A Baltimore-area tattoo artist is making a name for himself inking 3D nipples onto the chests of breast cancer survivors.
For many women, Vinnie Myers’ tattoo shop — in a nondescript strip mall in Finksburg, Md. — is the very last stop of a “physically and emotionally taxing” journey.
The treatment process is finally over. “I’m the last person they see in that big battle,” Myers told the Daily News. “They need nothing else. They beat it, they’re done.” As one of his customers put it, the nipple and areola tattoos are “the icing on the cake.” Lillie Shockney, a nurse at Baltimore’s John Hopkins Breast Center, went to Myers after she saw his work on one of her patients.
