Skin Deep :: Self Image Beauty Essays

Skin DeepWe drove all the centering down to New Jersey. We usually reserve NY/NJ trips for Korean food product shopping and long weekends. It was a perfectly nice March solar day outbrisk, but sunny, with just enough warmth for a fire up jacket. This was my dads idea. I was pretty against the whole thing, but I decided to give it a try it wouldnt hurt to try, would it? perpetually since I was young I have had scars on my face from a severe case of chicken pox. The doctors worried that my face would be mark much worse than it is. They gave my parents two optionssand my skin down to work smooth skin which could potentially ca design worse scars and redness in cold temperatures, or do nonhing and hope that the scars would disappear oer time. My parents, hoping for the best, went with the latter choice. And some 18 years later, my father questioned this decision. Dr. Grace Kim got her bachelor-at-arms of science in biology from MIT in 1995. My father found her right advertiseme nt in the Korean community newspaper. She shared her office in Inglewood, NJ with two other doctors whose degrees from prestigious universities hung like graffiti on the walls. The office was softly lit and had a sort of Zen themed tone to it with bamboo shoots, rocks, stone tables, all classily done. The magazines spread across the rock table excel were plastered with skinny young Korean girls with perfect chins and tiny frames. I could sound out the words on the cover ooh-manz sen-suh or Womens Sense. The door opened and my name was called. My scars never really bo in that respectd me. I can remember the few instances when someone had noticed them and asked about them. scarce having someone specifically appointed to sit, stare, examine, and evaluate what your biggest problem areas are is not the highest rung on the self-esteem ladder. There are some age I dont even notice my scars then again, there are days they seem to pop off my face eclipsing my other clear complexion. Dr. Kims remedy for my scars was to cut the more noticeable ones employ a very precise eyelet cut, stitch, then after healed, use laser technology to smooth the scarring from the stitches. Each eyelet cut would damage $200 and with my condition could cost over $2000. But before whatsoever services could be rendered, her exclusive line of skin emulsifying products must be used 6 weeks prior to surgery.