Things Happen

Age 62 My scar is, of course, still visible under my right eye, but it's part of me now and I hardly ever think about the graft until I ...

Eight years later, still enjoying the outdoors and always wearing sunscreen. Age 55

A recent photo from April 2017 . . .

2016 Seven years ago during the month of September my graft was my biggest worry. The passage of time has helped the unpleasant memorie...

Photos taken October 2015 The scar shows more in certain lighting

I just want to thank everyone who has written to me and shared their experiences over the years. I still read every comment that is posted, ...

Excellent article shared by a fellow blogger. An excerpt: The specialists point to an epidemic, noting there are two million to four mil...

It will always be a scar but I see improvement every year.

About a year and a half ago, my dermatologist who originally diagnosed my suspected "melanoma in situ" said to me that we probably...

Four years later (no makeup) Some Septembers have passed since the surgery in 2009. I almost forgot... but last night ...

I've been trying to find more information about this, as it sounds quite promising... "A bright purple flower could play a role i...

Still wearing a hat. It's a simple way to help protect skin from sun exposure.

Three years ago this month I was going through the graft process, and thankfully three years makes a big difference in how a scar fades. Her...

My new favorite brand of sunscreen for the face: Blue Lizard. Blocks UVA/UVB. Not greasy, not too filmy white, but a bit on the expensi...

Regarding stains used by pathologists to determine types of cells... Melanocytes in Long-standing Sun-Exposed Skin Quantitative Analysis ...

Time marches on, seasons come and go, and skin grafts heal.

Two January's ago, I sat down to write about my skin graft. I never thought my words would be read by so many. Now it seems I have ski...

It was just a small "repair" but had a positive impact on me mentally. One small edge of my scar was removed (close to my nose) an...

The graft scar improved and softened noticeably over the summer, so I arrived at the 2-year mark with a decent looking scar finally. But I s...

Next week I'll have my first (and probably only) scar revision. I'm excited and nervous. Waffling between feeling vain for wanting t...

The scar keeps getting softer. Biopsies on other cheek a few months ago were negative, thank goodness. I have a September appointment for a...

I've been hearing from a few people via email who have been going through similar experiences. I'm pleased to report that most peopl...

Being a life-long journal writer, I naturally turned to my journal to express my feelings about this experience. So here I've extracted ...

Next month will be a year and a half since my graft surgery. It's beginning to feel like "history" now which is refreshing. L...

Yesterday my daughter (age 11) said "Mom, I don't even notice your graft scar any more." That meant a lot to me.

Perhaps it has been the distractions of the holidays taking my mind off of it for a while, but I'm very happy to say my scar has been fa...

Today the weather is almost exactly like the day of my surgery last year on September 15th but today I am able to thoroughly enjoy the day. ...

It's been almost one year since surgery. Here's how the graft looks without any makeup today. I admit this looks a lot better than l...

Had a nice week at the beach and kept myself covered up with clothing or sunscreen. Didn't get any sunburns! From a distance, can barel...

Smoothing out a little

From a distance it's not too bad, but up close a definite scar. I've been using so many scar products on it. I'm not sure if the...

April 2010 pictures, seven months after skin graft on cheek. Perimeter is softening better, ridges and bumps less noticeable. The grafted sk...

Winter 2010 I don't wear my sunglasses into the stores as much as I did before. The graft surgery was performed 9/15/09, so these pho...

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