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Cancer & cancer treatment

Breast cancer (After mastectomy) — beauty treatment safety

Also called after a mastectomy, post-mastectomy, lymph node removal, axillary clearance, lymphoedema risk arm, areola tattoo, nipple tattoo.

Which describes you?

In short

Breast cancer is waiting on sign-off from a doctor, so this page carries no safety ratings. What it does carry is the background reading and the named medical sources behind it.

Choose your stage

Each stage has its own page, because the verdicts are not the same across them.

Sources

  1. Breast Cancer NowLymphoedema guidance
  2. Macmillan Cancer SupportLymphoedema after cancer treatment
  3. Macmillan Cancer SupportMassage and touch therapies
  4. Look Good Feel Better UKNail care, skin care and makeup during cancer treatment
  5. Macmillan Cancer SupportLife after cancer

Written by · London-trained cosmetologist

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