A New Face With A New Outlook

A New Face With A New Outlook I ve had a Port Wine Stain birthmark on my right cheek since the day I was born. It was dark purple in color and spread from the bottom of my eyes to my lips. My Port Wine Stain looked like a dark purplish bruise; a bruise... More

A New Face With A New Outlook I ve had a Port Wine Stain birthmark on my right cheek since the day I was born. It was dark purple in color and spread from the bottom of my eyes to my lips. My Port Wine Stain looked like a dark purplish bruise; a bruise that would not leave me. To this day, no one knows what caused it. No other member of my immediate family was inflicted with it, before my birth or since. When I was about 40 days old, my parents took me to a very famous hospital in Canton, China. During that time, Port Wine Stain birthmarks were quite uncommon, and the doctors did not know how to treat me. They considered using laser surgery, however, due to the close proximity of the birthmark to my eye, they decided against it. They feared the laser might damage the nerves in my right eye which would lead to blindness. They advised my parents to hold off on the surgery until I was a bit older. My parents adhered to the advice and thus, it was not until many years later that Less