Shannen Doherty is sharing unflinchingly real photos from her breast cancer journey to urge fans to get mammograms.
, posted two pics on Instagram Thursday in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month.posing with her head bald from chemotherapy treatment. A bloody tissue is seen lodged in her nose.
The second pic shows the actor lying in bed in Cookie Monster pajamas. An eye mask covers the top half of her head. "For breast cancer awareness month, I’d like to share more of my own personal journey from my first diagnosis to my second. Is it all pretty? NO but it’s truthful and my hope in sharing is that we all become more educated, more familiar with what cancer looks like," the actor wrote in her caption.
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