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Erin Burnett, 36, got her mastectomy-scar tattoo more than three years after being diagnosed with stage II, triple-positive, invasive ductal carcinoma at 28. The breast cancer treatment and mastectomy she needed to save her life had done a number on her confidence. For years, she didn't feel like her body was her own, and her scars just reminded her of the trauma it had been through. But when she realized she could get a tattoo over the scars that reminded her of what she'd lost, everything changed. Here, Burnett shares how her mastectomy-scar tattoo helped her regain her confidence and take back her body.

When I got my breast cancer diagnosis, it had metastasized to my lymph nodes, and my skin was damaged du

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