Scars Character or battle scars?

[Blaze]

Scars give character... Ever notice that when you are around friends that your scar becomes the theme to battle stories? For example, I have a scar on my forehead, and my friend says how did you get that? I say, I was surfing and hit the reef and the board knocked me out. My friend says well I was surfing a huge wave and I got wiped out and broke my ankle. Others say; Well it gives you character!

I have a the scar on my forehead from surfing and two weeks later I was a passenger in a car and I hit it open again on the windshield.

I have a entrance and exit scar right below my chest of a bullet hole because I couldn't jump fast enough out of the way of an angry drunk shot gun.

I have a scar on the right side of my head from a branch that pierced my motorcycle helmet and lodged into my skull.

I have a long scar on my left knee from a shot putt from high school.

I have a scar on my right knee from a knee scope that the pulled out broken bones from.

And this is just some of the "Character" That I have on my body. Anyone want to share there battle scars?

[Leigh]

I have My own set of battle scars, and I agree that they give you character but also for Me they tell a story of how we as human beings have gone through alot in life and are still here to tell people about our lives!

My battle scars include:

~ My left knee from when I fell running in kindergarten and split it open right down to the bone

~ My left arm, very faded mind you, from the first and only time I ever self-harmed

~ My stomach, from the middle to the right side just under My chest, from My recent gallbladder surgery plus a small one around My belly button from the first time they took it out


Thank you for starting this thread Blaze, I think its a great idea :)

[Gemme]

I have a scar on my forehead from chicken pox.

Tiny scars on my face from not being able to leave acne alone (sensing a theme here about not being able to keep my hands off of my face yet?).

A scar on my upper lip from my cousin throwing an opened old Folgers coffee can at me. The serated edge tore my lip up.

There's a scar on my arm from a series of shots I received as a child.

I have, literally, hundreds to tiny scars on my hands from the jobs I've done as well as being a general clutz. Oh, and there's the time I took a pair of scissors to my hands and gave myself about 50 paper cuts.

There is a faint, have to squint and know it's there to make it out, scar on my arm from a fight with a girl named Keisha. She had braces and bit me.

I have a scar from my kidney surgery when I was 5 that is on my lower abdomen. It's a jacked up, crooked, toked looking smiley face.

Most of my scars are from the hips up, but I have a few odd ones on my legs as well. I've been fortunate not to break a lot of bones and do a lot of stupid things that resulted in scars. Not that I haven't done a lot of stupid things; they just didn't result in a lot of scarring.

[UofMfan]

My scars are not visible, for they are not on my body, they are in places few get to see.

These cars have given me plenty of character, but I doubt they will be the talk of any party.

[Linus]

I have a faint scar over one eye from when I was about 2-3 and I poked a Saint Bernard in the eye.

I have a scar on my right hand from when my mom pulled a coat hanger out of my hand.

I have a scar on my left calf from where a dog bite me while I was walking along the street.

I have a scar on my right leg from when I went down a street late one night (or early morning, depending on your view) and I tried to avoid a drunk pedestrian while I was on my bike. I went sliding along the pavement.

I have a new scar from when I went for a walk a couple of weeks ago and slipped on some rocks.

Some scars are character builders; some are battle scars; some are reminders of a painful past.

[afixer]

I've got two or three that invoke questions from time to time and far too many others to mention the details one by one...I'm just full of character. :)

[Sam]

i have one scar, my first surgery in transition
by years end i will have 2 more for my chest surgery.

character for me. self containing. being true to myself.

[apretty]

today ez and i saw this license plate: SCARIE

[Waldo]

Scars give character... Ever notice that when you are around friends that your scar becomes the theme to battle stories? For example, I have a scar on my forehead, and my friend says how did you get that? I say, I was surfing and hit the reef and the board knocked me out. My friend says well I was surfing a huge wave and I got wiped out and broke my ankle. Others say; Well it gives you character!

I have a the scar on my forehead from surfing and two weeks later I was a passenger in a car and I hit it open again on the windshield.

I have a entrance and exit scar right below my chest of a bullet hole because I couldn't jump fast enough out of the way of an angry drunk shot gun.

I have a scar on the right side of my head from a branch that pierced my motorcycle helmet and lodged into my skull.

I have a long scar on my left knee from a shot putt from high school.

I have a scar on my right knee from a knee scope that the pulled out broken bones from.

