The Bryght Ass Blog

  • Oncology in the Spa Menu

    Not all spa or salon menus are created equal, and to add in services for the client living with cancer can create an additional challenge. Your se...
  • Scanxiety

    "Scanxiety" - Anxiety and worry that accompanies the period of time before undergoing or receiving the results of a medical examination.   Toda...
  • Meet Tomai Hira

    On September 4th, 2011 at the young age of 33, my world was shattered into pieces. I had been diagnosed with Her2 positive breast cancer that woul...
  • How often do you check your boobs?

    Much like finding a well-fitting bra or getting a smear test- checking our boobs is one of the things we must do as women. Ah, the joys. According...
  • Too cool to die

    Today marks the 1 year anniversary of when I got the dreaded phone call telling me my biopsy results came back with cancerous cells.  As a cancer ...
  • Hydroquinone in skincare concerns

    The reasons why you should not use hydroquinone to lighten your skin.Hydroquinone has been used as a bleaching agent in cosmetic creams for decade...
  • Someone needs blood every two seconds

    More than 4.5 million patients need a blood transfusion each year in the U.S. and Canada. I was one of those patients only a few months ago, right...
  • Bryght CEO diagnosed with breast cancer during pandemic

    I've always been obsessed with my boobs. Even at a young age in the 80's, I remember reading in Seventeen Magazine that if you slept in your bra y...
  • Skin Color Changes from Cancer Drugs

    The skin gets its color from pigment in the skin known as melanin. Some people produce more melanin, resulting in darker skin. Melanin’s role in t...
  • Hyperpigmentation From Use of Chemotherapy Drug, Hydroxyurea

    We received an inquiry from a cancer survivor in India who is being administered hydroxyurea – her concern is ‘black marks’ on her face. Hydroxyur...
  • Oncology Esthetics

    To say I was naive to cancer growing up would be an understatement. I had absolutely no knowledge of what it truly was, aside from the fact that there were different types, it was always bad, and pink was the color for breast cancer. 
  • Bryght's 2023 Model

    I had no idea what would come of my words, my little blog, all I knew is that I never wanted someone else to feel how my husband and I felt the day I was given a terminal diagnosis. I was 23. My name is Miranda of Pheo Vs Fabulous and I have Pheochromocytoma - A word that would change my entire existence.