cancer Awareness Month: Nipple tattooing after mastectomy
Lizeth Alvarado joined FOX 5's Ayesha Khan to talk about her work with breast cancer survivors following mastectomies. As the principal artist and owner of Epic Beauty RX, Alvarado specializes in beauty after cancer and nipple tattooing.

FOX 5 News Reporter, Ayesha Khan, was joined by principal artist, educator and owner of Epic Beauty, Lizeth Alvarado of Northern Virginia to talk about the nipple tattooing process in addition to various techniques available to women seeking beauty care after breast cancer.

Alvarado shared insight into why nipple tattooing is an appealing procedure for women who have undergone mastectomies.

"Nipple tattooing has a lot to do with restoring the breast after mastectomy or other breast reconstructive surgeries. A lot of times, you know, women will lose areola and nipple area. And they will actually have like blank breasts when the doctor cannot save the nipple and areola," explained Alvarado. "So when they come in to get nipple tattooing, I basically do some mapping, which recreates the areola and repigments the skin."

In addition to nipple tattooing Alvarado also offers other cosmetic procedures for cancer survivors. They include offering eyelash extensions that can be kept on longer periods, and scalp micro pigmentation, a procedure that recreates the follicles on the scalp, and helps fill in gaps left in hair after chemotherapy.

To learn more about Alvarado's work, visit

www.epicbeautyrx.com
www.academyinbeauty.com
IG @epicbeautyrx
FB https://www.facebook.com/LizethAlvaradoBeauty/

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