Sarah Beeny covered her newly dyed platinum blonde hair as she donned a fun hat in honor of a brain cancer research charity on Friday.
The 51-year-old TV presenter was joined by sons Billy, 18, Charlie, 16, Rafferty, 14, and Laurie, 12, with her husband, Graham Swift, 19.
The family donned different hats for the Instagram update while battling the gloomy weather on a walk.
Sarah was diagnosed with breast cancer in August last year and lost her mother to the disease when she was ten years old.
In the post, the real estate expert wore a large vinyl bucket hat to protect herself from the rain with a yellow and black scarf.
Family outing: Sarah Beeny, 51, donned fun hats on Friday with her four sons and husband Graham Swift in honor of a brain cancer research charity
She wrote: “Supporting #wearahatday, highlighting the funding needed @braintumourrsch – Join a guard post! X’
Earlier in the day, Sarah revealed her new platinum hair was dyed by her son while she continues to be treated for breast cancer.
The mother-of-four, who was diagnosed with breast cancer last year, shaved her hair after clumps fell out when she started chemotherapy.
Now that it’s growing back, Sarah took to Instagram to post a series of snaps of the process of her hair transformation.
One picture showed her son grinning as he applied the color to her tresses, while another showed the product she was using.
Meanwhile, another picture showed off her new cropped tresses as she posed in a black turtleneck.
She wrote: “Thanks for all your lovely lovely comments on my last post – unfortunately my hair is natural not platinum blonde…..!!!!”
It came after Sarah first posted about her new style on Thursday, fooling her followers by telling them her tresses had grown back blonde.
She wrote: “Supporting #wearahatday, highlighting the funding needed for @braintumourrsch – join us in a hat post! X’
Trial: Sarah announced earlier in the day that her new platinum hair was dyed by her son while she continues to be treated for breast cancer
New look: Now that it’s growing back, Sarah took to Instagram to post a series of snaps of the process of her hair transformation
She couldn’t hold back her smile as she looked over her shoulder at the camera, which showed off her short natural curls.
The star joked: “Look my hair has grown back all platinum!!!!! Xxxx #naturally blonde!’
Last month, she announced she had finished chemotherapy by sharing a picture of her sons’ CD cover.
Sarah wrote: “Not sure what makes the sun shine the most – 2 days on steroids (Happy Pills!!!) – no more chemo or @the_entitled_sons releasing their best song yet…
‘YES Friday IS a good day xx #finishedchemo #HEAVENKNOWS @nickyjohnston (sic)’
Back in the summer of 2022, Sarah announced she had received the cancer diagnosis after finding a lump that led to a biopsy.
She was told the cancer had not spread and “there is an 80 percent chance of recovery.”
The star’s mother, Ann, had breast cancer that spread to her brain and she died aged 39 when Sarah was just 10.
Sarah admitted she had “a little meltdown” in the consulting room, but told the nurse, “You don’t understand. I’ve waited 40 years to hear those words. I knew I would hear it one day.”
Explaining how she had worried about cancer on Loose Women for decades, Sarah explained: “My mother died when I was 10 and I always assumed I would get breast cancer.
“Anyone else who’s lost a mother would feel that — she died at 39, so when I turned 39 I thought, ‘Here it is, this is it, this is the moment.’ And then I got to 40 and I was like, ‘Oh no, that wasn’t it – that’s not it!’.
“So 40 was a bit of a bumpy moment because I wasn’t sure what you do at 40 if you’re not dead. Then life moved on and then I hit 50 and then I got diagnosed and I was like, ‘Oh, there it is. It was just waiting.”
Before: Back in the summer of 2022, Sarah announced she received the cancer diagnosis after finding a lump that led to a biopsy (pictured in 2012)
When she considered finding a lump on her breast, Sarah said it was initially dismissed as harmless until she returned to the doctors a few months later to have it checked out.
“My mission for everyone to know is that you should trust your own body,” she said.
“If you’re in a knot and they say it’s all right, if it doesn’t feel right, go back and get another opinion.”
Sarah also spoke about how she’s coped with losing her hair to chemotherapy, saying she thinks it’s “wrong” for people to be “ashamed” of it.
Breast cancer is one of the most common types of cancer in the world, affecting more than two MILLION women each year
Breast cancer is one of the most common types of cancer in the world. There are more than 55,000 new cases in the UK each year and the disease claims the lives of 11,500 women. In the US, it strikes 266,000 and kills 40,000 each year. But what causes it and how can it be treated?
What is breast cancer?
Breast cancer develops from a cancer cell that develops in the lining of a milk duct, or lobule, in one of the breasts.
When breast cancer has spread to surrounding breast tissue, it is called ‘invasive’ breast cancer. Some people are diagnosed with “carcinoma in situ,” where no cancer cells have grown beyond the duct or lobe.
Most cases develop in women over the age of 50, but younger women are sometimes affected. Breast cancer can develop in men, although this is rare.
Staging means how big the cancer is and whether it has spread. Stage 1 is the earliest stage and stage 4 means the cancer has spread to another part of the body.
Cancer cells are graded from low, meaning slow growth, to high, meaning fast growth. High-grade cancers are more likely to come back after being treated first.
What Causes Breast Cancer?
A cancerous tumor starts from an abnormal cell. The exact reason why a cell becomes cancerous is unclear. Something is thought to damage or change certain genes in the cell. This causes the cell to become abnormal and multiply “out of control”.
Although breast cancer can develop for no apparent reason, there are some risk factors that can increase the chance of developing breast cancer, such as: B. Genetics.
What are the symptoms of breast cancer?
The usual first symptom is a painless breast lump, although most breast lumps are noncancerous and are fluid-filled cysts that are benign.
The first place where breast cancer usually spreads is in the armpit lymph nodes. If this occurs, you’ll develop a swelling or lump in an armpit.
How is breast cancer diagnosed?
- Initial assessment: A doctor examines the breasts and armpits. They may do tests like a mammogram, a special X-ray of breast tissue that can indicate the possibility of tumors.
- Biopsy: In a biopsy, a small sample of tissue is taken from a part of the body. The sample is then examined under a microscope to look for abnormal cells. The sample can confirm or rule out cancer.
If you are confirmed to have breast cancer, further tests may be needed to determine if it has spread. For example, blood tests, an ultrasound of the liver, or a chest X-ray.
How is breast cancer treated?
Treatment options that may be considered include surgery, chemotherapy, radiation therapy, and hormone treatment. A combination of two or more of these treatments is often used.
- Surgery: Breast-conserving surgery or removal of the affected breast, depending on the size of the tumor.
- Radiation therapy: A treatment that uses high-energy rays focused on cancerous tissue. This kills cancer cells or stops cancer cells from multiplying. It is mainly used in addition to the operation.
- Chemotherapy: A treatment for cancer through the use of anti-cancer drugs that kill or stop cancer cells from multiplying.
- Hormone Treatments: Some types of breast cancer are influenced by the “female” hormone estrogen, which can stimulate cancer cells to divide and multiply. Treatments that lower the levels of these hormones or stop them from working are often used in patients with breast cancer.
How successful is the treatment?
The outlook is best for those diagnosed when the cancer is small and has not spread. Surgical removal of a tumor at an early stage can then offer good chances of recovery.
The routine mammogram offered to women in their 50s and 70s means more breast cancer is being diagnosed and treated at an early stage.
For more information visit breastcancernow.org or call toll free on 0808 800 6000