Emily is a breast cancer patient who has survived a rough journey to treat her disease. After a complicated double mastectomy and breast reconstruction surgery, she’s decided to have tattoos for her new nipples.

This video from Penn Medicine talks about reconstruction after a mastectomy, by way of a 3D nipple tattoo (called micro pigmentation) which re-colors the specified area to look more realistic.

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