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As part of our Revitol product line we have now developed a revolutionary new cream to be used as a preventative treatment for stretch marks before, during and after pregnancy. This Stretch Mark Prevention cream will also help to reduce the appearance of existing stretch marks!
Promotes healthy skin
Helps increase production of collagen and elastin in the epidermis
Increases the elasticity and strength of the skin
Decreases the appearance of existing stretch marks
Effectively prevents the development of stretch marks
Keeps skin healthy and firm
Is easy to apply
Several studies have shown that stretch marks are among the top five causes for insecurity in women. During pregnancy, women are at an elevated risk for developing stretch marks, also called striae, because of the rapid and sudden growth of their body. Stretch marks are formed when underlying tissue grows faster than the skin layers covering it, causing small tears in the epidermal surface. Scar tissue then proceeds to grow in these tears, creating stretch marks.
While some women start showing a tendency of developing stretch marks during puberty, others only experience problems for the first time during a pregnancy. As the woman's abdominal area can be flat for the first four months of the pregnancy she can suddenly 'catch up' during the fifth and sixth month, with extremely fast growth which subjects the abdominal skin to a significant amount of tension. In this situation the fetus is growing at a rate faster than the mother's skin can keep up with, resulting in epidermal ruptures leading to stretch marks.
Every person is unique and skin grows at different rates, causing some people to suffer from stretch marks more severely than others.
Because stretch marks are in essence scars, they are extremely difficult to eradicate completely, so prevention is key! It contains 100% natural ingredients such as squalene oil, vitamin E, vitamin A, vitamin D3 as well as aloe vera and grapefruit seed extracts. Together they form a powerful new blend that will increase the elasticity of your skin and stimulate the production of new skin cells.
Thanks to its high quality blend of ingredients it will also effectively help to reduce the appearance of, and diminish existing stretch marks.
While the best time to start using this preventative treatment is during the early stages of pregnancy or when you are trying to conceive. However, it is never too late to start and you will experience great results on areas that have already been affected by stretch marks!
Why would you tolerate stretch marks if you can help or minimize them? Just because you are having a child does not mean you have to give up your body!
Now you can take control over your appearance and make sure you will not suffer from this unsightly problem in the first place! No need to cover up on the beach or to be ashamed around your significant other, you can regain your confidence while this product regenerates your skin and diminishes the appearance of your current stretch marks while preventing new ones from forming!
You can feel confident about your body and our offer; for a limited time only we are offering up to TWO FREE BOTTLES of cream so you can start your preventative treatment early and carry it on for as long as needed at a price below the regular retail rate.
We guarantee you will feel the difference in your skin within just a few short weeks. If you are using the product while already pregnant you will notice a significant decrease in the 'tightness' of your skin over your abdominal area, thighs and breasts. This is thanks to the increased skin elasticity and strength resulting from treatment with this revolutionary product.
Stretch Mark Prevention cream possesses powerful ingredients to effectively prevent and reduce the appearance of Stretch Marks while strengthening and deeply conditioning your skin.
The Stretch Mark Prevention cream's squalene oil promotes healthy skin while the vitamin E and grapefruit seed extract act to strengthen the collagen and elastin found deep in the lower epidermis. By stimulating the production of your own body's natural collagen your skin will become stronger and its natural elasticity will be increased. This will significantly aid in the prevention of dermal ruptures that eventually result in stretch marks. Vitamin D3 is a natural derivative of vitamin D produced by your own body when you expose your skin to the sun. However, for it to aid in the regeneration of the epidermal layer far more sunlight is required than our everyday modern life will allow, thus alternate sources of vitamin D3 become a necessity. The vitamin D3 in this product will complement the vitamins E and A in the stimulation of new dermal cell production.
Don't get caught up in false promises!
While other products offer to make stretch marks disappear completely, we will offer you a product that truly works and we will only promise you our realistic results: it is very hard to remove stretch marks completely. A great product, such as our Stretch Mark Prevention cream, will significantly diminish the appearance of stretch marks, but we cannot guarantee they will be gone completely. While others may just offer promises, we offer a product that truly delivers and proves itself. When using the product on existing stretch marks, best results are obtained on new scars that are still red and elevated. On older tissue it will take longer to see the full effects of this fantastic cream.
Don't wait for stretch marks to appear! As pregnancy progresses abdominal skin can often feel overly sensitive and tight, and this sensitivity does not always disappear afterwards. Stretch marks do not disappear either when left untreated.
