September 2004
Tattoo Art - Close to the heart | |
|  | | Sally has had a tattoo over her mastectomy scar |
| | A Devon woman, who has had a tattoo over her mastectomy scar, is helping to launch a new worldwide campaign to raise awareness of breast cancer. She and her sister-in-law want to stage an exhibition of photos and are looking for more volunteers. |
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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external websites. | | | FACTS | | Currently, around 40,000 women are diagnosed with breast cancer each year and around 13,000 women - 35 women per day - die from this disease in the UK.
In addition, rates of occurrence of breast cancer in the UK have been rising for many years.
Scientists believe that around half of these cases - at least 20,000 a year - could, in principle, be prevented, if the causes of breast cancer were better understood.
Although only about 200 men in the UK develop breast cancer each year - men are proportionately more likely to die of the disease, with about 100 deaths each year.
The campaign, named Redefining Hope And Beauty, is supported by charities in countries including the UK, the United States, Australia, Germany, Spain and Canada.
BBC newsreader Natasha Kaplinsky helped launch the initiative, which is also supported by celebrities including actress Emma Thompson, Sharon Osbourne and Pop Idol judge Simon Cowell.
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| | Sally Arnold from Frogmore near Kingsbridge is helping to launch a new campaign to raise awareness of breast cancer by having a tattoo over her mastectomy scar.
Sally decided to have the tattoo after rejecting the possibility of reconstructive surgery following a mastectomy. She had witnessed her sister-in-law, Lorna Yabsley, go through reconstructions that went wrong and decided on an alternative approach.
The 55 year old told BBC Devon she wanted to do something with her scar and so went to a tattoo artist in Totnes.
"It took me ages to pluck up the courage," she said.
 | | Sally and Lorna hope to stage an exhibition of photographs |
"I'm quite proud of my 'war wound' and wanted to make it a bit prettier. People tell me it is lively and some people even think it's sexy - which is quite nice."
Sally thinks her stressful lifestyle as a young woman contributed to her getting breast cancer. She was nanny to Jade Jagger and lived with Mick and Bianca Jagger for a year before becoming The Rolling Stones' tour manager.
She also did the same for The Who, Peter Gabriel and Lynyrd Skynyrd.
Sally is taking part in the launch of the world's first truly global breast cancer awareness campaign - 'Redefining Hope and Beauty'.
This unprecedented initiative has brought together independent breast cancer charities from at least 10 different countries, with the common aim of raising breast cancer awareness for women who may not otherwise have access to this vital health information.
 | | Sally hopes other men and women will come forward and have their photos taken |
Sally and her sister-in-law, photographer Lorna Yabsley, are now hoping to stage an exhibition and are asking other men and women who have undergone mastectomies to come forward and be photographed for the campaign.
A host of international celebrities, including Oscar-winning actress Emma Thompson, Sharon Osbourne, pop acts Westlife and Blue, 'X-Factor'
judge Simon Cowell, actress Britt Ekland, and hat-designer Philip Treacy are also lending their support to the Rediefining Hope and Beauty campaign, helping to extend its crucial messages across all borders.
If you would like to volunteer to take part in the exhibition you can contact Sally's sister-in-law, Lorna Yabsley by sending an email to photographer@lornayabsley.com
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