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In many ways, these tattoos restore what’s lost to breast cancer

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MASTERPIECES: Medical tattoo artist Kristen Lanctot plays a key role in helping people feel whole again after surviving breast cancer. She specializes in inking realistic nipples on reconstructed breasts.
PBN PHOTO/­ARTISTIC IMAGES
SMALL 
MASTERPIECES: Medical tattoo artist Kristen Lanctot plays a key role in helping people feel whole again after surviving breast cancer. She specializes in inking realistic nipples on reconstructed breasts.
PBN PHOTO/­ARTISTIC IMAGES

For the first year after her double mastectomy, all Debra Turilli could think about was how happy she was to be alive. She had been diagnosed with breast cancer in 2018 and a few months later underwent the six-hour procedure to remove her breasts. There was no space in her mind for anything other than

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