Pink Ink helps breast cancer survivors find closure

"When I get out of the shower every morning I avoid looking in the mirror," said Jones.

She lost both of her breasts during a long battle with breast cancer. The cancer was aggressive, leaving her doctors no choice but to remove parts of her body. She now lives with implants.

"I can remember one of my plastic surgeons saying 'Nicole we are going to make you look great in clothes again'," she said.

But the times that hurt are not the times with clothes. It's the times she gets out of the shower and is flooded with memories.

"The scars for me are a reminder of the things that I lost: my femininity."

Tara Williamson knows just how that feels. She's also a survivor and was left with little choice other than to have both of her breasts removed. She, too, had reconstruction and remembers the day she first saw her new look.

"I just thought, I'm a mannequin. I look like a mannequin. I don't feel whole."

The reflection led to a revelation.

She wanted to give women in her position a way back, even if it's an illusion, to what they looked like before cancer. She became certified in the art of 3D tattooing and started her own business called Pink Ink Tattoos.

Williamson works out of the very plastic surgery office where she was once a patient tattooing nipples for women who are in the process of breast reconstruction. Women like Nicole.

"You know she's unique in that she is a woman and she is a breast cancer survivor so you know the time that you spend with Tara, it's just a connection," Jones said.

Williamson recognizes that it can be hard for those who haven't been through it to understand. She tells stories of people scoffing at the idea or declaring how they would never get a tattoo. But she is determined to be there for those who want it.

"I don't do any other different kind of tattooing. I never will because this is my passion," Williamson said.

The tattoos are a final step to what can be a long cancer journey while also working to cover some of the troublesome scars.

"When we're done and they get a look in the mirror, it's like that whole chapter is gone," Williamson said.

"You're complete again," Jones said. "It's just you're back to being a woman again."