Ep 068 Regina Hampton, M.D. - Cherry Blossom Intimates

Jan 28, 2019

In today’s episode, we chat with Dr. Regina Hampton. Dr. Hampton is the co-founder of Cherry Blossom Intimates, a boutique lingerie shop offering lingerie in a wide variety of sizes and styles as well as prosthesis for women who are breast cancer survivors. She believes that all women should have a wonderful and comfortable experience shopping for intimates and leave feeling beautiful and satisfied.

In this episode, you will learn:

• Why she decided to start Cherry Blossom Intimates and how it is different from other lingerie shops for custom prosthetics and traditional lingerie too.
• How her store caters to women outside of the “average bra sizes” you can buy at the mall.
• How she met her business partner, Jasmine Jones, a former beauty queen, and they decided to start the store together.
• How she got her store and employees certified as mastectomy fitting specialists.
• Why she feels it is important to be able to offer custom prosthesis in 32 different skin tones that really resembles the woman’s other breast.
• What challenges she had opening her brick and mortar store.
• Why she utilized a small business consultant to help open her business.
• How she balanced being a physician full time and starting her business.
• How the software works that they have to create custom prosthesis.
• Why she feels coming to a bra boutique for a custom fitting is essential.

Regina Hampton, M.D.  is the medical director of the Breast Care Center at Doctor’s Community Hospital, the first breast center in Prince George’s County, Maryland. She is a board certified general surgeon who has focused her practice on breast health and breast cancer. Dr. Hampton attended The Medical College of Pennsylvania and completed a general surgery residency at Howard University Hospital. In October 2018, she opened Cherry Blossom Intimates in Prince George’s County, Maryland. It is a bra boutique offering custom prosthetics for breast cancer survivors and lingerie for all body shapes and sizes.

Links we discussed in the show:

• Check out Dr. Hampton’s beautiful website and book your fitting appointment at: Cherry Blossom Intimates.
• Episode 65: Makemerry with Katie Deming, M.D.
• Check out SBA.gov for step by step instructions to write your own business plan.

Quotes from Dr. Regina Hampton:

• “I really wanted to create something lovely and beautiful where woman could come in and know that they would be taken care of.”
• “A good bra can change your life! It really can!”

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