Jessica Rowe stunned her followers on Monday when she took off her shirt to share a nearly nude photo of herself online, but quickly revealed there was a good reason for it.
The former Studio 10 co-host, 54, posted the photo to her Instagram account as she posed completely topless in a medical clinic with her back to the camera.
Wearing just a pair of floral blue trousers, Jess stood in front of a mammography unit in Bondi Junction as she had her breasts checked for cancer.
Collaborate with the Sydney Breast Cancer FoundationJess also dyed her pixie cut pink to support breast cancer awareness when she had a mammogram.
“If you’re anything like me, you procrastinate when it comes to taking care of yourself (and returning calls! Sorry dad!),” she wrote alongside the topless image.
‘This year, however, I’m going to put myself more first. So I started getting a mammogram Chest shield N.S.W.’
Jessica Rowe stunned her followers on Monday when she took off her shirt to share a nearly nude photo of herself online, but quickly revealed there was a good reason for it
She added: ‘It’s free and aimed at women aged 50 and over. (It’s also free for women 40 and older.)
Jess went on to reveal that she had visited the BreastScreen clinic at Myer in Bondi Junction, but explained that ‘there is also one at DJs in town’.
After giving her followers the phone number and website address to book their own breast exam, she said: “Make sure you do more for yourself this year!”
According to the Ministry of Health and Elderly CareMammograms are performed by radiographers, requiring patients to remove their clothing from the waist down.
The radiographer will then place one breast at a time between two plates on the X-ray machine – the mammography unit which is kept in a private room.
The machine presses firmly on your breast for about 10 seconds to take two pictures of each breast: one from the side and one from the top.
Getting a mammogram can feel uncomfortable, but it only takes a few minutes.
Jess shares daughters Giselle, 15, and Allegra, 17, with her husband Peter Overton who she married in 2004.
The former Studio 10 co-host posted the photo to her Instagram account as she posed completely topless in a medical clinic while her breasts were screened for cancer
‘This year I’m going to put myself more first. So I started getting a mammogram at BreastScreen NSW,” Jess told her followers
Allegra has made a name for herself as a rising star in the modeling world after making her Australian Fashion Week debut in May last year.
But she admitted in June that her TV star mother’s connections helped her get her foot in the door of the competitive industry.
The teen told Stellar Magazine that Jess contacted her old modeling agency and managed to get Allegra a spot with them.
‘I’ve always dreamed of modeling. “I have loved fashion and styling different pieces, including some from my mother’s wardrobe, since a very young age,” she said.
“When I was in 9th grade, I became very curious and interested, so my mother contacted her old agency when she was modeling when she was about my age.”