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"People don't care how much you know until they know how much you care! I am always honored and humbled that I am able to enter people's lives at a time of need and hopefully impact their lives in a positive way." -Dr. Mona

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Dr. Mona currently joins her staff at 8929 University Lane, Suite 202, San Diego, Ca 92122 (across from the Hyatt Aventine in the La Jolla Medical and Surgical Center). She can be reached at 858-412-3271. For directions, please follow the Contact link above.

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Through research, all things are possible. Dr. Mona has collaborated with other scientists in the pursuit of valuable knowledge that will illuminate the path for future treatment options. To read her work, please follow the link above.

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Since inception and through fundraising efforts, AMF has supported research for new treatments in melanoma while providing educational, awareness, and support programs.

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Co-written by Dr. Mona, Franny and Freddy Get Fried is a cautionary tale about two kids who learn about the ill effects of sun exposure to their skin. Stop by the office to get a copy of the book or download the ebook to start reading now.

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Dr. Mona shares simple tips on how to properly keep your little ones safe when they are playing in the sun.

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Does Plucking Gray Hair Cause More to Grow?

[Excerpt] Gray hair is caused by the retiring of cells that provide pigment within your hair’s follicles. Removing a hair from a follicle doesn’t have anything to do with the hair around it. But that doesn’t mean that tweezing is necessarily good, either. “It’s not the best idea to pull your hair out,” says Dr. Mona Mofid, a dermatologist affiliated with Sharp Community Medical Group. “At the end of the day, you’ll never keep up with new grays. And worse, you could damage the follicle and prevent new hair from growing at all.”

The Dark Side of Tanning

[Excerpt] “Society has this flawed view that an artificial tan is sexy. The truth is there’s more skin cancer due to indoor tanning than lung cancer due to smoking,” says Dr. Mona Mofid, a board-certified dermatologist affiliated with Sharp Grossmont Hospital.

Dermatologists are reporting an explosion of skin cancer in young women, warning that tanning beds are to blame. Of the approximately 7.8 million women who have used tanning beds, more than half started before age 21.

For Clear Skin Keep it Clean

[Excerpt] “(Keeping the face clean) seems like it would be pretty intuitive,” said Dr. Mona Mofid, a dermatologist at Sharp Grossmont Hospital in San Diego. “The analogy I like to use is when you get your car cleaned at the car wash, it has dirt and grime on it an hour later because of pollution in the air. It’s the same with our skin; it’s easy to get stuff on our face that clogs our pores.”

Mofid recommends washing your face in the morning and at night before going to bed. Along with face washing, another good way to prevent acne is to be careful about what you put near your face — and that includes your hands.

“Hands on the face is another cause of acne,” Mofid said. “I tell my patients that if they eat greasy French fries and then touch their face, what you ate is now on your face. Don’t touch your face!”

I want to share with you one of my favorite short stories given to me by my mother

...and I wish you enough. - Dr. Mona

I Wish You Enough (by Bob Perks)

Recently I overheard a mother and daughter in their last moments together at the airport. They had announced the departure. Standing near the security gate, they hugged and the mother said, "I love you and I wish you enough."

The daughter replied, "Mom, our life together has been more than enough. Your love is all I ever needed. I wish you enough, too, Mom."

They kissed and the daughter left. The mother walked over to the window where I was seated. Standing there I could see she wanted and needed to cry.

I tried not to intrude on her privacy but she welcomed me in by asking, "Did you ever say good-bye to someone knowing it would be forever?"

"Yes, I have," I replied. "Forgive me for asking, but why is this a forever good-bye?"

"I am old and she lives so far away. I have challenges ahead and the reality is - the next trip back will be for my funeral,"she said.

"When you were saying good-bye, I heard you say, 'I wish you enough'. May I ask what that means?"

She began to smile. "That's a wish that has been handed down from other generations. My parents used to say it to everyone."

She paused a moment and looked up as if trying to remember it in detail and she smiled even more. "When we said, I wish you enough', we were wanting the other person to have a life filled with just enough good things to sustain them."

Then turning toward me, she shared the following as if she were reciting it from memory. I wish you enough sun to keep your attitude bright, I wish you enough rain to appreciate the sun more. I wish you enough happiness to keep your spirit alive. I wish you enough pain so that the smallest joys in life appear much bigger. I wish you enough gain to satisfy your wanting. I wish you enough loss to appreciate all that you possess. I wish you enough "hellos" to get you through the final "good-bye."

She then began to cry and walked away.

They say it takes a minute to find a special person, an hour to appreciate them, a day to love them, but then an entire life to forget them.

Take time to live......To all my friends and loved ones, I wish you enough.

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