Free tattoos give hope to Dutch breast cancer survivors


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For some breast cancer survivors, incorporating their scars in a beautiful tattoo helps in their recovery. Photo: MAIXENT VIAU/Unsplash

Flowers and butterflies surround the scars left by the removal of Jacqueline van Schaik's breasts, thanks to a new tattoo the cancer survivor says she treasures.

"It's magnificent," exclaims an emotional Van Schaik, 56, looking at herself in the mirror at the end of the session at a tattoo parlour in the central Dutch city of Lelystad.

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