Emotional healing with unconventional breast tattoos: The role of temporary tattoos in the recovery process after breast carcinoma and mastectomy

Osborn, Lindsay P; Cohen, Philip R.

doi:10.1016/j.clindermatol.2017.11.002

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“…Tattoos are often an expression of decorative body art [5]. However, they are also utilized for medical management to outline the areas of treatment in radiation oncology and for postoperative treatment to provide aesthetic restoration of the areola and nipple following mastectomy in oncology patients [6].…”

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Tattoo-Associated Basal Cell Carcinoma: Coincident or Coincidence

Cohen¹,

Erickson²,

Uebelhoer³

et al. 2020

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Tattoos may be associated with medical complications including, albeit rarely, skin cancer. The features of a 46-year-old man who developed a basal cell carcinoma within a tattoo on his left scapula are described and the characteristics of the other 13 patients (7 men and 6 women) with tattoo-associated basal cell carcinoma are reviewed. The tumor usually occurs on the sun-exposed skin of individuals aged 60 years and older whose tattoo has often been present for 20 years or more. The pathogenesis of a basal cell carcinoma developing within a tattoo may merely be a coincidence. However, there is supporting evidence that the tattoo and the subsequent basal cell carcinoma may be coincident events whereby either tattoo injectionassociated trauma or the tattoo pigments and dyes (in their native state or after ultraviolet radiation alteration) or both have a carcinogenic impact on the development of the basal cell carcinoma at that location.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Tattoo-Associated Basal Cell Carcinoma: Coincident or Coincidence

Cohen¹,

Erickson²,

Uebelhoer³

et al. 2020

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“…19,20 Diagnostic procedures such as ultrasounds, mammograms, biopsies, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), computed tomography (CT), and lengthy treatments which may include chemotherapy, surgery, and radiation leave lasting effects which can lead to feelings of powerlessness and for some women, distorted images of self. 21 Although anecdotal, Allen suggests that through art (tattoos), women can regain their sense of "beauty and agency." 20 Unfortunately absent, are research studies generating knowledge about the experiences of women being tattooed postmastectomy.…”

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“…Despite a lack of research, relevant literature suggests motivations for women being inked postmastectomy include regaining one's identity, improving body image, sense of beauty, and heightening feelings of control 19,20 . Diagnostic procedures such as ultrasounds, mammograms, biopsies, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), computed tomography (CT), and lengthy treatments which may include chemotherapy, surgery, and radiation leave lasting effects which can lead to feelings of powerlessness and for some women, distorted images of self 21 . Although anecdotal, Allen suggests that through art (tattoos), women can regain their sense of “beauty and agency.” 20…”

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Unveiling beauty: Insight into being tattooed postmastectomy

Jong

2022

Nursing Forum

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Background: It could be argued that mastectomy tattoos are being considered by some women in contemporary society as an alternative to breast reconstruction.Aim: To gain insight into the experience of "being" tattooed where breast(s) once occupied space, six women with mastectomy tattoos were interviewed.Methodology: The teachings of Gadamer's philosophical hermeneutics were engaged to better understand what it means "to be" tattooed postmastectomy.Results and Discussion: Discoveries include feeling sad and damaged postmastectomy, embodying the tattoo as a novel representation of self for women living without breast(s), and reclaiming power, control, and confidence in a way that is symbolically meaningful. Conclusion:Health care providers working with women diagnosed with breast cancer are invited to learn from women with mastectomy tattoos and to consider expanding discourse about care to include options beyond breast reconstruction.

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“…Although not so frequent, medical applications also exist. For instance, tattoos for areolar reconstruction in burn victims and breast cancer can be used to conceal scars or disfigurations originating from breast reconstructions and thus to accelerate emotional healing [42,43]. Another medical purpose for tattoos is use in radiation therapy, especially for breast cancer.…”

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Tattoos in Psychodermatology

Altunay

Mercan

Özkur

2021

Psych

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Tattooing is a permanent form of body art applied onto the skin with a decorative ink, and it has been practiced from antiquity until today. The number of tattooed people is steadily increasing as tattoos have become popular all over the world, especially in Western countries. Tattoos display distinctive designs and images, from protective totems and tribal symbols to the names of loved or lost persons or strange figures, which are used as a means of self-expression. They are worn on the skin as a lifelong commitment, and everyone has their own reasons to become tattooed, whether they be simply esthetic or a proclamation of group identity. Tattoos are representations of one’s feelings, unconscious conflicts, and inner life onto the skin. The skin plays a major role in this representation and is involved in different ways in this process. This article aims to review the historical and psychoanalytical aspects of tattoos, the reasons for and against tattooing, medical and dermatological implications of the practice, and emotional reflections from a psychodermatological perspective.

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Emotional healing with unconventional breast tattoos: The role of temporary tattoos in the recovery process after breast carcinoma and mastectomy

Cited by 6 publications

References 9 publications

Tattoo-Associated Basal Cell Carcinoma: Coincident or Coincidence

Tattoo-Associated Basal Cell Carcinoma: Coincident or Coincidence

Unveiling beauty: Insight into being tattooed postmastectomy

Tattoos in Psychodermatology

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