I am a registered nurse and experienced medical tattoo artist.
I specialize in restorative tattooing of the breast. Restorative, in the sense of giving back a version of what was once taken away. Specifically, the majority of my work is
tattooing of the nipple areola complex as the finishing touch to a breast reconstruction. It is a medical tattoo with an aesthetic touch. I call it the grande finale!
I originally wanted to attend art school but after the death of my mother at age 15, I decided to change paths to nursing, to help people. After graduating from Wright State University in 1996 with a Bachelor’s of Science in Nursing degree, I worked in a variety of hospital areas including: Burn unit, Neuro/Trauma, NICU, and Oncology.
I worked at The Ohio State University Medical Center’s Department of Plastic Surgery from 2006-2014 where I completed hands-on training by a nurse and The Beau Institute, Advanced Areola Complex training series. I was responsible for tattooing a large volume of patients in need of nipple areola complex tattooing and loved every minute of it. I was not, however loving the results I was providing. So, in 2014, I decided to seek proper training with licensed tattoo artists and there I learned everything I had been taught to do by the other nurses and aestheticians previously was completely wrong. I was devastated that for so many years, I'd contributed to a huge problem, globally really, of poor nipple tattooing.
In 2015, I made the jump to start Living Story Tattoo L.L.C. I walked away from a steady paycheck, retirement and benefits to pursue my dream of providing quality tattoos that survivors deserve 💕 In 2017, I took A.R.T. training to help ensure I was providing the best results possible.
So, how did I get named "The Nipple Fairy" 🧚♀️? My brother came to visit our grandma that lived with me and he viewed my Instagram account for the 1st time. He then said to me "This is what you do? You gift nipples back to women! You're like the nipple fairy "!!! And there it was....
Locally, this has caught on and I'm known in these parts as "The Nipple Fairy " now. ❤
So, I don't do a traditional nursing job but I still feel like a nurse at heart. This is the best of both worlds for me. Art plus my nursing background equals my dream job...I love it ! I tattoo full time M-F and devote myself to helping women look and feel beautiful and whole again.
To help further educate women and spread the word about mastectomy tattooing, I've started to blog again and will be hosting an informative podcast! I will be discussing all things mastectomy tattoos! I hope you enjoy it.
Keep well,
Chrissy
The Nipple Fairy 🧚♀️
Keep well,
Chrissy
The Nipple Fairy 🧚♀️
