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We have grown up hearing phrases like everything is possible, impossible says I am possible or impossible is nothing. But a wounded heart might wonder otherwise. Is it possible to bring someone back from the dead? Is it possible to forget that you were wronged? Is it possible to look in the mirror and erase those scars that bother you?
No. It’s not.
But it is possible to live with the memories of the ones you love, it is tough but possible to rebuild your life from scratch and it is possible to put a smile, embrace your scars and shine on.
And believe me, I wasn’t an optimist until I heard about this beautiful and courageous woman, Resham Khan. On her 21st birthday, a strange man threw acid on her and left her to fight an endless battle with life. On Eid, she shared beautiful pictures after her recovery and the Internet loved it!
Soon enough, Resham said she was bombarded with questions. While people appreciated her ‘miraculous’ recovery and she loved the compliments, there were people who were hoping that they will also recover magically.
Nazar na lagey – 02/09/17 pic.twitter.com/F2Inu07kwH
— Resh (@itsresh_) September 2, 2017
“I know many are watching my recovery or may be going through something similar, looking at themselves and wondering when they will improve. I have received questions on my recovery, asking how and what I’m doing.”
In a heartfelt and compassionate note, she revealed that she sat for a full face makeup before she took those pictures. Writing on her personal blog ReshamOnline, she wrote, “What you see on the internet isn’t real. Just like the photos.”
https://www.instagram.com/p/BVIlen7gcfN/?taken-by=reshkhan_
She also said that she decided to go through with it because her friends would always ask her to put on Asian clothes. As Eid was around the corner, she wondered, ‘why not?’.
Resham also wrote that she did her own make-up and hid her pink areas in layers of foundation. Putting her pictures without any makeup on, Resham wrote about her struggle of applying makeup.
“In terms of applying makeup, it has become so much harder.
It hurts a little to apply, and I found applying eye makeup a bit of a struggle so didn’t do too much. I miss being able to have fun with shadows and liner. And my heart longed for a pair of fake eyelashes.
But with time and the help of my doctor, I hope one day it’s achievable. My eyebrows have been burnt and grow a bit funny so they were proving difficult, so I just shaded them rather than trying to shape them into anything fancy. A contour was achievable on one side but not really the other. And as my skin is tough, mixing lipsticks is difficult. It might sound confusing but trying to explain the little things that made makeup a challenge isn’t easy.
Before I began to snap away, I did break down. I got those mushy emotional tears of happiness.
I looked in the mirror and I felt like I looked like the old me again (of course it would have been great to of not needed the makeup to do so). After I took the photos, I then edited them on BeautyPlus, a great app my aunt introduced me to. It edits your photos, there’s not much you can’t do on there to be honest, I corrected the image. I also adjusted the brightness, my room isn’t the best lit thing at 2/3am. The photos are also taken from the side, the side that wasn’t affected as much. This ‘good’ side suffers from scars, whereas the other side has a mix of scars, pink, burns, hard skin, raised skin and my dodgy eye.”
Resham ended her blog by speaking to the people who are going through a similar struggle. She asked them to not be discouraged by unreal expectations. She wrote,
I’ve loved the compliments but the harsh reality is it is not real. It’s been lovely, it’s been great, but I can’t keep pretending to be someone I’m not.
It takes a lot of courage to speak all that you did Resham. I think you are too cool to be REAL.
The pictures and text have been used from Resham Khan’s personal blog with due permission.Â
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