Removing the Excess: How Breast Reduction Surgery Accidentally Erased a Patient’s Tattoos

Молодая женщина стоит на балконе, держа на руках маленького щенка. На ее руке видна татуировка.

For many fans of body art, each tattoo is not just a drawing, but an entire chapter from the book of life. However, 23-year-old Aleigha Cartman from London, Ontario, Canada, found herself in a situation where entire “pages” of her story were literally cut away by a surgical scalpel. Traveling to Turkey for a long-awaited breast reduction surgery, the young woman had no idea that along with physical relief, she would receive a completely blank “canvas” where her old tattoos used to be.

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