A "MOLEY" Experience

After 29 years of having this black round speck next to my left eye, i finally decided to remove it. Of ocurse with much persuasion from mommy dearest and some close friends. So, with much reluctance, i dragged my sorry ass to a plastic surgeon to get the deed done. And mind you, i've procrastinated doing this for years.

It was last week, in fact it was Good Friday. I was back again in KL and with a doctors appointment i went to Tower A, 3rd Floor in Pantai Hospital Bangsar and met Dr. Kim Tan aka Dr. Nip/Tuck. Well he wasnt cute like that doctor in the show but nonetheless he spoke with a stupid British accent though he's Chinese and was short and old. Darn It! There goes scoring a doctor! Anyway, i went into his consultation room ...kinda feels like going to the dentist...and in there was an old man in a wheelchair (wonder what is he getting fixed) and a lady who looked like she does a whole lot of Botox (the typical tai tai). I was sitting there waiting for my turn. The old man was first and boy was i super nervous. I actually brought my dive magazine to calm my nerves down while i was waiting but err lets just say i flipped through the entire magazine in like 3 minutes. My favourite diving magazine and i couldnt even concentrate on the pictures that i was looking at. So you can just about imagine how scared i felt.

In 15 minutes, Mr Old Man was done. Apparently it was only a consultation and follow up session. Darn It! So Dr. Kim Tan called me to get inside and on the operating table...ok i exaggerated. It wasnt really an operating table like what you see on Nip/Tuck but rather this chair that looks like the type that dentists have except that its wider and looks more like a bed. I lay down there and i could feel my body sticking to the damn leather coz i was breaking out in cold sweat already. And yea yeahh...say what you want but i'm a total loser and scaredy cat when it comes to needles and knives. The Doc said; "Now now you're a big girl now, dont need to be scared". And he started whistling. Gosh! How i wanted to smack his face but since he's the one with the knife and the needles i better not say a thing. He then told the nurse to "Hit It!" and the nurse hit the CD player and stupid Il Divo music came on....if you thought that was the worst well it aint, Dr Kim started humming and singing while poking needles (anesthetic) right onto my mole. By then all i could do was clamp my hands together and twitch my toes. He poked me 4 times with the damn needle right on my mole! It was painful but not like the dying kind of pain so i toughen up. After he was done he told me to relax for 5 minutes to let the anesthetic take place so he can perform his "CUT & SEW". Sigh! I wish he would be more tactful sometimes. Anyway, there i was laying on the chair and the nurses tried to calm me down. It was obvious that i was totally uncomfortable and totally dread the situation that i've put myself in. Sigh! The things i put myself thru for the sake of beauty...ha ha.

5 mins later and Dr. Opera was back singing. This time the nurses put a cloth that had a hole conveniently located near my eye/mole on my face. For the rest of the surgery i closed my eyes and prayed to God that it will end. I could hear the snip snips and the cut cuts and the tension of the doctors hands on my mole. But thankfully i did not feel any pain as the area on my mole was totally numb and i had no feeling. In about 15 minutes, it was done. The doc didnt even plaster my mole up. He did however put some ointment on it.

Anyway, my mole is now a crescent instead of a full moon. Its half the size of what it used to be. And the reason why the doc did not remove the mole at one go was that if he did the surgery in 2 stages, then the scaring would not be so big. I've currently got stiches on the mole itself and i've been keeping the stitches on for a week. Tomorrow i go to a GP to get it out and 6 weeks later i go back to Dr Opera for the final operation to completely remove it.

I must say that after the surgery although the mole is still there i kinda well i sorta miss having it. Though sometimes when i look in the mirror i hardly notice it being there. Its been my trademark for years and people recognize me through it. I still do not know why i decided to remove this "icon" from my face but i just did it anyway.