Now you can both prevent and treat them with one great product:Stretch Mark Prevention cream from our revolutionary Revitol line of products!
How it Works
Revitol's Stretch Mark Prevention Cream contains a powerful combination of concentrated ingredients that help strengthen the skin, improve collagen structure, and increase natural elasticity. This cream penetrates deeply into the skin cell layers and works to improve their elasticity by strengthening the collagen and elastin-rich tissues that are responsible for the flexibility and elasticity of the skin. The product has a rejuvenating effect by stimulating cell growth and production; enhancing skin renewal.
This product helps to decrease the appearance of existing stretch marks, and is also an effective preventative treatment method for them. Stretch Mark Prevention Cream can be used after pregnancy to eliminate the appearance of stretch marks by stimulating skin renewal.
Vitamins A and E found in the cream penetrate deeply into your skin to soothe, protect and support the tone of your skin. As skin expands during pregnancy, vitamin D3 and squalene oil are essential in helping the skin accommodate the growing helping to keep your skin toned and healthy appearing. The aloe vera present in this product works alongside the other ingredients to protect and soothe the skin, while moisturizing and healing at the same time.
10% Squalene Oil
(Olea europeae isolates) Squalene oil is naturally derived from olive oil isolates. It has very strong regenerative properties when used on skin as it is very similar to human sebum (natural skin oils) . So when applied it acts much like a natural protector and stimulates regeneration of the skin surface. These properties make this ingredient essential to help reduce the appearance of scars: especially stretch marks. It is also a potent antioxidant and protects your skin from environmental damage while keeping it soft and healthy. Squalene oil is often derived from shark cartilage but it can also be pressed from olives, palm oil and other vegetable fats. Our squalene oil is from non-animal origins.
The squalene oil in our Stretch Mark Prevention cream is enriched with vitamin E, also a powerful antioxidant and essential ingredient for skin regeneration. It can be derived from a variety of plants and nuts like almonds, kiwi fruits, and mangos. Vitamin E is available in a variety of different forms, such as alpha, beta, delta, and gamma tocopherol. The variety with the highest bioactivity for topical use on the skin surface is alpha-tocopherol. The effect of vitamin E on stretch marks is thanks to its regenerative effect on skin. Vitamin E penetrates deeply into the skin to stimulate the growth of new cells, helping to reduce the appearance of stretch marks. As such, the stretch marks become thinner, shorter and fade over treatments. As vitamin E stimulates the production of new skin cells, it increases skin elasticity and firmness and helps in the regeneration process helping to reduce the likelyhood of stretch marks in the first instance. The application of vitamin E will make the skin less likely to 'tear', significantly decreasing the chance of stretch marks.
Vitamin A Palmitate
Vitamin A is an essential vitamin and is best known for having positive effects on vision. However Vitamin A is just as much important to the largest organ; the skin. Vitamin A may help improve the appearance of striae (stretch marks) and regulate epidermal (skin) cell growth.
Vitamin D3 is necessary for new skin cell production and complements the function of vitamins A and E in the regeneration process of the epidermis. Normally vitamin D3 is produced in the upper skin layers upon exposure to sunlight. However, with our modern live styles it is difficult to produce the amount of vitamin D needed. When applied topically in high concentrations vitamin D3 also shows beneficial effects on cellular processes. This helps to increase the cellular activity around stretch marks and to rejuvenate skin.
DL-Penthenol is the scientific name for pro-vitamin B5. It helps promote skin health as it works to improve the structure of both the lower and upper skin layers. DL-Panthenol soothes skin while stimulating cell growth and differentiation. This ingredient aids in the regeneration of the skin, therefore aiding in reducing the appearance of existing stretch marks. It also acts to prevent stretch marks by promoting collagen and elastin production.
Aloe Vera Extract
(aloe barbadenis) Aloe vera has been shown in clinical studies to have a positive effect on the skin. Aloe vera has been used for thousands of years by the Egyptians, Romans, Greeks, Arabs, Indians and Chinese to decrease the appearance of scars and to moisturize and heal skin. This extract from the aloe leaf protects skin from environmental factors and promotes skin regeneration.
Grapefruit Seed Extract
Grapefruit seed extract also helps promote skin health. Grapefruit seed extract helps to promote collagen and elastin production, which strengthens and retextures the skin. As collagen and elastin are responsible for the skin's elasticity, improving and stimulating production of the connective tissue cells. The condition of the skin's connective tissue also dictates how well the skin contracts after pregnancy. So not only does this compound improve the condition of your stretching skin, after the delivery it will also aid in the contraction of your skin to its previous appearance.
