To tell someone that something cannot be cured is still such a difficult thing, just like it was a long time ago. As a working person, I could say that it was from that where I received my motivation from, however, because of that I cannot help but to sometimes think that I am living a rather difficult life. It feels like I always throw myself in especially on those difficult times. However, the reason I do not back out is because of the helping hands that were beside along the way. That is also how the Cosmetic Eye WhiteningTM was born.
In 1996, after having got my medical specialist license, in replacement of my military duties, I was appointed to a hospital in Jeon-Nam, Mokpo, as a public health doctor. I saw many patients, out of which a lot of them came to me saying that their eyes were frequently getting bloodshot. However, as it was chronic bloodshot eyes, which did not have other treatments besides giving them eye drops, I had to constantly only listen to the complaints the patients had saying that their eyes were not getting better or asking if there really wasn’t anything else that could be done. As I was getting used to the incoming complaints, I began to think that if medicine cannot improve the situation, there must be an operation to treat this. I started searching for books and thesis relating to this matter.
Then one day, a nurse in our ward came to me with the same problem, asking if there is any other way to treat her constant bloodshot eyes, as the treatment I gave her before didn’t seem to be working. I told her absent mindedly that I was researching a surgical way to treat this, and I was so surprised by her reaction. “Doctor, I will gladly be an experiment candidate!” I knew I had to stop her. I told her the truth. It was possible theoretically, but it was still only at the stage where I had the theoretical concept, but was never tried, and that there were high possibilities of recurrence after the surgery. But she didn’t seem to give in easily as she once again brightly replied, “If this does work though, then you would be able to treat many more people like me right? It will be fine, I won’t go blind or anything would I? Then I’m ready.” For a while, I was dumbfounded by her willingness and braveness, but after hesitating for a while, I reluctantly gave up and told her “Then let’s try this.”
A few days later, after putting in time, sweat and effort, we succeeded in the getting over the first hurdle that awaited us, the operation. The anxiety began in the postoperative period afterwards. I carefully underwent the post care everyday, not being lazy in writing my log as I went through every step. I had to spend a few days in anxiety and fear, not being able to fully understand the nurse coming to get the post care treatment, always with a smile on her face. My anxious mind soon began to change into excitement and joy, as I saw her eyes begin to clear up and become white. In about two month’s time, her chronic bloodshot eyes were white, which accompanied her bright smile to bring joy to the patients in the ward.
