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Our nipple tattoo work has been recognised by the following companies and in doing so helped our team bridge the gap and started our journey on raising the industry standards on 3d nipple tattoos and how the important of mastectomy tattoos and permanent nipple tattoos.
The 3D Nipple Tattoo Artist helping women post mastectomy
Lucy Thompson, from Keighley has trained to give women ‘3D’ Areola Restorative Tattoos (A.R.T) after her auntie had a mastectomy.
The Yorkshire tattoo artist trained in America with Founder Stacie-Rae to perfect the technique, which is currently not taught in the UK.
Covered during a BBC Short Story – Tattooing over my Scars
Rina was in a abusive relationship for 18 years and has scars from both abuse and self-harm. For women who have been victims of domestic violence, these scars can be a permanent reminder of a time in their lives they would rather leave behind. Most tattooists shy away from tattooing over scar tissue, but Rina has found an all-female run local tattoo Studio who are happy to help.
Breaking New Ground to help breast cancer patients
Lucy explains following her mastectomy, her Auntie Pam underwent a breast re-construction, a nipple graft and tattoo in hospital but over the years it has faded prompting Lucy to offer her services to help her Auntie and other women who have undergone a mastectomy.
Lucy Learns Tattoo Technique to help women who have had a mastectomy
Lucy explains following her mastectomy, her Auntie Pam underwent a breast re-construction, a nipple graft and tattoo in hospital but over the years it has faded prompting Lucy to offer her services to help her Auntie and other women who have undergone a mastectomy.
Lucy Thompson: Breast Cancer Survivor and Tattoos
Lucy skilled with The Space of A.R.T (Areola Restorative Tattooing) in Texas, who’ve pioneered a novel solution to give the appearance of an enduring and 3-dimensional nipple adversarial to different strategies. Having learnt this talent Lucy is now providing this restorative carrier to mastectomy patients in the community, the primary being her Auntie
Lucy Thompson: HeARTist of the month
Lucy is the UK’s first A.R.T.ist, travelling to Texas to become part of this new tattoo movement!
Lucy’s healing tattoo work has been featured on the BBC, gotten her nominated for yorkshire business woman of the year, front cover of the Keighley News, and the Telegraph & Argus “Family Matters”
Yorkshire Choice Awards 2018 Nominee
She and the team at her studio use their art to cover scars caused by self harm, domestic violence or the results of surgery carried out to combat breast cancer.
Reacting to her nomination Miss Thompson said: “I think I was in shock for about a week! Nothing like this has happened to me before.”