01. What are stretch marks?
Stretch marks are scars that appear on the skin due to a rapid growth of underlying tissue causing the skin to overstretch an tear. In case of pregnancy, the skin is under greater tension due to the fast changes occurring in the womans body. These hormonal changes can also disrupt the production of collagen, which is the compound that makes up the connective tissue in the epidermis, and thereby resulting in scars tissue formation popularly called stretch marks. top
02. What is the best way to use Stretch Mark Prevention cream?
We recommended that you use Stretch Mark Prevention cream at least two times a day, spreading a thick layer of the product on the areas most commonly affected by stretch marks, such as the breasts and abdomen. It is important that you allow for the cream to penetrate before you dress, which should not take more than about five minutes. top
03. When should I start using Stretch Mark Prevention cream?
To obtain the best results, we recommend that you start using the product as soon as possible, either while trying to conceive or when you are already pregnant. The earlier you begin using the Stretch Mark Prevention cream, the better the results will be! top
04. How many times a day do I have to use the Stretch Mark Prevention cream?
During our research we discovered that you will see results faster when using the Stretch Mark Prevention cream three times a day. However, when using the product at least two times a day you will already experience significant results. top
05. Is it better to use Stretch Mark Prevention cream before or after taking a shower?
Before showering there is a significant amount of natural oils, sweat and other substances present on your skin, which may decrease your skins absorption capacity. We recommend you use the Stretch Mark Prevention cream after a warm shower when your pores are open and will more readily absorb the product. If you do not have time to shower it is better to use it than not to use it at all. The more often the product is reapplied, the better the results you will experience. top
06. How long do I have to wait to wear clothes after using the Stretch Mark Prevention cream?
We recommended you wait at least five minutes before dressing into tight clothing. It is very important to allow the Stretch Mark Prevention cream to penetrate deeply into your skin. This process takes between three and five minutes, depending on your skin and the amount applied. top
07. When can I expect to see any results?
As a preventive method you should use the product starting the first month of pregnancy so your skin will be prepared for the changes in your body. As a corrective treatment, using Stretch Mark Prevention cream three times a day, most people start seeing results after the second week and becoming more apparent after the fourth or fifth week using our cream. These results depend severely on your skin type, genetic background, and severity of your stretch marks. top
08. My stretch marks are very deep and dark, should I use Stretch Mark Prevention cream anyway? Does it work when you have severe stretch marks?
Of course you can use the product! Even though your condition may be severe, you can at the very least significantly diminish their appearance as the Stretch Mark Prevention cream makes them more shallow and narrower. The speed at which you will see results depend on your skin type and the amount of stretch marks you have. In case of severe scarring we recommended that you use the Stretch Mark Prevention cream at least three times a day and wait the five minutes before wearing clothing on the affected area. top
09. Im allergic to some chemical substances, is Stretch Mark Prevention cream a natural product?
When we considered producing a stretch mark cream with pregnant woman in mind, the first concern was to develop a product that would be 100% save in this delicate time of the womans life. So, our goal was to produce an effective cream with natural substances and as such avoid any possible reactions or complications. Of course we had to keep in mind the developing fetus and although the cream is for topical use one has to be cautious nevertheless. Therefore our product contains only natural ingredients of which many are naturally present in our bodies. The Stretch Mark Prevention cream has been thoroughly tested and is completely save. It is wise to test it on a small path of skin and wait for 24 hours; as even some natural ingredients can evoke allergic reactions in certain individuals. If you do not develop a reaction within 24 hours, then you can safely use the cream. top
10. Is Stretch Mark Prevention cream dangerous for the baby?
As Stretch Mark Prevention cream is a natural cream that does not contain harmful substances, it will not affect the baby. The cream is not believed to enter the bloodstream and as such it should not even reach the growing fetus.
You can safely use Stretch Mark Prevention cream. It has been developed for pregnant women and as such is composed to be completely safe to both mother and child. top
11. Im in my fourth month of pregnancy and my friend gave me Stretch Mark Prevention cream yesterday, should I start using even though Im already my in fourth month?
