Yorkshire Evening Post
  • 10 months ago
A woman helps cancer patients feel beautiful by tattooing mastectomy scars for free - after surviving the disease herself.

Kate Challinor, 44, spends her time covering scars with inkings to bring confidence to patients after surgery.

She discovered a passion for tattooing in September 2018 and was later diagnosed with thyroid cancer in 2022.

Video by SWNS/Kate Challinor
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