so y’all know how I said I woke up from surgery w/more braids in my head than I came in w/and I thought it was the black nurses? I found out today at my post op appt that the surgeon (he’s black) did it. He said he has 3 little girls & they have wash day... I almost cried
while removing my staples he said “your braids look better than mine, I hope I didn’t do too bad” and I was like excuse me??? YOU did my hair???... you could tell he was so proud to tell me too lol
he also said he used staples to close my incisions instead of stitches to avoid cutting my hair when removing stitches.
thinking about this black man braiding my hair to prepare to cut my head open is hilarious and endearing at the same time. also the fact that he’s that active in helping his wife with their girls, I love it. moral of the story: find black doctors.
If you’re curious I had a rare condition of bone growths on my forehead region and between my eyes. I had them removed which called for 3 incisions behind my hairline to reach the growths. The surgeon parted and braided my hair to create clean incisions without shaving.