Yes, you should start using it as soon as possible! Stretch Mark Prevention cream has both a preventative and a corrective function. There is no set rule on when you should start using the cream, however the earlier you start the better the results will be. If you already have experienced the development of some stretch marks, the cream will correct these as well as prevent the formation of scar tissue in the remaining months. top
12. How does Stretch Mark Prevention cream work?
The goal of Stretch Mark Prevention cream is to strengthen your skin to face the large tensions it is subjected to during pregnancy. Our product was developed to naturally stimulate the production of collagen increase the elasticity of the connective tissue in your skin. top
13. Is it possible for a woman who uses Stretch Mark Prevention cream to go through the entire pregnancy without getting any stretch marks?
Yes, this is what almost all our customers experience; when using the product early on and all the way through the pregnancy, as well as after the delivery it is very likely that you will not develop any stretch marks whatsoever. Results depend on heredity and skin type, as well as the speed at which your fetus develops, however the more frequently the product is applied, the better the end results are. Aside from avoiding the formation of stretch marks the product also diminishes the appearance of old scars. We worked very hard to develop this product, so it can be used safely by pregnant women and women can put their worries aside and just enjoy the wonderful journey of becoming a mother. top
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“I’M NOT sure what the article says, Declan.” I tried to keep my voice steady and hold back the tremor in it. “So, I can’t say. I haven’t read it yet.”
He stormed across the room as I started to type in the headline, ready to read it myself, but he snatched the phone from my hands.
“No.” His voice echoed through the room, so powerful in his anger I knew he felt blindsided and furious. Then, he strode away to put our phones down on a dresser and turned back to me. The fury ricocheted off the walls around us. “You tell me what happened. Who is Andrew Baldeck?”
My ex’s name in his mouth sounded wrong, vile. So revolting my stomach churned. “He’s a man from my past. We’re not talking about—”
“Everly, the rules have changed. The past is now in the fucking present. Let’s be honest, it always has been.”
“I … I don’t know what the newspaper wrote, but I can guess they painted me as a liar, as someone who made up a story because I was a jilted lover.”
“Is. It. True?” he asked again, and my heart cracked because I didn’t know what he meant.
“Me being a jilted lover?” I looked up at him and felt my throat closing as tears filled my eyes. My emotions were finally bubbling out after I’d held them in for so long. “Or the part where they say my account of being cuffed to a bed by my ex who assaulted my best friend and then me is a lie?”
Declan didn’t wince. The fire in his eyes though, it licked through the room at my words. “You know what part I’m asking about. Is. It. True?”
“The sad part is, Declan, I really don’t know.” I wanted to disappear, wanted to not even ask, but everyone who I’d thought would stand by me, who were supposed to be my friends, turned their backs on me. I’d put on a show for so long, I just swallowed down the hurt and the pain again as I gulped, and said softly, “The story was twisted so much over the last year that I really don’t know. I can say, the only part of these stories that are normally true about me are the ones they say are false. I don’t know what they wrote today, but it doesn’t matter. I got as much justice as the system allowed me to get, and the rest is whatever you want to believe for whatever suits your reputation and narrative now. You’re more of a public figure than I am. So, if the news is tainting your name, I can make a statement—”
“Stop.” He shook his head, closing his eyes and pinching the bridge of his nose. “Just fucking stop.”
He grabbed the phone, taking a deep breath and walked over to me with purpose. Leaning behind me to grab the comforter on either side of me, he folded it around me, wrapped me into a cocoon of sheets and pulled me into his lap, curling around me like he could encase me and protect me with his own body. Then he held the phone in front of me. “You’re going to see it, but I only want you looking once. Then, I’m having Piper go after every tabloid she can.”
“Declan, we don’t have to—”
“I’m taking care of you now, Everly.” He said with a controlled tone. “Please just listen.”
I took a deep breath and read.
“Everly Belafonte: One Scam After Another”
The mastermind strikes again. Everly Belafonte was a graduate student at Edgewood University more than a year ago when she claims she was assaulted. According to her statement:
“Andrew Baldeck invited my friend and I to a frat party at Beta Zeta Delta. We had three mixed drinks each before he invited us upstairs. We walked into his bedroom and he locked the door. He was my boyfriend, so I trusted that he wasn’t doing anything cruel, but when he opened his nightstand to pull out a gun, he wasn’t the man I trusted anymore.
He told us to take off our clothes. I kept telling him to think about what he was doing, but he grabbed handcuffs from the drawer too and directed me to put my wrists next to the bed post. When I hesitated, he pointed at my friend who was crying. He then grabbed her by the hair and threw her on the ground. He assaulted her and threatened to do more to her if I didn’t cooperate. I promised I would and begged him to let her go. He unlocked the door and told her to be quiet. I told him I didn’t want to do more, yet he assaulted me against the bedpost for what seemed an eternity. I was compliant until he stopped, and then I asked him to uncuff me. I told him I was enjoying it, and so he did. I fought him for the gun as soon as I was free and called 911 once it was in my possession.”
