A Brazilian artist is helping women, some of whom are victims of domestic violence, others who have survived cancer, turn their scars into something beautiful.
Flavia Carvalho, who runs a studio in Curitiba, Brazil, offers her services free of charge to women, as part of the physical and mental healing process.
Her project is called ‘A Pele da Flor’, a Portuguese expression that means ‘deeper than skin’, as well as having the more literal translation ‘The skin of the flower’.
‘It all started about two years ago, when I worked with a client who wanted to cover a large scar on her abdomen,’ Flavia explained to HuffPost.
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