Thanks, Lyn; this is a great story. Darla Darla J. Rogers djrogers0628@xxxxxxxxxxx Skype Username: wildflower0628 Home phone #: 850-329-7437 "Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere--Martin Luther King, Jr. ----- Original Message ----- From: Lynn Evans To: tabi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Friday, July 23, 2010 3:24 PM Subject: [tabi] Re: New Look: Blind Mom Gets Prosthetic Face The short of it is she was a straight A student in high school but left home to move in with her boy friend. At a party one night one or teen got out a shotgun the gun went off and blew off her mouth, nose and eyes. A top reconstructive surgeon and the team did the best job they could but left a bowl shaped indention in her face. She wore a black mask in public to cover the area. She was able to finish high school and rehab for her blindness and met her future husband at the rehab center. They married and started a family. The surgeon always remembers her and later formed a team to make her the prosthesis and that is the rest of the story. ----- Original Message ----- From: Darla J. Rogers To: tabi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Friday, July 23, 2010 2:09 PM Subject: [tabi] Re: New Look: Blind Mom Gets Prosthetic Face AI wonder why her face was so damaged; certainly, this procedure does not appear to have been just cosmetic. People who are sighted judge with their eyes which is why I made sure my clients understood good grooming and hygiene. Darla Darla J. Rogers djrogers0628@xxxxxxxxxxx Skype Username: wildflower0628 "Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere--Martin LutherKing, Jr. ----- Original Message ----- From: Lynn Evans To: "Undisclosed-Recipient:;"@freelists.org Sent: Friday, July 16, 2010 4:13 PM Subject: [tabi] New Look: Blind Mom Gets Prosthetic Face I wanted to share this because I thought it was a wonderful story. Prosthetic Face, Complete with Mascara The doctors also ensured Steltz's face came complete with makeup: They baked eyeliner, eye shadow and mascara directly into the mask and poked eyelashes into the silicon with tweezers. They took care to ensure the results were as real as possible. Getting the eyes down was of monumental importance, Over said. "If you drew a clock around the colored portion of the eye ... is that little glint in the same position in the left as it is on the right?" he asked. Steltz's procedure cost nearly $80,000, according to Dierks, but her health insurance refused to cover the cost, saying hers was an aesthetic procedure. "This is certainly not a veneer on a front tooth," Over said. "It's just as much of a medical necessity as an arm or a leg." http://abcnews.go.com/Nightline/chrissy-steltz-blinded-gunshot-prosthetic-face/story?id=11162243&page=3