'They Made Me Feel Like a Whole Person'
The Beau Institute in Mount Laurel offers breast cancer survivors a chance at closure following surgery.
As an oncology nurse, Havertown, PA, resident Claire Marino had seen many women go through breast cancer surgery and reconstructive surgery afterward. Going through the process herself was an entirely different experience. While the surgery—a bilateral mastectomy—was successful, Marino said the healing process following reconstruction was as much mental as physical. “Waking up every morning and seeing two surgery scars is awful,” she said. But a television news report led her to the Beau Institute in Mount Laurel, which specializes in permanent and corrective cosmetics, and its Day of Hope—a free program designed to help breast cancer survivors in one small, simple way. With a little ink and shading, practitioners at the institute not only…
Angela Oberholtzer
10:46 am on Sunday, January 13, 2013
Claire - congratulations and good luck! I am also a BC survivor. I had read about Rose Marie's Day of Hope last year. In Sept, the week of my 9 yr anniversary, I had my FINAL step done in my reconstruction, areola tattooing. Rose Marie and her group are wonderful people. Rose Marie is as beautiful inside as she is outside. What she gives to those who need that "extra special lift" is just … more ›