And this is just some of the "Character" That I have on my body. Anyone want to share there battle scars?

I have just one word for you, friend: Insurance.

[Waldo]

I generally don't think I have a lot of physical scars, but then I just took a good look and realize I might be wrong about that.

Face/head:

I have a scar above my lip from when I was a kid and scratched my face with a sharp nail.
I have a scar on my lip from when I tried to hold a cat too tightly.
I have an inch+ long scar under my left eye from getting hit in the face with a softball.
My hair hides a scar I received in an attempt to intervene in a domestic dispute.


Arms:

I have tons of scar tissue on my elbows from playing sports when I was younger. There was lots of sliding, whether intentional or not.
On the inside of my right wrist I have a scar from a silly/fun night at the circus which ended with my wrist being impaled on a Cadillac antenna.
On the back of my left hand I have a series of battle scars that run up and down the hand.
On my left forearm I can just make out the scar from a bicycle accident years and years ago.


Legs:

Random scar tissue from sports.
Over my right kneecap there is a scar from the day I fell "up" the stairs in high school. Nasty stuff. I went to the restroom and pulled down my jeans and my kneecap came with it. *shudder*


Torso:

Chickenpox scars.
Just above my breast there is another scar from a cat.
And my work of art scar, the one only a select few have seen... a surgical scar from one hip to the other at the "bikini line".

[Blaze]

I have just one word for you, friend: Insurance.

Lol, well insurance helped on some, Military helped on others. The rest, well....

When I was around 7 years old my right ear was completely bitten off by a Dog because I threw his ball that he had in his mouth. But they did sew it back on, with the help of leaches it actually got back to circulating again, so my ear is still there.

I have 2 toes that were cut off in high school metal shop, but once again, a class mate threw them in a cooler and the Army hospital sew them back on,

And that's just for starters lmao...

[Gemme]

Lol, well insurance helped on some, Military helped on others. The rest, well....

When I was aroung 7 years old my right ear was completely bitten off by a Dog because I threw his ball that he had in his mouth. But they did sew it back on, with the help of leaches it actually got back to circulating again, so my ear is still there.

I have 2 toes that were cut off in high school metal shop, but once again, a class mate threw them in a cooler and the Army hospital sew them back on,

And that's just for starters lmao...


Dude. :blink:

[Rockinonahigh]

Lets see about my scars...I have one on my calp from haveing a bb cut out by the er doc when I was 5.
My upper lip has one from me being an ass and being bitten by a dog at age 6..moral of this story is dont play with dogs u dont know.
There are multiple burn/cut scars on my arms/hands from many years of being a chef,also one of my fingers got the tip cut off in a meat slicer..ouch.They did get it back on tho.
On my knees I have several scrape scars from hitting barrels when I was rodeoing,cuts from barb wire fences.
Ant lastly on my left foot where a horse steped on my foot when he fell at the track and steped on me with toe grabs on his hoofs when he got up,it also broke near every bone ion said foot and ankle...
And how could I ever forget, the hysto scar than runs straight down my gut.

[Cowboi]

Scar on 1st knuckle of right hand from bicycle fender. Scar on right ring finger from hatchet. Scar on upper right middle finger from my cat Sunny bunny kickin me. Surgery scars on chest. Surgery scar at belly botton and 2 on lower abdomen from LAVH. Scar on crown of noggin from falling board in my Dads shop. Workin on a good one now on my right ankle from gashing it last Saturday.

[Andrew, Jr.]

SCARS I OWN

Body:

*Top Surgery and Recent Cancer Scare

*Hysto. Surgery (I felt like I was gutted like a pig)

*Chix Pox Scars all over my body because I had it when I was 28 yo

*Arms, Legs, and Hands from various sports injuries

*Chin Scar from when I walked thru a screen door and fell down 3 steps

*Scars from shots I got as an infant

*Nasty Scar on my left index finger when I cut it with the lawn mower blade

*Nasty Scar on my right hand from when I sanded my skin when I was trying to paint the fence & deck (man did that hurt something fierce)

*Scar on my left ankle when I tripped backwards while fishing


Mental:

*Too much from childhood trauma, living with tbi and asperger's

[Rockinonahigh]

OH those mental scars..I do have a fue of those as well.One thing I have managed to deal with as I have aged is over time they or some dont matter as much as they once did as in one way or another I reclaimed my power over them.But there are some that as hard as I try dont stay burried deep enought for me to file them away in the "go away zone",these are the ones that are mosr recent over the last fue years,im still working on them for the most part its geting better but may never completly go away.

