Here is my highly requested skin care routine post-SJS!
Stevens-Johnson syndrome really dealt with my body internally and externally. Watch my testimony here. My face was ruined. I looked like a horror story gone wrong…but God! I prayed a specific prayer point personalising the scripture in Job 33:25.
“Then her skin will be renewed, as smooth and fresh as a child’s, and she will be restored to the vim and vigor of her youth.” — The Voice translation
Job 33:25
I am someone who prays about everything and anything, including my skin! Prayerlessness is a sign of arrogance and self-sufficiency. For me, there is no skin-care routine without prayer. I encourage you to pray and ask God for wisdom concerning your routine.
I used to be a facial products hoarder. I would buy and use anything that claimed to be a magic fix . I was desperate for my face to get back to ‘normal’. I was desperate for these beautiful scars of victory to disappear with speed.
While the scars are fading to the glory of God, I say all this to stress the importance of keeping your routine simple, especially if your skin has experienced severe trauma! Learn about your skin, what it likes and what it doesn’t. Keep a skin diary when using new products so that you know how your face reacts to the product.
Press your GP/Doctor to refer you to a dermatologist and if you are black, you need to press harder (hopefully things will change soon – sign these petitions if you haven’t already). My dermatologist is an angel sent from the Lord. She is Asian and cared for my skin while I was in hospital with burn-like damage on my face and body, and she continues to look after my skin as an outpatient with her expertise and wisdom.
Kanayo is a Multi-award winning, Author and Senior leader in education whose experience ranges from being a Deputy Head of Sixth Form, Head of Psychology and Lead Practitioner. Kanayo believes that these 3 elements are the driving force of her ministry and career. D.I.G; Drive, Integrity and Grace.
Having a psychology degree provides me with a broad scope to experience many industries and fields of work. Although, my main aim is to continuously learn and also to share my knowledge and experience with others, within and beyond the constraints of the psychology community. Hence my pursuit to teach!
Hopefully, the readers of this blog will find that it is infested with a scope of psychological knowledge, with the intention of conveying psychology in such a way that it is interesting and understandable to those who aren’t studying it as a discipline. In addition, you will find that I heavily cover various topics aside of psychology such as, Christianity because I am a Christian. I draw both passions together, Psychology and Christianity, observing how they complement and sometimes clash! This blog is where ‘Psychology meets Scripture’.
As well as teaching Psychology, I know God has called me to do something far greater in this world. My passion is for His Word and to encourage others to read the Bible, fall in love with it, but most importantly…fall in love with The Author! My role of teaching is not limited to psychology. I strongly believe God is stirring up the ‘teacher’ office of the Five fold ministry in me.
I’m a doctor by virtue, healing and performing heart surgery with words of encouragement.
I am extremely driven and passionate about getting everyone; both Christians and non-Christians to read, understand and live out the word of God. To achieve this, I’ve created online Bible Challenges, whereby people around the world via social media, read a book in the Bible, one chapter a day and share what they have drawn out from the text. I have numerous Bible challenges, all accessible from my blog (www.doctorkanayo.com) and the YouVersion Bible App where over 250,000 people have completed my devotionals around the world. One Bible Challenge at a time, I aim to change the skewed perceptions of the Bible being irrelevant and to show the true reality that the bible is ‘juicy’, tremendously relevant, fun and easy to read. My one prayer is that my teachings and writings from His word, will touch at least ONE person. That would be a serious mission accomplished to the glory of God!
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