MattJarram published Double mastectomy mum becomes nipple tattooist

A Nottingham mum who underwent a double mastectomy is being trained as a nipple tattooist. Gemma Laurence, from Worksop, had made the brave decisions to have a double mastectomy and hysterectomy, lost part of her nipple after developing an infection during the following breast reconstruction surgery. She had been just 25 when doctors told her she had inherited the BRCA2 gene fault, which carries a high risk of breast cancer. Both of her grandmothers had the gene and died from breast cancer...