Fighting breast cancer is a battle. It requires strength, it requires endurance, it requires sacrifice.
Most importantly, it requires grit, determination and a desire to survive.
For anyone who has been diagnosed with breast cancer, or supported a loved one through their journey, you will be aware that the disease cannot be summed up with a pink ribbon.
Which is where The SCAR Project comes in.
Fashion photographer David Jay has set out with the aim of showing the strength and beauty of women who have beaten the disease, snapping hundreds of photos of women under the age of 40 who have undergone a mastectomy.
Some of the women photographed had opted for reconstructive surgery, while others did not. But each brave woman who has bared all for the camera lens has shared so much more than just her scars; they've shared their journey, their fight for survival and the reality of breast cancer.
Each one is inspirational. Each one is beautiful. And each one reminds us that a cancer diagnosis means more than tears and sadness.
Sylvia Soo, who was photographed for The SCAR Project, told The Star: "My journey has been so much more than tears and sadness.
"It's an up-and-down journey and at that time it was quite up for me. I wanted a photo that reflected who I was."
Candice, another woman who was photographed for the project, revealed on the official SCAR Project Blog that being a pink ribbon support means more than buying a ribbon - it means actually helping someone in need:
"Breast cancer isn’t a pink ribbon. It’s losing yourself, becoming so sick that your family gets shattered to pieces with you, rediscovering yourself, finding your words, discovering that hair does grow back even if curly and unruly, it does grow back.
"Real pink ribbon support should mean help with cleaning, making meals, taking the dogs out, or helping me get out of bed on the days I was too weak to pull myself up, not just a piece of fabric or a specific color or logo."
You can find out more about the inspirational SCAR Project on their Facebook page now.