When I went to a dermatologist in my teens, she gave me two creams to put all over my body, one of them Retin-A. This was MUCH too harsh a treatment, as my current doctor agreed when I told her about it. It caused incredible itching, and when I scratched, it left bruises.
When I went back for the follow-up, the first thing the doctor commented on was she'd gotten a cruise from Johnson & Johnson (who makes Retin-A). When I showed her my bruises, she kind of panicked.
According to my current doctor, the other cream alone is a valid treatment (and in fact, she gave me a variation on that cream). But Retin A is almost never tolerable for my skin condition, and is the last resort.
But the bitch got her cruise, and that's what mattered. Is it unpleasant of me that I wish rape and death and abuse on people who do shit like that? It's not just that I want them to suffer - I just can't for the life of me figure out what else would teach them some empathy, if they're so far gone that a cruise is more important than a teenage girl's entire body bruising.
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carisma_sensei
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Date: 2006-05-18 06:36 pm (UTC)When I went back for the follow-up, the first thing the doctor commented on was she'd gotten a cruise from Johnson & Johnson (who makes Retin-A). When I showed her my bruises, she kind of panicked.
According to my current doctor, the other cream alone is a valid treatment (and in fact, she gave me a variation on that cream). But Retin A is almost never tolerable for my skin condition, and is the last resort.
But the bitch got her cruise, and that's what mattered. Is it unpleasant of me that I wish rape and death and abuse on people who do shit like that? It's not just that I want them to suffer - I just can't for the life of me figure out what else would teach them some empathy, if they're so far gone that a cruise is more important than a teenage girl's entire body bruising.