Jenean LaCorte has been a lifelong artist, but when her sister-in-law was diagnosed with breast cancer, she traded her paintbrush for a tattoo machine and went to school to learn medical tattooing. Now she specializes in 3D nipple tattoos for people after breast cancer and scar camouflage She also works on hiding marks left behind from self harm, birth defects and accidents and she’s found her calling.
“From my very first tattoo, I knew this is what I should be doing with my life,” LaCorte explains. “I absolutely love it.”
What she offers her patients is more than skin deep. They tell her the tattoos have given them confidence to move on after their diagnosis, apply for their dream jobs and start dating again after a mastectomy. LaCorte likes to stay in touch with her patients and follow them on the journey into the next phase of their lives, which she helped them move to with her skills and ink.
Source: WECT