Belafonte’s story is just that: a story, according to sources who have claimed Belafonte’s friend, who was later name as Tonya Lakeland, doesn’t talk to her anymore and that no one at the frat party would corroborate her story. Andrew Baldeck was a D1 football player, straight-A student, and has no record. He claims she “wanted the fame and was mad I’d kissed her friend once. So she twisted this story. Her friend knows it too. We still talk, actually. We were all just having a good time that night.”
Baldeck has a parole hearing set for next month after spending over a year in prison for assault and attempted rape—a crime he claims he didn’t commit. Beta Zeta Delta refused to comment. According to sources, no investigation of the fraternity house was done.
When asked about Belafonte now, after being told she has just married NFL star Declan Hardy, he laughed. “Of course. It was probably all a big plan so she could cry to her estranged father and get this laid out for her instead. Seems about right.”
Is Everly Belafonte scamming us all?
“They’re making you look like a fool,” I said, and one tear slipped from my eyes. One tear. That’s all it took for a mask to drop and for everyone to see you were leading with your emotions. I swiped it away. “Oh God, I do not want to cry over this now. I’m sorry—”
“Sorry?” he whispered. Then he bellowed, “Sorry? What the hell do you have to be sorry about?”
He literally wouldn’t let me go as I wiggled in his lap. Instead, he turned me towards him. “Declan, I need to approach this without succumbing to—”
“They twisted your pain into making it seem like you’re some kind of a damn con artist, Everly. You want to cry over it, you’re entitled to that,” he ground out. His face turned red, so red I nearly reached up to soothe him before stopping myself by snatching my hand back.
“How do you know what they’re saying isn’t true?” I whispered.
“Are you fucking with me, Drop?” He took my face in both hands as he stared into my eyes, brushing his thumbs over my eyelashes.
“Honestly, I think there are days where even my best friend isn’t sure she can believe me, and she was there. The press does a great job of—”
“Messing up the truth. But you had Carl. Why didn’t he …?” Declan narrowed his eyes at me.
“Carl didn’t know at first. We’d covered it up well with not releasing my name immediately. It’s what my lawyers and I thought was best. But over time, most of the town found out. Andy was expelled from school, listed as a sexual offender, and has served a year in prison. Unfortunately, no other women would come forward. There were more. Past girlfriends, dates. They called, sure, and thanked me for being brave.” I shrugged. The justice system was broken. There was no evidence for those women. And the evidence there was at one point had probably been destroyed. They didn’t keep rape kits that long back then. It’d taken years to implement procedures that helped survivors like us, and even still, societal norms were stacked against us. “But my evidence wasn’t great. He was my boyfriend, I went to his frat house willingly.”
“What about your friend?”
“She didn’t want to testify either.” I sighed. “Tonya gets wrapped up in wanting to be a part of the group. She’d kissed him before, behind my back. It was the perfect twist on the story. I was angry, I made up a story, the end.”
“Is it true she still talks to him?” he asked softly as his hand rubbed up and down my arm as if he wanted to soothe me. “Was that her on the phone earlier?”
I winced because having my friend talk to Andy was the hardest part some days. “It’s complicated. Andy’s charming, and his family has money and a reputation. Most of us didn’t.”
“But Carl could have gotten you a legal team or—”
“I wanted a father, not a payday, so no.” I snapped, still irritated that the article was questioning my integrity. “I never asked for a lawyer nor would I have accepted one. We worked with what we had.”
“So, what? They bought everyone off while you just endured their shit?”
“In all fairness, I’d been at a frat party drinking with my boyfriend, a straight-A student with no prior legal trouble. Even with my father’s backing, I would have had to fight, and it would have tainted the Milton-Hardy legacy in addition to everything else it destroyed of mine. I was a homeschooled loner people didn’t trust. My lawyers recommended that I drop the case or take a settlement. Still, I couldn’t. So, now I’ve been branded a liar and jilted lover in the town I call home.”
And I should have rejoiced according to my lawyers. We won. Or so they say. I still had to deal with the trauma of that night.
“Everly … How did I not know this?” He swore and the pain in his voice brought tears to my eyes.
