#10 Cherry Branch
Breast cancer can be treated if you are lucky but cannot be forgotten easily. The scars it leaves behind stay with you for years reminding you about the difficult time you've been through.
These women though have tried their level best to erase the scar thus eliminating the memories of pain from their mind. For example, look at this tattoo. There's a story behind this. Having been diagnosed with cancer in the cherry-blossom season, this brave lady decided to get a cherry branch inked on herself, symbolizing her rebirth.
#9 Roberta's Story
It wasn't easy for Roberta to go for a tattoo. It took her 5 years to convince herself to get a tattoo after she lost one breast to a mastectomy.
Keep reading ahead to see more such brilliant tattoos.
#8 Carrie George
This is the tattoo on Carrie George's body. After going through bilateral mastectomy in 2012, Carrie decided against reconstruction and rather went for creative reconstruction. And this looks outstanding.
#7 Patty Carr
Patty Carr has had prophylactic double mastectomy. After her implants got infected, she had to undergo tons of surgeries. Finally she decided to get a tattoo which eventually turned out to be one of the best decisions of her life.
#6 Cari-Anne Higgins
Cari-Anne Higgins has suffered from cancer twice already. She's had enough surgeries for the lifetime now. Getting a tattoo made her feel good and that is what matters the most.
#5 Barbara
Barbara decided to go for a tattoo years after her mastectomy.
#4 Ann Marie Giannino-Otis
She wanted something that could remind her of her beauty and look what she got, a tattoo.
#3 Phoenix tattoo
This is one of the best works of artist Joseph Andrew. It was created for one of the cancer survivors.
#2 Adriana
This beautiful tattoo is inked on Adriana. Adriana's skin was left destroyed by the radiation and chemo treatments that she had to undergo after being diagnosed with stage 3 cancer. It took her 11 years to decide get this tattoo.
#1 Paula Stanley
She couldn't even see herself in the mirror once upon a time but now she loves her body specially because of this tattoo.
