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Originally Posted by Mountaindewed
But after 7 months my scars still haven’t healed and they are very visible...
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@Mountaindewed and all:
I have
22 years ago. They are quite upsetting.
I asked my doctor what can be done about them and he said nothing tho tattooing was an option to obscure them but only the surrounding healthy skin can be tattooed, the keloid tissue of the scars themselves can't take take the tattoo ink. Scars will never heal tho they get lighter. I'm really pale so mine have faded a lot these 22 years but i still only wear long sleeves in public.
I think tattooing would just make them MORE conspicuous tho and besides it hurts and would re-awaken the original trauma of that terrible time so i just go au naturale. It's not hard to wear long-sleeves all the time. I heard some tattoo artists will work for free to obscure self-harm scars, but tattoos are just not me. I'm a soap-and-water girl.
When i go swimming i just feel if others don't like it, they can lump it!
Sorry i don't have better news for you. I tried an OTC product once called "Scar Pads" but they did nothing but ding my wallet. A waste of money and not available in Canada so an American guy here on the forum bought them for me and mailed them to me.
Nice guy!
Have a beautiful day!
Jane.
P.S.: Sorry for the giant text, i was fooling around with options and i guess once a message is written in one size and posted it can't be changed. I went back to the defaults the so future posts will be normal size. SNAFU!!!
Last edited by Anonymous41462; May 26, 2021 at 08:23 AM.
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