“Because I didn’t want anyone to know! My father agreed.” I shook my head and looked away from the pity in his eyes. “Do you know what it’s like to have your body taken hostage and controlled by someone you thought would never hurt you? To give that trust and then they proceed to do their worst with it?”
I didn’t want his pity or his consoling words. I just wanted to get it out. “I died that night, okay? You asked me once how I knew about experiencing death … that’s how. Who I was. who I wanted to be, she died. He stole that from me. I contemplated murder, Declan, once I got out of those cuffs, I fought him for that gun, held it to his head, and shook while convincing myself not to pull the trigger for minutes. Whole minutes I considered killing someone when mere minutes before that, I’d hoped I would die myself.” I quaked with sobs then, and Declan let me break down. Let me get it out. Let me crumble. “He cried as I held the gun to his head, saying he was sorry, that he was drunk, that he was so wasted he wouldn’t remember in the morning. But I was drunk too, Declan, and I remember every single detail.”
His gaze was locked on me. “I want his full name and address,” he ground out loudly, but the volume of his voice didn’t scare me.
“Declan.” I shook my head. “This has been over for a while now.”
“He did all those things to you. He shouldn’t go free. He should be dead.”
He searched my eyes for how I felt, but I wouldn’t hide it. Most days, I wished I’d pulled the trigger after hearing what he did to the others, after they called and cried to me like it could absolve them of the burden and trauma he left them with.
“Everly, fuck.” He paused like he didn’t know how to say the next words. “I was rough with you last night. I’ve been rough with you.”
“I wanted that from you.” I poked him in the chest. “I get to want what I want, Declan. Why can’t I, huh? You read the article. The media got what they wanted. Andy got what he wanted from me too. But do I get what I want ever? To move on?”
He petted my hair, trying to take away my pain, but no one could do that except for me.
I sighed and shifted in his lap to look out the window instead of in the eyes of a man I was falling for when I shouldn’t be.
“The media never covers the aftermath of a victim.” I pushed the blankets off and went to grab the jersey he’d dropped. He let me go, knowing this was important for me. I put my hands on my hips, jersey hanging down my thighs, and faced him. “I’ll be honest. Yes, he took control of my body for a few minutes. That’s it. Was it the longest couple of minutes of my life? Probably. Have I struggled with my sex life since? Sure. Will I always? I don’t know. Either way, I learned that night that I could fight back. That I wanted to fight. That I wanted to survive.”
“It’s why you insisted on the self-defense classes,” Declan said, like he was putting it all together.
“Sure. Among other things. Andy had hit me before that. Self-defense is a gentle reminder that I shouldn’t allow that without fighting back. I did for so long. And I jog to work even though there may be a risk of assault, but I’ve equipped myself. I wear what I want even if I have to plan ahead to quell my anxiety of doing so. I don’t think it’s fair that I should live with a burden he created.”
“Jesus Christ. I …” He pulled at his hair. “I’ve manhandled the shit out of you more than once, Everly.” Regret he shouldn’t feel was something I knew I had to blame on my ex, another wrench thrown in for survivors of abuse that their lovers had to endure too.
“And so … what? I have to take a gentle lover now because I’m some victim when that’s not what I want? Not only can I not act out, but I should be careful where I go now, be aware of who I love, stay cautious and have every one of those responsibilities put on me? I have to consider it all every day, and I don’t want to. I don’t freaking want to.” I repeated it pointedly, furiously.
I hated that when I glared at him in front of me, his eyes were glassy too. Declan, the man who acted on every emotion was now holding his back from me too.
I dug my nails into my palms, ready to let him know this last thing and then package this up in a box to bury far, far away as a memory I didn’t want. “You know, my lawyers said the best way for a ‘mixed woman’ to fight the media is to stay calm. That I’d done a good job not hurting him when I had the power to. I was praised for not taking his life and having a level head even though he’d taken everything I was from me.” I dragged in a shaky breath. “I’ve made sure to always have a level head now with cameras on me. You’ll be able to count on that for the remainder of this marriage, at least. If I cried back then, it would have made me look crazier. If I screamed or got mad, it would have been over. My mom did. She grabbed a cameraman one time to protect her only daughter. You know what they did? Labeled her as trash.”
Just that one day had created so much turmoil for us both. I remember how she’d cried, how her braids slid over her shoulders as she hung her head, and I vowed then to never let the media get to her again.
Calm. Silent. Void of emotion. My demeanor was a weapon in that courthouse that I used effectively.
