Are Scars Really That Bad?

Aug 22, 2014

Annie D.

I'd like to say that congratulation to those who stopped self-harming and accepted themselves.

I found that for myself to truly move on those regrets, I had to show that I accepted them and moved on by allowing myself to be confident.

If you show yourself that you're a strong confident person then strangers will cease to glare at your self harming scars and you will eventually forget that they are there.

It does fade & become less raise in time.

Aug 22, 2014

Juliana N.

Alexis, I've had 1 heart surgery, a knee surgery, only two from surgery but I have another from scratching my own face too hard as a child, falling from a tree and landing bad on my leg, and getting hit on the elbow with a baseball bat!

Aug 22, 2014

Pia H.

I'm not phased by mine either :)

Aug 22, 2014

Rissa G.

Yeah kids are cruel, although I was only made fun of a few times and indeed was was as a KID! lol so sad. it was for being skinny though. which I think made me hate my body type in the long runs haha. that is dumb. I'm sorry they were so mean to you. :( and oh rumors. aren't those hilarious? lol.

Aug 22, 2014

Katherine L.

Shannie, I have the same problem (but my scars are more on my arms) and I hate them too. I just regret doing what I did and I hate when people point them out too.

Aug 22, 2014

Rissa G.

The self harm scars are so inspiring to me, that y'all got over that. props!

Aug 22, 2014

Rissa G.

I still think that's odd, kids are weirdos! haha.

Aug 22, 2014

Rissa G.

Wow being teased for SCARS? gosh the nerve of some people, that's so dumb! I have tons of little scars on my arms and legs, no ones ever pointed them out! how weird and sad people go after a scar lol.

Aug 22, 2014

Kaitlin M.

Obviously I fall a lot! Haha

Aug 22, 2014

Kaitlin M.

I accepted my scars. I have one under my chin from falling in the bath as a toddler, I have one on my upper lip under my Cupid's bow from falling while getting out of the pool. I have a scar from falling off my bike on my knee and I have two scars on the same knee from surgery. They're what make me, me. Although, I do not like my stretch marks, but eventually (and hopefully) they'll fade and be better.

Aug 22, 2014

Natalie W.

@Rasheeda M.
I have a scar in the same place. Everyone I meet asks about it but I just tell them that I had surgery and it doesn't really bother me that they ask. I don't think scars are capable of making a beautiful face ugly, they just give it a little something unique. I have 3 locations on my face where you can obviously see there was stitches. But I don't even try to cover them up because, really, people who embraces their imperfections seem even more perfect;) and as you can see, A LOT of people have scars and like they have stated, they have learned to live with them and even love them as the thing that makes them beautifully different!

Aug 22, 2014

Katherine L.

I have some scars on my arms that I wish weren't there but they are part of my recovery. But I really wish they weren't there in the first place.

Aug 22, 2014

Brenda O.

This is a truly inspiring thread,<3.

Aug 22, 2014

Rissa G.

I like how were all discussing our scars! haha. I only have two really big ones, on my knees. both from a bike! lol the first one, I decided to ram into my brother head on and that ones faded so it's hardly noticeable. the other was from when I was a little girl, I fell off my bike at full speed. It was gross, the meat and bone was showing, pretty dope. I was actually more fascinated at that than the fact I just flew off my bike at 6 lol! It still hasn't faded, but I don't mind it. My boyfriend has a scar; same size and everything in the same place! haha so it's like we're meant 2 be ;)

Aug 22, 2014

Rasheeda M.

I have a big scar under my left eye from being pushed off a bed when I was 5. My face was sliced by metal 😩 at first it was hard growing up with it but as I got older my face got bigger and my scar got smaller. It's still noticeable now but idc :) I can semi-cover it with makeup/side bangs.. And all guys I date never notice it at first maybe after about 6 months of us dating lol

Aug 22, 2014

Kitty K.

I can't help but giggle when I read threads about scars, because seeing how insecure it makes everyone feel is so silly.

My dad has a scar far bigger than any of these and its the only scar that I think anyone has a right to be insecure about. It doesn't bother me but I know it bothers him.
He was working on a car and the car brakes messed up, ran his leg over.
Needless to say of the result, you can tell where every bone, part, etc.is on his leg. Hos leg was basically cut in half amd they had to take skin from everywhere to make it appear a somewhat similar color.

Aug 22, 2014

Breeze T.

I've learned to love my scars. Caitriona, I have one by my eye too, also a bad memory.
On my forehead I also have a scar from the stitches I got when I was in 1st grade and fell face-first on gravel. Ouch!

Anyway, I just think I wouldn't be myself without my scars, so I love them!
& I wish I could love my stretchmarks but I don't..yet.

Aug 22, 2014

Mariam A.

Acne scars are not something I would like to remember lol.

Aug 22, 2014

Rachel S.

I have surgical scars on my knees and stretchmarks on my thighs and they don't bother me in the slightest. in fact my scars are the part of me that I care least about.

Aug 22, 2014

Caitriona H.

I love my scars and I like the look of other peoples too. I'll always seen them as interesting and cool looking, even as a child I liked to show off the really deep one on my belly. The only one I have that I don't like is the one beside my eye because its not a nice story and it ruins my eyeliner but the rest I have no problem with. Maybe I was just sheltered from the notions of the media as a kid because I don't mind my stretch marks or cellulite either and have never understood why they are something to be ashamed of.

Aug 22, 2014

Paulina E.

I have 4 scrars on my left leg 2 on my Rt but that's because I've had 4 surgeries and actually I don't care about my scars lol

Aug 22, 2014

Madison M.

I Embrace my scars. I wouldnt say I love them because itd be nice to forget about most of the accidents I had that resulted in them. Its also a bit of a reminder that I'm very clumsy, and I should accept my mistakes and mishaps as learning expeirences, which they are for the most part. The only scar I don't like is theone I have on my top lip. but, its mostly only noticable to me because I know its there.

Aug 22, 2014

Annie D.

People see my scar as a scratch at first but then I'll corrected them and explain how I got it.

The story behind my scar is being whacked on the cheekbone with a golf club. I got pushed back by my brother but the swinger took a step back as well which left me brawling my eyes out and running to the stairs.

That's pretty much all I remembered as I was only 7 or so at the time.

According to my mother, she requested a plastic surgeon to patch up the wound so it wouldn't leave me feeling insecure later on, however the surgeon did not do a good job and it was noticeable. So mum mad about that but honestly, if you treat your skin with proper nourishment then time, wounds and scars fade.


I would've shared a photo but I can't find any that really shows the scar, the best time to see it is in daylight.

Aug 22, 2014

Andrea V.

I've avtually come to realize that the battle with scars is not us against society, but us against ourselves. lile for example acne scars, I never notice them but to the person they are so obvious. my stretchmarks on my arms&knees I hate them but nobody has ever pointed them out and I eventually got over them and started wearing more shorts&dresses and also more tank tops. I didnt accept them until my senior year in high school so I mean not that long ago.

hopefully you all get what I mean I sometimes don't make sense trying to explain my points lol

Aug 22, 2014

Gabriela L.

I love my scars. I have a scar going from one side of my belly to the other, I had cancer when I was 7 and they took out the tumor along with my right kidney. I also have a scar on the left side of my breast from where I would get my chemotherapy, I have another one when I split my eye brow open ( a huge dinning room chair fell on me lol) I tore my acl last year and have the most ugliest scar on my left leg as well...ugh hated it at first and still do some days but I look back at them and think to my self " I'm awesome " hahaha