Dooley Noted: 4/25/2016
I spend a large amount of my career performing human dissection with students.
The first thing we observe and remove is the skin.
It’s day 1.
Then, it’s rarely part of the discussion for the next several weeks.
The most fascinating dissections occur deep to that skin, in the various layers of fascia, nerves, muscles, bones, viscera, and various other tissues that make the human so fascinating.
This is why you should never get too caught up in what you see in the mirror.
It’s only skin and hair.
The most fascinating parts of you are gorgeously layered underneath.
Maybe you don’t like your nose. Or your hair. Or your skin’s tone or quality.
But hopefully, you learn that it’s such a minute part of what what makes you fascinating.
If you ever forget this, open an anatomy textbook.
Or, head over to our anatomy seminar page, Immaculate Dissection.
Even more, check out some dissection videos from Acland.
Hopefully, you’ll start to become fascinated by what’s beneath that skin.
As always, it’s your call.
– Dr. Kathy Dooley