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‘Every Day the Strokes Become Steadier’: My Eyeliner Will Not Make Me a Bad Surgeon
That eyeliner, a line drawn from the outer corner of my eye that is aligned with the curve of my waterline, required steady fingers – like a surgeon. Placing the tip of my brush at the end of the line and gently swiping it over my eyelid demonstrated a muscle memory that takes years of practice – like a surgeon. My eyeliner had required me to use as many fine motor control muscles as it takes to deftly hold a scalpel…