The day before yesterday I was headed to pick my son up from school. My wife and I decided we would take the kids’ razor scooters the 7 blocks down to my son’s school on a nice sunny day and have fun riding with him on the way back. I needed to get out of […]
Overcoming BDD with Manly Makeup – The Great Cover-UP
18 months ago after I sustained my first facial laceration my wife tried to help by purchasing a product called “foundation”. I think I am spelling that right? Her intentions were good, but unfortunately the idea of covering my inch-long cheek scar with a female skin care product horrified me quite possibly more than the […]
Daily Gratitude – NOT!
Today I am having a hard time finding anything to be grateful for. It was a hard day. I received the biopsy results from the curious lesion growing on my nose yesterday, and they were negative. For this I suppose I should be grateful… and I am. But now I have to figure out how […]
My Facial Scar – Overcoming BDD Along With My Worst Fears
It’s hard for me to post this picture. But I am doing it because I feel like I am on an island. Scars are quite common, I have sewed up many a laceration in my time as a family practice physician assistant, but facial scars are a different beast. I didn’t understand this until I […]