I have scars all over my legs and face. If I get even just a little scratch, I will scar. My skin scars very easily. I have a lot of scars from when I would scratch my legs so badly that it would take a couple of rounds of antibiotics to clear up the infections. Once I cut gluten from my diet, I haven't itched or scratched like that since. A few exceptions are due to bites from fire ants and mosquitoes - the bane of my existence! The scars on my face are from severe nodular acne, and the scars are white. I also have a lot of hyper pigmentation on my face. And due to taking a medication that makes me photosensitive and the fact that I'm allergic to all chemical sunscreens, I burn easily. So, my face is red with dark brown splotches and pits of skin with no pigmentation at all. I feel like such a freakazoid. People assure me that I'm not. I'll take their word for it rather than walk around with a paper bag over my head. Bonking into things is really uncool.

I can see why you're self-conscious about your scars. People may notice them but not say anything either to be polite or because they've forgotten about them already. Go for comfort and wear shorts! To hell with what people think about how you look or how you think they think.

(Now, to practice what I just preached and to not be so embarrassed over this dreadful haircut I recently got... )