New York News
California’s first lady Jennifer Siebel Newsom had some “wisdom” to share with the “young folks” while showing off a massive facial scar on social media.
“I had this little spot, it took me too long to go in and ask what it was. I thought it was something else,” Siebel Newsom, the wife of Gov. Gavin Newsom, said in an Instagram video.
In the video posted Sunday, a lengthy scar is seen stretching from the right corner of her lip to under her right nostril.
“For those of you youngsters who think you’re invincible,” Siebel Newsom said, “This is my second Mohs surgery for carcinoma on my face.”
Mohs surgery is a delicate procedure that is performed when skin tissue becomes cancerous, according to the National Cancer Institute.
By removing one thin layer of tissue at a time, the surgeon will evaluate each sample under a microscope for cancer.
This process is repeated until no cancer cells remain.
She revealed that her first procedure to treat her carcinoma was “a little hook” above her most recent scar.
It’s not known when the documentary filmmaker-turned-California first lady had her first Mohs surgery.
Siebel Newsom, 48, said she was so “grateful” for having such an excellent surgeon to perform the procedure but recommended her followers to “avoid [surgery]” at all