Sarah Beeny shows off her curly blonde hair as she reveals it is longer than husband Graham’s ‘for the first time in ages’ amid breast cancer battle
Sarah Beeny showed off her curly blonde locks as she posed for an Instagram photo with husband Graham on Sunday amid her battle with breast cancer.
The TV presenter, 51, was diagnosed with breast cancer in August 2022 and underwent grueling chemotherapy, as well as a double mastectomy.
Sarah, who was given the all-clear in April 2023, was all smiles as she stood back to back with Graham and revealed her ‘hair is now longer’ than his.
Sarah showed off her beautiful curly locks and wrote: ‘For the first time in a while my hair is longer than Graham’s!!!’
Fans quickly rushed to the comments to tell the TV star that she is an “inspiration” and that they are so “happy” for her.
Sarah Beeny showed off her curly blonde locks as she posed for an Instagram photo with husband Graham on Sunday amid her battle with breast cancer
The TV presenter, 51, was diagnosed with breast cancer in August 2022 and underwent grueling chemotherapy, as well as a double mastectomy
One wrote: ‘The smile on your face is everything’.
Another said: ‘Looks great too. You are an inspiration’.
A third added: ‘That’s so fantastic, I just love how curly it is. I’m so happy, great to see you both smiling and happy’.
“It looks really nice and curly,” said another.
“Fantastic, love the curls x,” a fifth added.
Sarah married artist Graham, 50, in 2002 after meeting on a blind date when she was 18, and they share four children: Billy, 18; Charlie, 16; Rafferty, 14; and Laurie, 12.
In March 2023, Sarah revealed that her platinum hair was dyed by her son after her breast cancer treatment.
The mother-of-four shaved her hair after clumps fell out when she started chemotherapy in 2022.
Sarah, who was given the all-clear in April 2023, showed off her beautiful curly locks and wrote: ‘For the first time in a while my hair is longer than Graham’s!!! Xx’
Fans quickly rushed to the comments to tell the TV star that she is an ‘inspiration’ and that they are so ‘happy’ for her
In March 2023, Sarah revealed that her platinum hair was dyed by her son after her breast cancer treatment
After it started growing back, Sarah posted to Instagram a series of photos documenting the process of her hair transformation.
One image showed her son grinning as he applied the dye to her hair, while another image revealed the product she used.
She wrote: ‘Thank you for all your sweet, sweet comments on my last post – Unfortunately my hair (is) natural hair and not platinum blonde…..!!!!’
Although Sarah didn’t want to make a “big deal” about telling her cancer news to her children, she said she considered not telling her husband for 20 years “so it didn’t seem real.”
It comes after Sarah revealed she has undergone gene testing to determine her family’s risk of developing cancer following her own battle with the disease.
Sarah’s mother Ann also had a grueling battle with cancer and died when she was just 10 years old.
But the star has been incredibly open about her journey, and in a recent interview she discussed how she has now discovered she has a gene mutation that made her more likely to develop the disease.
The results of the tests strengthened Sarah’s decision to have a double mastectomy instead of a single mastectomy, because the gene meant she had a 50/50 chance of developing cancer in the breast again in the future that had not yet occurred. was affected.
The Property Ladder presenter shares four sons Billy, 18, Charlie, 16, Rafferty, 14, and Laurie, 12, with her husband Graham Swift
It also meant there was a 50/50 chance she would pass the gene on to her children, sons Billy, Charlie, Rafferty and Laurie.
Sarah discovered that although she was negative for BRCA1 and BRCA2, she tested positive for PALB2, which could have wider implications for her children and potential future grandchildren.
According to Cancer Research UK, breast cancer survival rates in Britain have doubled over the past fifty years, partly due to improvements in treatment, but also due to earlier detection through screening.