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When Michelle Audoin was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2017 and decided to undergo a double mastectomy that same year, she couldn’t help but wonder what she’d look like when it was all said and done, especially with the knowledge that darker skin is more susceptible to forming raised keloid scars. “That was a big […]

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October means many things – Thanksgiving, Halloween, the final quarter of the year – however most importantly, October is also Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Each year, the month is dedicated to raising awareness of and funds for life-saving research for breast cancer through donation campaigns and dedicated products. Despite incredible advancements in survival rates, according […]

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Every October, brands start rolling out their pink ribboned products, promising anywhere from 5 to 100 percent of proceeds to breast cancer research, education and patients. There’s pink phone chargers, pink purses, pink oven mitts—at one point, there was a pink KFC fried chicken bucket. But breast cancer awareness and support doesn’t necessarily need to […]

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What women who have (had) them say… When Kirstin Turnbull was 24 years old, one of her friends got breast implants. An A cup herself, Turnbull, now 42, immediately wanted to know more; within weeks, she went in for surgery to have textured saline implants put in, at a cost of around $6,800. Within two […]

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David Dixon is one of the stalwarts of the Canadian fashion industry. While labels come and go, and Toronto Fashion Week divides and regroups like a cell undergoing mitosis, David Dixon is still there. He started his eponymous fashion line in 1999, and has dressed Meg Ryan, Jennifer Love Hewitt and fellow Canadian Pam Anderson […]

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The “big C” runs in my family. Both my parents passed away at 60 from the disease (my mother from breast cancer and my father from a lung sarcoma), and my only aunt is a breast cancer survivor. While my mom and aunt hadn’t been tested for BRCA1 or BRCA2 gene mutations—which are responsible for […]

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Like many young couples, Stephanie Gilman and her husband, Jacob, decided together when she should go off the pill in order for them to have a child. But unlike most couples, this decision was fraught with potential life-and-death consequences. Instead of a birth control pill, Gilman would stop taking Tamoxifen, the potentially life-saving drug she […]

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When you find out that someone you know has cancer, it can be hard to know what to do. People tend to either avoid the topic altogether out of fear of saying the wrong thing or they jump on board and perhaps ask too many questions. But the thing is, almost everybody has the best […]

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While you might be inclined to relegate the topic of cancer to the “things to worry about when you get older” category, these young women’s stories will change your mind. Diagnosed with breast cancer before they were 30, they struggled to come to terms with the reality of treatment, and also the life lessons that […]

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“Very grateful” are the words Hollywood’s leading lady Angelia Jolie used to describe how she was feeling during her first red carpet appearance since undergoing a widely publicized double-mastectomy. The brunette beauty, who announced the news of her preventative procedures to the New York Times on May 14th, described her happiness in seeing the discussion about women’s health expanded since sharing her story. The news has made waves all over the world, encouraging women everywhere to consider their options. FASHION contributor Amy Verner was inspired to share her own experiences with the suddenly “trending topic” in article for the Globe and Mail.

Jolie, who has six children with fiancée Brad Pitt, lost her own mother to ovarian cancer in 2007. When the actress learned that she carried the faulty gene that increased her chances of breast cancer to 87 percent, she chose to take action to minimize her risk. “Life comes with many challenges”, the actress wrote in her New York Times article, “The ones that should not scare us are the ones we can take on and take control of.”

When Angelina Jolie announced her preventive double mastectomy in yesterday’s New York Times, the almost-instant reactions were unanimous: Jolie was praised for her courage in both having the surgery and opening up to the public about it. Today that openness has continued, with Jolie’s doctor at the Pink Lotus Breast Center posting further details about the decision making process and medical procedures the actress undertook. It is by far the most detailed account we’ve ever read of any celebrity’s private medical information—to the point that you actually have to remind yourself while reading that it’s specifically about Angelina Jolie.

While Jolie’s double mastectomy makes headlines all over the world, other women with “the breast cancer gene” are now coming forward to talk about their own experiences.