A 32 year mum of one, whose family has been touched by breast cancer, has opened a new business in Castle Donington with the aim of boosting body positivity.
Rebecca Barton launched her fat-freezing treatments business in the three-county border village, earlier this year, and said that her aim is to empower people to feel good about their body with a treatment that “takes off inches”.
“Women should feel good about their bodies”, said Rebecca, who advocates a healthy lifestyle alongside the treatment. “Everyone should enjoy body positivity.”
The inspirational mum, who has recently discovered she carries the BRCA1 breast cancer gene, has a five-year-old son, Kayden, and is supported by husband Ashley.
After finding a lump in her breast, which removal showed to be benign, the scare prompted her to undergo testing for the breast cancer gene. Rebecca's mum had been diagnosed with the gene in 2018 but Rebecca was pregnant with her son at the time and admits that guilt and fear had kept her from taking the test.
Now, with the gene confirmed, Rebecca says that she will undergo a double mastectomy and reconstruction but stresses the importance of looking after yourself and feeling good about your own body.
Rebecca set up the business after trying the treatment herself following research to “shift her stubborn mummy tum pouch”.
She said: “I wanted to share, even if it was with just one other person, how I felt. It is important to love yourself exactly as you are but if you want to change then that is okay too.”