"How can you expect us to compete in a global market when you have skinny people, sick people, children who don't get vaccines? And right now we're not preparing the next generation enough because we're not thinking of the future."
-DR. MARTIN BAUTISTA, senatorial candidate, Kapatiran party
"Being finally free from my husband, I've now learned to appreciate my self-worth."
-SIGLYND
(not her real name), on separating
with her husband, who beat her up for 18 years
"I never expected to see the day when girls would get sunburned in the places they do now."
-WILL ROGERS, American comedian
"Remember that Dove ad which says, 'Kahit mataba ako, maganda naman ako,' or something to that effect? That would be my mantra. I think if you have clear skin, your patients will find you more pleasing to look at. Seriously."
-DR. GRACE DIZON,
ophthalmologist, UP-Philippine General
Hospital, on the importance of keeping the skin healthy
"Its continued existence is morally indefensible; its cost to individuals, to health systems, and to society in general is enormous."
-WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION, in the report,
Multicountry Study on Women's Health and Domestic Violence
"Perfect skin may be for the books or for the artists. If there [were] such, then the business of facial centers and salons [would] not flourish. There is always that desire, especially for women, to have "perfect" skin. But unfortunately, even babies in general do not have perfect skin."
-DR. EVANGELINE HANDOG,
dermatologist, Research
Institute of Tropical Medicine, describing the "perfect skin"
"Yes I do [believe in cosmetic procedures], although I still have to experience one. It's always a nice feeling to regain your youthful looks and grow old gracefully."
-DR. EVANGELINE JOHNSON, president and chief executive
officer, Saviour International Hospital, on cosmetic procedures
"I think cosmetic procedures have a role for people whose self-esteem is marred by how they look. And I try to evaluate the patients' psychologic make-up before I discuss with them enhancement procedures."
-DR. MA. ASSUMPTA CECILIA REALUBIT-SERRANO,
dermatologist, Davao Doctors Hospital, on cosmetic procedures
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