Why Teal

Why Teal Toes?

• Ribbons aren’t enough.
• It’s easy and fun!
• It makes your toes look pretty!
• Teal, the ovarian cancer awareness color, is striking enough to make people ask about it.

Why toes and not fingers?

• If you want to do your fingers, by all means, please do!
• Some employers have rules for fingernail polish, but toes can be covered if necessary.
• Toenail polish can last longer.

Why September?

• September is Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month.
• September, the end of summer in most parts of the USA, is the perfect time for one last pedicure.

Why raise awareness?

• Too many women with ovarian cancer do not get diagnosed until their cancer has spread. Their survival rate is 45 percent.
• The survival rate improves greatly – to 93 percent! – if the cancer is diagnosed at an early stage before it has spread.  Only 19 percent of ovarian cancer cases are diagnosed at this local stage.
• Approximately 75 percent of ovarian cancer cases are diagnosed at an advanced stage after the cancer has spread beyond the ovary.