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Leading breast cancer surgeon, Associate Professor Sanjay Warrier, partners with tattoo service to promote more holistic healing measures for survivors
Associate Professor Sanjay Warrier is one of the world’s leading breast oncology and oncoplastic surgeons. Based in Sydney, he is a current Council member for Breast Surgeons of Australia New Zealand (BreastSurgANZ) and is the immediate past President.
“If there is one thing I have learned over my career it is that overcoming a battle with breast cancer does not cease for woman once they leave my surgical practice. Breast cancer is a disease that impacts your mental health, as well as your more obvious, physical health,” Associate Professor Warrier said.
“This is why surgeons like myself are invested in assisting patients along every step of their breast cancer journey.”
3D nipple and areola tattooing is performed to help restore confidence in people so that they can feel like themselves again after the trauma that they have been through.
“Being able to visualise something, even as simple as a nipple and areola, that breast cancer survivors thought they would never see again helps them feel in-touch with their pre-cancer selves. Feeling comfortable in your own body, which is your body’s lifelong home, is a critical…
