Once I stopped trying to fix my appearance, I could be bold and loud and no one could take that voice from me. 📣 #RealTalk ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 🇧🇷 Tradução nos comentários ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Learn @morenikeelisabeth’s story: “When Morenike was six years old, she was the victim of a gas explosion. Left with severe burns on her face and body, she was in the hospital so much, she felt like it was her second home. "I've had more surgeries on my face than most people will have in their entire lives." . Through all her surgeries, she just wanted to feel normal and look like everyone else. But as she got older, she realized that she would have to discover how to fit into the world "uniquely," as she put it. . After 21 years of invasive reconstructive surgeries that would require her to be out of school for weeks, Oshin developed "surgery fatigue." "My body started to get tired of going under four times a year.“ Even entering a hospital would give her panic attacks, she says. "I started to listen to my body and stop depending on those surgeries to 'fix' me. There was nothing to fix. I don't need to look like anybody else." . Once Oshin stopped trying to fix her appearance, she turned to fashion as a personal refuge to help reflect who she was on the inside—continually pushing her comfort boundaries by wearing bright colors, silhouettes, and prints. "Fashion helped heal me in a way—it helped me deal with the turmoil that I felt inside”. ✍🏽 @healthmagazine @morenikeelisabeth . . . #mondaymotivation #skinpositivity #selflove #selfesteem #inspiration #normalizedifferent #burnsurvivor #realtalkwithlovingmydots