Angelina Jolie revealed her double mastectomy scars for the first time.
More than a decade after going under the knife, the actress posed for Time France with the mark on display.
“I share these scars with many women I love,” the Oscar winner, 50, told the outlet in an interview published Monday.
“I’m always moved when I see other women share theirs,” Jolie noted.
She explained, “I wanted to join them, knowing that TIME France would be sharing information about breast health, prevention and knowledge about breast cancer.”
On the cover, Jolie placed a hand over her bare chest to subtly highlight the scar, which can be seen between her thumb and her black top.
The Tony winner underwent the preventative procedure in 2013 after her mom, Marcheline Bertrand, lost her battle to breast and ovarian cancer.
Jolie, notably, tested positive for a mutation in the BRCA1 gene, which pointed to a significant increase in her risk for breast and ovarian cancers.
“I wanted to write this to tell other women that the decision to have a mastectomy was not easy,” the “Maleficent” star wrote in a New York Times essay at the time. “But it is one I am very happy that I made.
“My chances of developing breast cancer have dropped from 87 percent to under 5 percent. I can tell my children that they don’t need to fear they will lose me to breast cancer,” she added, referencing Maddox, 24, Pax, 22, Zahara, 20, Shiloh, 19, and twins Knox and Vivienne, 17.
Two years later, Jolie made headlines for also having her ovaries and fallopian tubes removed.
The Golden Globe winner went public with her experience “to encourage informed choices,” she told the magazine on Monday.
“Healthcare decisions must be personal, and women must have the information and support they need to make those choices,” Jolie said.
She recently spoke about her double mastectomy decision with Hello! magazine in October — and clarified she doesn’t “regret it.”
Jolie explained, “I did choose to have that [surgery] because I lost my mother and my grandmother very young.
“Those are my choices,” she continued. “I don’t say everybody should do it that way, but it’s important to have the choice.”
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