Bad Doc, Good Doc

[3min Read]

I won't lie.

I used to have a preconceived notion of how doctors should be. Thought they should always be serious, organized, super early, always focused; like a high precision laser, I expected them to be prim and proper at every waking moment. I looked up to that image.

Maybe it had to do something with the medical school I trained in. Most of the consultants were always professional, formal and dressed up. We didn't often see them outside the hospital, or in their comfort zones being "human".

Bleacheth No More

 
[2min Read]

As much as possible, you should avoid skin lightening creams (bleaching creams).

While you may get lucky, there are quite a few people who don't. There are scores of side effects that can occur with the use of lightening creams because of the ingredients used to make them, including steroids, mercury, hydroquinone etc.

There are many side effects to using these creams, and the problem is that some of these issues only show up years or decades after you've used them. Sometimes even if you've stopped already.

The High Court of Patriotism

[5min read]

Whenever 4^th of July rolls around, Americans move Lee Greenwood’s “God bless the U.S.A” to the very top of their playlist, swaddle themselves with the old glory and watch with the flame of patriotism consuming their hearts, fireworks take flight to the night skies.