Robert H.

Robert H.

Arizona

About

Name: Robert H., 38 years old

City: Glendale, AZ

Brain Injury: TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY (TBI) 23 years ago. Summer after Sophomore year of high school, I was on my way home from an art show and the car I was in was T-Boned. After a 10 day coma, I had major bleeds in my right basal ganglia and hypothalamus.

Explanation of mask:  I was 15 at the time of my injury. My mask depicts the left side of my mask was before my injury in correlation to the right side of my face, the side before my injury. Before my accident, I used to color my hair blonde, had no facial hair, and wore contacts. Since my injury, I cannot apply my contacts, therefore I wear Glasses and have a mustache. I am now 38, hence the touch of white hair.