I dedicate this retablo to Saints Cosmas and Damian, patrons of the medics and the surgeons, for protecting me during my 18 plastic surgeries. It was the only way to achieve my dream to look exactly like Maicol, my favorite artist.

I want to thank Saints Cosmas and Damian with this retablo for the miracle that the anatomy teacher Lupita de Barragan became passionate about my son Juan Luis and helped him to overcome his apprehensions and fears of flesh and tendons, and blood, and other things. So my son happily graduated as M.D. surgeon.

Cuernavaca, Mexico
December 20, 2013