officers - The Black Vault

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: i March 14, 'Reiter ~~id:·The nat{u.al
;' tightening of tl;le skin during the
;: healing process has created "sig-
: ~ nificant bumps and depressions" on ·
• ~ King's face that probably will re­
.. quire more surgery, Reiter said.
- "He's very concerned about
what he's going to look like," said
.,Reiter, who said th?-t King's was
not the worst case he's had, "but
. it's pretty bad."
Dennetta King said Rodney was
.... always proud of his good looks and
used to take longer than her to
. wash and dress. "He loves his teeth
and face," she said. "He brushed
. quite a bit, and used to get on the
~iris_ .all th~ _tim~ about brushing
their teeth. He believed in pretty
"teeth."
King is also upset ·about the
numbness on the right side of his
face that makes eating awkward,
even while on a diet of soft foods
because he cannot chew normally.
He is very .self-conscious, Reiter
said, because "psychologically you
don't know whether you have
something on your lip or not. It'll
exactly like having Novocain at the
dentist."
.._ · Reiter said the probability is
::: "good" that the numbness will be