{"id":375,"date":"2015-10-22T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-10-22T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/empowernetwork.com\/helenlingard\/my-beautiful-face\/"},"modified":"2026-08-02T22:15:28","modified_gmt":"2026-08-02T22:15:28","slug":"my-beautiful-face","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/empowernetwork.com\/helenlingard\/my-beautiful-face\/","title":{"rendered":"My Beautiful Face|Katie Piper"},"content":{"rendered":"
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My Beautiful Face \u2013 Katie Piper<\/h2>\n

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Sometimes in life, we just don\u2019t realise how fortunate we are. It takes a video like Roger Ebert\u2019s or to work with \u201cjohn\u2019 or read\/watch about Katie to realise\u2026 My Beautiful Face \u2013 Katie Price<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The other day I saw Richard Branson\u2019s post about Roger Ebert, I was soo moved by it as everyone is who watches it.\u00a0 One particular part of his talk took me back 25 years ago.<\/span><\/p>\n

Roger and his wife talked about how people looked at him as if he was something out of a horror movie<\/p>\n

how they talked to him as if he was stupid or talked About him, in front of him.<\/p>\n

25 years ago Plus, \u00a0I was a nurse working on a Plastic Surgery Unit.<\/span><\/p>\n

Plastic Surgery<\/em><\/span> is when people have surgery to repair really bad accidents or birth defects.<\/p>\n

We had people on the ward, who had lost their thumbs in accidents and were having a new thumb fashioned by having their hand attached to their stomach, yes quite amazing. I also worked with babies who were born with cleft pallets.<\/p>\n

Very interesting work.<\/p>\n

One of the patients was John (name changed), he was a young man, lovely young man who had had chemicals explode in his face and lost his whole face.<\/span><\/p>\n

He had no eyes,<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

no nose and a disfigured mouth.\u00a0<\/p>\n

He would have been in his twentys, lovely guy. I used to love to go and sit and talk with him.<\/p>\n

What I most remember about \u2018John\u2019 was the warmth you felt, when you walked into the room\u2026 he was just so warm and friendly, despite his disfigurement\u2026\u00a0<\/p>\n

\nMy Beautiful Face \u2013 Katie Piper<\/h2>\n

However when the doctors and medical students would come in, the medical students would talk about him as if he wasn\u2019t there.<\/span><\/p>\n

No, you don\u2019t see someone like \u2018John\u2019 every day and for the doctors,<\/p>\n

it was a great challenge, great work experience to rebuild \u2018John\u2019s\u2019 face.<\/p>\n


\nSo to watch Roger Egert\u2019s video, was so inspiring \u2013 I wish John and Roger could have met, because whilst Roger, who sadly died recently,\u00a0 was not as disfigured as \u2018John\u2019 was, it would have been great to have met someone in a similar boat.<\/span><\/p>\n

On reflection I am sure \u2018John\u2019 \u00a0met others in a similar boat\u2026<\/p>\n

I came across Katie Piper many years ago and have watched her progress over the years\u2026<\/p>\n

By her own admission, Katie used to be very wrapped up in how she looked\u2026. as she coins her own title My Beautiful Face \u2013 Katie Piper<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n


\nA beautiful young lady whose ex boyfriend had someone throw acid in her face,<\/span><\/p>\n

she went on to form a foundation for people with disfigurement.<\/p>\n

Roger and Katie are both so inspiring,<\/p>\n

Roger with his talk which will have gone round the world,<\/p>\n

inspiring people and Katie travelled around the UK meeting people with disfigurements.<\/p>\n

Happily Katie has found love again and now \u00a0has a baby\u2026.<\/p>\n

I hasten to add, none of these three people were feeling sorry for themselves..
\n\u2026.obviously yes they were \u2018pissed off\u2019 with what happened to them,<\/span><\/p>\n

but they put their \u2018situation\u2019 to work instead and decided to inspire others.<\/p>\n

I don\u2019t know what happened to \u2018John\u2019 after I left the ward \u2013 I wish I had kept in touch, but its not easy when your a nurse and they are the patient.<\/p>\n

I was inspired to share this post by this young lady<\/p>\n

The Girl who Lost her face, click on the image to find out more about Shumi<\/p>\n

So whats the lesson from this post.\u00a0 <\/span><\/em><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Not to judge people<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

you never know whats going on in their life, to show compassion, <\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

to be kind to people, <\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

you never know whose day your making.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

Welcome your thoughts on My Beautiful Face \u2013 Katie Piper<\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

To be grateful for where you are in your life<\/p>\n

Helen<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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