Can A Cancer Survivor Get Permanent Makeup

eyebrow treatment — 'These people have undergone life-shattering illnesses, and this is just one way of putting a smile on their faces' (Flick: LolFace)

When nosotros think about the after-effects of serious illness and invasive medical treatments, we don't tend to focus on the aesthetic side of things.

Just if you lot accept lost your hair due to medication or being unwell, the impact this has on your self-esteem and confidence can exist huge.

Lauren is a semi-permanent brand-up (SPMU) artist in Gateshead. She has started a new campaign to get this beauty treatment offered on the NHS, as she has seen first-hand merely how much of a positive divergence it can make for people with pilus loss.

Now, to raise sensation for her campaign, she is offering semi-permanent countenance treatments for complimentary to people who have lost their hair due to wellness issues such equally undergoing chemotherapy or alopecia.

Lauren knows from personal experience how debilitating it tin be to lose all your pilus due to cancer treatments, alopecia, and other illnesses/treatments which cause hair loss, which is the driving force behind her projection.

'Offer complimentary SPMU treatments ways so much to me as I've witnessed a number of times the positive impact the treatments accept on people's lives,' Lauren tells Metro.co.uk.

'These people accept undergone life-shattering illnesses, and this is but one manner of putting a grin on their faces.'

The projection will see Lauren offer gratis SPMU to people who have undergone pilus loss due to invasive treatments or illness. She is doing this in social club to gather evidence of how much SPMU tin meliorate mental wellness, conviction, and overall life enjoyment for people who accept gone through such a traumatic feel in their life.

Her business Lolface, has also recently started fundraising to offer gratis treatments for people who accept lost hair due to cancer treatments and alopecia. Cancer affects i in two people, and many lose their hair due to the invasive treatments they become through.

The crowdfunding projection was started at the beginning of Baronial this twelvemonth, and they have already raised hundreds towards their target on their online fundraising page.

'Forehead SPMU isn't currently available on the NHS, then I took it upon myself to be able to offer it for free,' adds Lauren.

'Dani, a client who received a free treatment said:

"I didn't really know what to expect just Lauren was so lovely, totally put me at ease and I absolutely beloved the results. Totally what I needed afterwards going through chemo and losing a lot of what made me 'me' so I couldn't be more grateful."

'This highlights simply what a deviation it tin can really make in people's lives.

'I believe life is about positivity and spreading love. I never imagined that I'd be in a position to brand such a divergence in people'due south lives, but now I am, I won't stop until LolCare is nationwide. Putting a grin on as many people'due south faces as possible.'

Lauren worked in healthcare as a diagnostic radiographer for seven years. She was based in a big teaching hospital, scanning patients who had gone through traumatic experiences with pilus loss due to illnesses and treatments.

Her goal is to enhance £2,300, which would pay for 10 people to become free microblading or tattoo eyebrows at LolFace. For every person that has the handling paid for through the funding, Lauren will offer some other handling completely free.

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