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Free the Nippleless! From Ourselves and the Shame of Living in a Society that Rarely Acknowledges Us

For women like me who lose our nipples to breast cancer, learning to love our changed bodies can be a journey.

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Body Image

Even if you don’t experience any physical changes from cancer, you might still feel like others see you differently.

Livestrong Staff

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A Dilemma of Intimacy

An Asian American writer grapples with interracial love in a time of disaster.

Anne Anlin Cheng

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When Cancer Changes Your Appearance

Cancer and cancer treatment can cause physical changes to the way cancer patients look and, as a result, feel about their bodies. Here are ways to cope with those changes and any body image problems that might result.

Dennis Thompson Jr.

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Rita Wilson on Life After Breast Cancer

Feeling feminine and sexy isn’t about a bra or a cup size or whether you have breast tissue or breast implants. It’s more internal.

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How Does Breast Cancer Affect Your Body?

Most of the biggest effects to your body from breast cancer come from the treatment, not from the disease. Find out what to expect.

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Learning to Accept (if Not Love) My Scar

The scar represented the loss of my younger self’s sense of invulnerability, and — no surprise — triggered a fear of death.

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Changes to Your Appearance and Body Image

Cancer and treatments can cause changes to your body. These can affect how you think and feel about your body.

Macmillan Editorial Staff

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The Skin You’re In: Coping with Body Changes After Cancer

Knowing that all people who undergo treatment for cancer will face some sort of changes to their bodies and self-perception is both normalizing and challenging.

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Audre Lorde: A Black Lesbian Feminist Experience of Breast Cancer

First published over 40 years ago, Audre Lorde’s memoir about her breast cancer diagnosis and mastectomy remains one of the most powerful stories on body image, illness, and women’s pain.

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