Even if you believe in conventional gender roles, that does not mean you believe in the denial of women’s safety and physical integrity. With the fight for universalized healthcare on the line, the Georgia Senate Runoff Elections are more crucial than ever. This time, it’s about more than voting blue or red. It’s about voting for the safety of women.
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Dr. Anthony Youn, known as America’s Holistic Plastic Surgeon™, shares with us his motivation behind becoming a plastic surgeon and the importance of embracing our individuality.
ANONYMOUS - I’m 13 years old, and it’s 2011. I walk into an office building that says WEIGHT WATCHERS in big letters, and it’s next to a pizza buffet. Once we get in, a woman greets me, and my mother and I are directed to weigh ourselves. My mother goes first, the lady peeks over, she writes the number down, and my mom frowns.
“By the time I was a freshman in high school, I had developed painful, cystic acne. I had it all along my cheeks, my jawline, and my temples. Because I would try to pop my acne, my cheeks are where I have the most scarring. There wasn’t a whole lot of readily available education for me on acne at the time, and my dermatologist never talked to me about skin picking, so I kept doing it.
“I never had acne until I turned 30. It was adult acne from hormonal changes, and I completely panicked."
My acne got so much worse after pregnancy. I was devastated when I got acne. I was like - “I can’t be 20+ and have acne.”