Living with breast cancer is difficult, especially for women who have had a mastectomy. To the test of breast removal is added that of the post-operative daily life where it is necessary to get used to its breast prosthesisand come to terms with his image.
Some women may feel helpless after losing one of their female strengths. They may have difficulty familiarizing themselves with their new appearance, which is still marked by the scars of the disease (hair loss, eyebrows, breast). They must reconnect with gestures that once seemed harmless to them, such as to put on makeupor dress.
To support these women in their reunion with their femininity, Cécile Pasquinelli Vu-Hong, created Garance, a brand of lingerie and swimwear for breast prostheses. This desire to help former breast cancer patients, Cécile Pasquinelli derives from her own experience. In 2010, she was treated for 18 months for breast cancer.
An ordeal that damaged her femininity, she says on the brand’s website garance-paris.com: “Wigs, scarves, I found the tricks to hide my hair loss; Underwear, even if I didn’t always like it, can hide under clothes … But it’s no longer possible to hide, when I had to put on a swimsuit or in the evening, in front of my mirror, once the prosthesis had been removed … I had the feeling of suffering a double penalty: having cancer and in addition not being me- even because I no longer recognized my image in the mirror “.
Bras without underwire and adapted to breast prostheses
One-piece, two-piece swimsuits, pajamas or fine lingerie … Very feminine models, whatever the tastes and morphologies of each, are offered on the brand’s website. All bras are suitable for wearing breast prostheses. The shape has been specially designed to maintain the prosthesis while making a beautiful neckline. The models are devoid of frame to avoid painful pressures.
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– Garance Paris (@Garance_Paris) May 27, 2016
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– Lupe Castro (@MsCastroRides) July 5, 2014
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