A local tattoo artist who is the first in the area to offer special tattoos for breast cancer survivors who have had mastectomy operations said she hopes to bring a positive end to the women's journeys and help them to move forward. Katie Harrington, 25, lives in Cleethorpes and tattoos at the Illustrated Ink studio in George Street, Barton-upon-Humber . After working there for six years, she decided to do something she has "always wanted to do" and embarked on a course to learn how to tattoo areolas, delivered by renowned tattooist Tanya Buxton, based in Cheltenham.
Having now completed the training, Katie will welcome her first two clients next month, and is excited to make the areola tattooing service more accessible locally for breast cancer patients and trans or non-binary people who have undergone top surgery. READ MORE: Hair colouring skills land a North Lincolnshire salon owner with a top industry award Keep up to date with all the latest breaking news and top stories from Grimsby with our free newsletter Speaking to Grimsby Live , Katie said: "I've followed Tanya's work for ages, I've tattooed for ages and this was always something I wanted to do for personal reasons. The course became available in January for the first time, so I immediately put my name down and paid the deposit.
The reason I wanted to do the course was to help people, that was my main focus. "The course was really difficult and very different to what I'm used to, but it was fantastic. From a health.
