04/24/2026
Scar & Trauma Training for the PMU Artist.
Most important certification training.
This one makes me emotional whenever I share the story...
When I was a little girl, I had an auntie who had a disease called Neurofibromatosis — they used to call it "Ugly Man's Disease." It basically creates tumors all over your body, face, and head that completely disfigure a person.
I loved my auntie. I didn't see the lumps and bumps. I only saw her kind, loving heart.
One day.
My mum and I were riding on a bus with my auntie, and I was sitting across from her — around 5 years old. I was excited and happy to be spending the day with my two favorite ladies, feeling energetic and playful. The sun was shining, and she gave me a wink like she always did, to say how much she loved me.
Then suddenly.
A man yelled out on the bus — "There is Beauty and the Beast" — directed at my mum and my auntie. I was shocked and confused, and as if in slow motion, the following occurred.
My mother jumped out of her seat and laid into that man with a fury I had rarely seen — with such force that she verbally drove a sword straight through him. While this was happening, I watched my auntie and noticed something that broke me.
She was shrinking. In her seat. Trying to disappear like a mouse in a corner. She looked frightened, ashamed, and severely traumatized — frozen, her face flushed with anxiety, panic, and humiliation.
I remember this burning into my 5-year-old soul. It hurt. Bad.
I took my cue from Mum and converted that pain into fury. Fury at a world that would treat my beloved auntie this way. It was unfair. My little 5-year-old mind decided right then and there — I would never let this happen to anyone I could help. I would support the weak, the unconfident, the ones carrying a heavy cross in this mean, cold world. I would defend them against ogres like that man. I would rage against cruelty and instill confidence in those who needed it most.
This was branded into me in that very second.
Years later, I saw the pattern in every career choice I made. I hope you will join me in helping those in need by learning Scar & Trauma for the PMU Artist
