Things Happen

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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