Mastectomy Scars: 12 Women Who Wear Them Like a Badge of Honor
01.12.2023 - 21:58
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—or in some cases prevent it—more than 100,000 U.S.
women .
And many of those women bare their mastectomy scars (whether on social media or in their private lives) with pride and love.
“My scars tell me it’s okay not to run from pain and fear—that they are most often gifts in ugly wrapping paper,” says survivor Jen Rozenbaum.
“Once you get through the pain, there is tremendous beauty on the other side.”Here, 13 women share how they came to embrace their mastectomy scars post-surgery.
Spoiler alert: It wasn’t always easy or automatic, they say.
But today they’re wearing them like a badge of honor.I was diagnosed in December of 2019 with breast cancer, and a mastectomy was just part of my treatment plan.
I love my scars because they are part of me, and I am on a life-long mission of self-love.
I didn’t want them, but there is a certain beauty to them: proof of an interesting life.
And sometimes I don’t love them.
Sometimes they remind me of deep trauma and intense pain and unforgettable loss.
In those moments, I am learning to sit with my feelings of discomfort.
I’m learning to welcome and accept my scars as part of my journey and part of my wholeness.
—I had my mastectomy on Feb.
15, 2017.
I’ll never forget the day it was time to remove the bandages and see my scar for the first time.
My anxiety grew with each layer being removed.
When we got to the last piece, I almost passed out.
It took about a year for me to remember how beautiful I still am, and how beautiful my scar is.
Every October I make posts with a message about staying healthy while providing facts about breast cancer.
So many people began sending me private messages.
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