Stories From the Journey: Body image and cancer treatment | Post-surgery tattoos

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There’s a lot that people don’t talk about when it comes to the side effects of cancer treatment. Whether patients get chemotherapy, radiation, surgery, or a combination of it all, the changes to their bodies have a heavy physical and emotional impact. Racquel Williams talks with a group of survivors and medical experts from The Penn Medicine | Virtua Health Cancer Program about everything from hair loss to sexual wellness - including how breast cancer impacts men and why “going flat” should be presented as an alternative to reconstruction.

Then, on Shara in the City, we look at what happens after a mastectomy. Reconstruction doesn’t always include nipples, so tattoos have become a popular option. Shara Dae Howard visits a tattoo artist who helps breast cancer survivors feel good about their new bodies.

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