“You deserve more justice than what you’ve been given.” I saw how the veins on his neck protruded, how his jaw worked, how his knee jumped in fast fury.
“It doesn’t matter. I’m trying to live my life the way I want and feel what I want. I won’t live in fear or be ashamed of my desire for another person because of what he did to me.”
His jaw worked up and down. Up and down. When someone cares for you, your pain is their pain. He was mulling through what I knew most people in my life had to work through, and it wasn’t easy. Tonya couldn’t even do it.
“I’m still me, Declan,” I whispered, not sure he understood that I wasn’t ruined, that I wasn’t tainted by all this, that I’d survived in the best way I knew how.
“But, baby, you’re so much more. Don’t you get it? You’re the drive to keep going when someone took everything from you. You’re the will to survive when most of us would have given up by now. You’re all the raindrops in a tsunami of courage and strength.” He got up and came to me, lifted his hand to my cheek, but before I could get comfort from his touch, he fisted it and pulled it away.
There it was. That past catching up with me and molding the people around me again. The past followed me everywhere. It shaped the present and the future. A past I couldn’t escape no matter how hard I tried.

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Upcoming events, and news from the past year. For news and events prior to September 2020, see the News Archive page.
Updated October 2021
Coming up in October 2021
A series of three graphic design workshops are scheduled to be held online for PhD students at the German Center for Neurodegenerative Disease (DZNE), covering both good graphic design practice and hands-on experience of creating scientific figures.
Coming up in November / December 2021
Further graphic design workshops are planned in the autumn term for King’s College London’s Health Faculties, if the demand is there. This will include a theoretical session, covering good graphic design practice for scientific visual communication, as well practical workshops that provide hands-on experience of using Adobe Illustrator to create scientific figures. The theory session will be held online, to maximise the number of participants, but it is hoped that at least some of the practical session can be held in-person.
On completion of the Patient Information Sheet project, conducted in collaboration with King’s College London, Dr Giovanna Nordio has made a submission for possible publication in the journal Clinical and Translational Imaging as a Spotlight. The submission is entitled Can visual illustrations transform the patient information sheet for PET/MR neuroimaging studies into engaging and interesting reading?
May / June 2021
I ran five more practical graphic design workshops (online) for the Health Faculties of King’s College London during May and June – more details on the Workshops 2020/21 webpage on the King’s collaboration website.
I have submitted the first draft of my article for the Pattern and Chaos: making and meaning anthology, being compiled by staff of Norwich University of the Arts. Provisionally entitled, De-coding scientific conceptual figures through graphic design, it attempts to get from a 125 year-old drawing of nerve cells to the current visual representation of chemical neurotransmission at a neuromuscular junction in 1000 words and six images (one of which is shown here).
Thursday 25th March 2021
I met online with Dr Nordio and Dr Yannis Paloyelis, to discuss a potential expansion of the PIS project to incorporate Dr Paloyelis’ upcoming research study. I previously worked with Dr Paloyelis during my PhD research, as part of my collaboration with the Centre for Neuroimaging Sciences at King’s. Dr Paloyelis is setting up a neuroimaging study that will involve child patients (under 15 years of age) and is interested in using illustrated material for his patients, not just in official information sheets but also as part of the consultation process with child patients and their parents / guardians before a research study can be approved.
Dr Paloyelis will consult with colleagues who will be working on the study to discuss the kind of images that would be useful, images of child patients (rather than adults) being an obvious starting point. Meanwhile, Dr Nordio will inform the Centre for Medical Engineering (who are funding the PIS project) of our progress and to mention the possibility of expanding the research into patient consultation during Dr Paloyelis’ study, although this would need additional funding.
Tuesday 2nd March 2021
I met online with Dr Nordio to discuss the next steps in the PIS project. The example PIS is to be finalised as a pdf file and all of the images created for the full PIS, together with images of each page of the document, have been added to this portfolio page. The example PIS will also be produced as a PowerPoint file, in 16:9 format, and with each module contained on a separate slide or slides. It is thought that a PowerPoint file will be easier for research scientists to edit and adapt than a Word document.
22nd – 28th February 2021
I spent a week working with a scientist based at the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre (Montreal), to create a graphical abstract for a journal article. The illustrative elements I created for the abstract can be seen on this portfolio page. Once the article has been published, more details and images will be added to the page.
In 2019 I submitted a proposal for a contribution to a proposed art / design anthology entitled Pattern and Chaos: making and meaning, being put together by staff members at Norwich University of the Arts. This anthology has now been approved for publication by Intellect Books and I will give more details on my work for this in due course.
