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"  When Cosmo Deputy Beauty Editor Jessica Matlin wrote a personal essay about her decision to remove her freckles (read it here), you guys told us you weren&amp;#039;t cool with the message it sent. Now Jess owns up to the criticism in her response to your heartfelt feedback.  When I wrote, &amp;quot;Confessions of a Freckle Face,&amp;quot; my intent was to share my own private, deeply personal issues with my freckles. Like many women, I (unfortunately) have mixed feelings about my face, and I&amp;#039;ve used makeup to play up the parts I&amp;#039;m fond of and downplay the things I&amp;#039;m not (specifically, my freckles). So when I found a more effective solution for getting rid of them\u2014a perfectly safe, speedy (albeit painful) laser treatment from my long-time dermatologist\u2014I went for it. I understand my choice really upset some readers. They took it as a personal affront: they thought by zapping away my own freckles, I was suggesting that their freckles needed some major zapping, too. That&amp;#039;s hardly the case. I happen to think many women look great with freckles, I just don&amp;#039;t think I&amp;#039;m one of them. If I wrote a warm, fuzzy story about how I learned to love my freckly face at the end, it just wouldn&amp;#039;t have been honest. I&amp;#039;d rather tell you guys how I actually felt, what I really did, and why.  While I was disappointed to see that my essay was misunderstood by some, I actually thought it was incredibly cool to see all of this freckle pride. While I wish I had more instilled in myself, I still have another chance\u2014many actually. I went to the beach this weekend, and I can safely say, many of my freckles are back.  Jessica is Cosmo&amp;#039;s Deputy Beauty Editor. Follow her on Twitter @JessicaMatlin. If you have general feedback about Cosmo, we&amp;#039;re always listening\u2014tweet us @Cosmopolitan or email us at inbox@cosmopolitan.com Photo: Jessica grins and bares it at the beach this weekend, freckles and all.  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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