Young actress says it is 'crazy' her arm tattoo ended up under her tongue

Harriet Trewhitt, 21, had a painful mouth ulcer for months before she discovered it was cancer. Now surgeons have skillfully removed it and reconstructed her tongue using skin from her arm

A young actress whose arm tattoo ended up on her tongue as part of reconstructive surgery during cancer treatment says the story makes a "good dating anecdote".

Harriet Trewhitt, 21, was diagnosed earlier this year after developing a painful ulcer on the right side of her tongue. At first, the acting student thought it was just a result of biting her tongue during an epileptic seizure but it stayed for three months.

Doctors organised a biopsy and found stage two squamous cell carcinoma.She ended up enduring two operations at University College London Hospital in London, involving 12 hours of surg