A ^Retired Plastic Surgeon's Notebook

There may be an old fashioned parasol in your future.

Seattle Plastic Surgeon, Dr. Lisa Lynn Sowder is smitten with an old fashioned parasol.

I saw a patient recently who was carrying a lovely, old fashioned parasol.  I commented on her very cool accessory and got the whole story.

She had a large bald spot just above her anterior hair line where, several years ago, a melanoma had been excised and her scalp reconstructed with a skin graft.  Her hair was already quite thin and she was uninterested in any sort of hair grafting or scalp rearranging procedure to rid her of her bald spot.  She opted to keep her hair super short and wear a very high quality wig.  (I would have never known had she not told me.)

The down side of the wig is that it is hot and she cannot bear to wear a hat in the summer.  Being a melanoma survivor, she is very, very careful about sun exposure.  Thus the parasol which she uses in addition to a good sunscreen.  She is smart and oh so stylish.

Seattle has a very cool umbrella and parasol store, Bella Umbrella, located in the Ballard neighborhood.  If you live around here, you ought to check it out.  A pretty parasol might be just the summer accessory you are looking for.

Thanks for reading!  Dr. Lisa Lynn Sowder

 

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