A Photographer Captured The Pain And Bravery Of A Woman Battling With Breast Cancer

Photographers capture the best moment of people’s life, their wedding, birthdays and anniversary photoshoots make every photographer happier.

But, Mandy Parks recently captured the pain, beauty, and bravery of a woman’s fight with breast cancer. The pictures show Kelsey Johnson shaving his wife, Charlie’s, head.

According to BreastCancer.point 173 | org, chemotherapy is a tough process and it targets all rapidly dividing cells—healthy cells as well as cancer cells.point 274 |

“Hair follicles, the structures in the skin filled with tiny blood vessels that make hair, are some of the fastest-growing cells in the body.point 120 | If you’re not in cancer treatment, your hair follicles divide every 23 to 72 hours.point 191 | But as the chemo does its work against cancer cells, it also destroys hair cells.point 258 |

Within a few weeks of starting chemo, you may lose some or all of your hair,” the organization wrote.point 85 | point 85 | 1

People who have gone through chemotherapy experienced both gradual and dramatic hair loss: clumps in their hairbrush, handfuls in the tub drain or on their pillow. “Whichever way it happens, it’s startling and depressing, and [people] will need a lot of support during this time.”

Some chemotherapy drugs affect only on a person’s head, others cause the loss of eyebrows and eyelashes, pubic hair, and hair on their legs, arms, or underarms.

“The extent of hair loss depends on which drugs or other treatments are used, and for how long. The various classes of chemotherapy drugs all produce different reactions.”

In Kelsey and Charlie’s situation, it’s clear that they love each other so much that looks don’t matter. Their bond is a testament to couples that appearance is just a minor player in what truly matters.

In the U.S., about 1 in 8 women (roughly, 12%) will develop invasive breast cancer over the course of her lifetime. In 2019, an estimated 268,600 new cases of invasive breast cancer are expected to be diagnosed in women in the U.S., along with 62,930 new cases of non-invasive (in situ) breast cancer. 

Look at their amazing yet emotional photoshoot!

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