Category Archives: "Breast Cancer"
Safe Skin Care Revolution Tour-Stop #1: Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Side effects from cancer treatments can be extremely difficult to deal with. Aside from the expected hair loss and thinning eyelashes, patients can suffer from hand and foot syndrome, redness and burns, rashes, and embarrassing dryness and flaking. Cancer centers recommend products, but many of them are full of petroleum-based ingredients, carcinogens, hormone disruptors and
Are Breast Tattoos Safe?
“Nipple Tattoos Help Breast Cancer Survivors Feel Like Women Again.” This was the headline of a July 2011 news article featuring The Beau Institute, which offers free nipple tattooing for breast cancer survivors. Is this a good idea? Is it safe? In May 2010, I published a post on the dangers of lead-based inks in
Animal Testing of Cosmetic Ingredients to Stop in the EU-But Humans Remain Guinea Pigs
On February 5, 2013, New York Times columnist Mark Bittman wrote an article entitled “Cosmetics Wars.” I’d like to bring it to your attention for two reasons: 1. He notes that if all goes according to plan, next month the European Union will become “cruelty-free,” banning the sale of all cosmetic ingredients that were tested
Thinking Back on My Cancer Journey–Sharing with Others is the Greatest Benefit
At the beginning of my book, When Cancer Hits, I talk about how I was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s disease when I was sixteen years old. I had no idea at the time what a huge impact it would have on my life. I was young, strong, and carefree. I would fix the cancer and move
