Photo: Courtesy of Amanda Butler By Tayler Adigun ·Updated October 31, 2023
When Amanda Butler was diagnosed with breast cancer at age 32, the prospect of chemotherapy was daunting. “That was the last thing I wanted to do. I was like I don’t want to lose my hair,” Butler tells ESSENCE. After noticing a lump on her breast in July 2022, Butler was prompted to get a mammogram