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Scoliosis Fusion Surgery and Scars Only Make Me Stronger
Story, photos by Cassie Hepler You know it’s funny. I didn’t know how having scoliosis surgery would effect my modeling and acting career. But surprisingly it only made it – and me – stronger. Apparently everyone is not a shallow Hollywood jerk face we are all lead to believe. People barely notice the scars and if they do, a simple retouch in Photoshop or Lightroom clears them up in one fell swoop. As humans, we are not perfect. It is our imperfections that make us beautiful. Since healing from surgery, I feel like a new, better version of myself. The kind of person who doesn’t take crap from anyone and…
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Scoliosis Surgery Set for February 12 at Jefferson Hospital in Philadelphia
Story, photos by Cassie Hepler You have probably been wondering where have my personal blog posts have gone? Well, it’s been one busy year with passion projects! We launched Explore-Philly.com and Explore-NJ.com in January of 2015 and have been making waves since then. From what I’ve been told, even people who don’t read anything follow our online magazines. Thank you for your continued support! Including working weekday mornings as assistant editor at the Philadelphia Public Record and going to casting calls with my agency, modeling and acting when I can squeeze it in, I’ve been one busy bee. The bad news? My once manageable lower lumbar scoliosis (read the blog…