In the June 30, 2008, issue of the magazine, Atul Gawande wrote about the use of mirror therapy to solve cases of phantom-limb pain and unresolvable itching. Since then, a reader of the magazine has successfully used this technique to combat his anesthesia dolorosa, a condition involving the continuing sensation of pain in the face, even though the area is numb. His wife has posted their extraordinary story—including a visual demonstration of how they employed mirror therapy—on their blog. As Beth Taylor-Schott writes: >
In another entry she writes, “this is nothing short of a miracle.”