Pink Ribbon Tattoos

Pink ribbon tattoos are temporary transfer tattoos that can be applied to areas of skin in order to raise awareness of breast cancer. They can be worn to encourage women to attend for mammograms, or they can be worn at demos or on sponsored walks for breast cancer awareness. Talking about breast cancer is important as there is still some stigma associated with breast cancer. Pink ribbon tattoos are a great way to broach the topic of breast cancer, wherever you are. Did you know – for example – that there are two main kinds of mammogram? The film screen mammogram and the digital mammogram. The former records onto photographic film, while the latter uses digital technology to record straight onto a computer. read more

Mammograms are taken through the compression of your breasts between two plates. The flattening of the breast is necessary so that as much tissue can be captured by the imaging technology as possible, and the thickness of the breast is reduced. The imaging technology shouldn’t have to struggle through too many layers of tissue in order for the breast tissue to be scanned in this fashion. The plates are themselves connected to the camera, and the camera takes a photo from two angles for each breast – so the same process needs to be done on each breast, although depending on what is already known about a woman’s condition, more than two images may be required so that as much of the tissue can be seen as possible. Use your temporary pink ribbon tattoos as a talking point for discussing breast cancer issues today. read less