Lookin' Good!

I was talking to one of my clients today; she had just recently had an accident that landed her in the emergency room of the local hospital.

Everybody knows that being in the emergency room is not exactly a picnic. I don't know anyone who would just GO to the emergency room for the fun of it. You don't call up your girlfriends and say, "Hey... I've got some time, why don't we go down and spend the afternoon on a gurney?" But evidently the folks at THIS emergency room must have thought that people do that... or at least that this particular woman did that... because my client said that she stayed for several hours waiting in that emergency room, while people walked in and out, looked at her, evaluated her condition (and her state of mind) and then moved on thinking tht she must be feeling just fine.

This started to really bug her! "What's a person gotta do to get some attention in this joint?" she thought to herself. Then it dawned on her... I probably don't look like I need help. She realized that she looked to happy... too contented... too good. She didn't look like she was needy, or hurt, or in pain. Her permanent makeup made her look TOO GOOD!

The next time someone stopped in to check on her, she let them know that her pleasant disposition wasn't due to the fact she was just feeling all peachy keen... It was due to the fact that her permanent makeup made her look that way. People were amazed... and apologetic. It had never crossed their minds that someone lying in pain in the emergency room could look the way she did, but now that they knew, they attended to her right away.

In most circumstances, looking TOO good is not exactly a problem you might worried about having, but I guess at the hospital it's best to let them know. I've always joked that you need to tell your doctor that you're wearing permanent makeup, but this is the first time I realized how true it is.

Looking Healthy... Looking Well... Looking Too Good!

Now that's a problem I can live with!