Monday 22nd February 2021
I met online with KCL staff members to discuss if and how the Graphic Design for Scientific Figures workshops can be made available to participants outside of King’s. Work will now start on an application to have the workshops designated as an official KCL short course.
April 2021, update – after going through the application process in some detail, it became apparent that the fact I am not a staff member at King’s raises issues in terms of ease of access to the website for editing and updating the training material. Therefore, I will continue to develop the workshop material myself, for use outside of King’s – further details will be posted on the Teaching & Workshops page of this website in due course.
Thursday 28th January 2021
Work is continuing on the PIS Project and in mid-January we received feedback from the FAST-R team at KCL on the example illustrated PIS modules submitted to them last month. I updated the example PIS modules based on this feedback and I met online with Drs Nordio and Veronese to discuss the next steps in the project. Taking the FAST-R feedback into account, the remaining PIS modules will be finalised to create the complete example Patient Information Sheet, with the aim of submitting this to the FAST-R team by the end of February.
Tuesday 26th January 2021
Dr Mattia Veronese and I recorded a short video, where we discussed our collaborative work at the Centre for Neuroimaging Sciences and how the ‘Graphic Design for Scientific Figures’ workshops came about. This video has been added to the KCL KEATS webpage, to act as an introduction to the online course, and is also available for anyone to view here.
Friday 18th December 2020
In March 2019 I worked with Dr Anoushka Leslie, of the Centre for Neuroimaging Sciences, on a set of information sheets that covered brain ageing, white matter and DTI scans (see the News Archive entry dated February – April 2019). The sheets were designed for non-scientists and the project included a workshop to allow feedback from patients and their family members, who had an interest in the subject. The report of this workshop has been released, together with the final versions of the four sheets – these will be made available for anyone to download from a King’s website. The portfolio page for this project has been updated to include the entire sheets, as well as the individual illustrations used in the sheets.
Wednesday 9th December 2020
I completed the three example Patient Information Sheet modules, including full colour illustrations, for submission to the FAST-R review team. More details can be found on the PIS Project page of the Neuroscience & Graphic Design website, and in this blog post. We hope to receive feedback on the modules sometime in January 2021.
I worked with the Health Science Doctoral Training Centre at King’s College London, to lead two online training sessions, covering the material from the ‘Graphic Design, Practice’ workshops that were originally run (in-person) in February 2020. These sessions were held on Tuesday 8th and Friday 11th December, with up to 11 participants in each. They were both fully-booked, with a current waiting list of about 40 people who would like to attend the workshop. It is hoped that additional session can run next year, if there is still demand.
The training material used in the in-person workshops (including presentations, pdf handouts and demonstration videos) is now available to King’s staff and research students, via the King’s E-learning and Teaching Service (KEATS) website.
There is much more detail about the online sessions, and the content of the training material, on the Workshops (2020) page of the Neuroscience & Graphic Design website.
Tuesday 1st December 2020
I presented my work (via Zoom) to the PG Cert & PG Dip Design for Visual Communication course at London College of Communication, as part of their Professional and Academic Practice unit. I was representing ‘academia’, and I aimed to show how important graphic design practice can be in research, and how that research can then be applied in professional practice.
October / November 2020
Work is ongoing on the Patient Information Sheet project, in collaboration with the Centre for Neuroimaging Sciences at King’s. Detailed updates on the project can be found on the dedicated page of the Neuroscience & Graphic Design website, which has links to individual blog posts giving details of meetings, etc. The aim is to submit example PIS modules to FAST-R at KCL in December, to gain feedback from patient groups.
Wednesday 16th September 2020
I attended an online meeting with Dr Nordio and Dr Veronese of the Centre for Neuroimaging Sciences, to discuss work on the Patient Information Sheet (PIS) project. The outcome of that meeting is documented on the blog of the Neuroscience & Graphic Design website and can be found here.
Although the project as a whole will not be documented in detail on this website, insights from the research I will be conducting into clinician / patient visual communication will be included on the Research Blog, and can be accessed from this post.
I produced illustrations of dock beetles that could then be adapted for use in a logo, etc., to promote a business. Starting from an illustration based on a photograph of a real dock beetle (left), the images of the beetle and a dock leaf were revised and modified to reflect the name of the business and to create a usable identity.
A sequence of these images, showing the progress of the work, have been added to the Project Portfolio webpage.
For older news and events, see the News Archive.

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