[NJFemmie]

I have stitches on the top of my head from when I was about 5. I apparently pulled on an iron cord and the iron landed on my head. (yeah, yeah, no comments please).

I have a scar on my neck from surgery. A bad case of strep throat veered off and became a serious neck infection. They had to drain it to remove the infection before it reached my heart. I affectionately refer to it as my "frankenfemme" scar.

I have a tiny scar on my left thumb from when my dad accidentally cut my finger while I was holding a loaf of bread for him. The running joke in my house shortly afterwards was that my dad was trying to make us look like twins. (He was missing his left hand) (We have a sick sense of humor).

I have a very faint scar on my right arm from when I punched through double paned glass. Originally it was about 8 inches long, but now you can barely see it. (Don't ask).

[Diva]

I have 2 8" scars of which I am most proud:

~The one from navel to the top of my hairline which opened me up to bring Melody Claire into the world.

~The other is across my lower abdomen which allowed Erin Parker to discover the world.

The other tiny scars are insignificant and unimportant compared to my two favorite ones. :)

[theoddz]

My knees are both all scarred up from a total of 5 surgeries, including 3 arthroscopies (left has had 2, right has had 1), a major reconstruction on the left, and both knees have now had total joint replacement. I also have 3 inch scars on the outside of both ankles from where I had congenital Haglund's Deformities corrected. I also have 2 small scars, one on my right rib and the other a little right of my spine, where I had 2 lipomas (cysts) surgically removed. Of course, now I also have two long scars across my chest, which are fading out nicely, from my top surgery, a year ago.

Then I have a long horizontal scar on my right lower abdomen from an appendectomy in '83. :|

~Theo~ :bouquet:

[Blade]

I don't have any battle or otherwise scars, I try to make a habit of not hurting me and certainly not drawing blood on myself.:cigar2:

BAHHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!

Yall do remember the "My first stitches story" that happened in April right? LOL I'll relay more battle wounds later.:cherry:

Good topic Blaze, I think this what you describe is actually called "two ships passing in the night" where you are telling a story about your scar and people aren't really listening to you they are already planning their part of the conversation although it is only in a small way relative to your story. This was an exercise we used in some of my psych classes. To help us learn to be better listeners.:phonegab:

[Ms. Tabitha]

I have a scar, belly button down from my hystorectomy which has made me cancer free since Oct of 1999.
I have a small scar for my appendectomy removal.
One small scar by my belly button and one on my right rib cage from when I had my gallbladder removed.
My left forearm bottom side from when I put my arm through a plate glass window at 17, I missed the door latch.
On my right knee is a small scar from my Grandmothers corner China cabinet which met It's untimely demise and all it's contents of fine China were lost during a fight between my cousin and I.

Of course the scars I am most proud of, are the ones I recieved from my son and my three daughters!

(f)

[suebee]

Yup! Got a bunch of them. Still alive and able to walk. That's all that's important. Character-builder? Isn't everything?

[afixer]

I've got two or three that invoke questions from time to time ...


the one I picked up at 13 riding dirt bikes with the boys.
I attempted a jump over a fallen tree and it resulted in me landing on the gas tank with half of my labia minora.
I limped home with blood pouring from my crotch and my mother took one look at me and started her you're a woman now period spill.
I was given a pad and a speech and she never even looked at it. :sighs:

[Lady Pamela]

I personally have come to terms with my scars but I do not wear them as a badge...Actually they came with much hardship untill I accepted me for me.

I was cut from almost the top of my back, around my right side to my hip. Also in front from hip to hip when I was three.

They have shortened some yes since then. But due to other issues the hip to hip one had to be re- opened.

I absorbed my twin and due to toxic issues..The extra parts had to be removed.

Also at 16 I was in a fire but those only I can see...smiles Unless they are pointed out.


I later went on to be a dancer reguardless of the scars...And did well...Which helped me to heal inside as well.

[Luv]

I think its both,,either was there are lotsa stories about how ya got em. I've had 12 surgeries,,there is always a story. :)

[Stearns]

Not so much character-building, as "unique identifiers". Kinda like dental records or fingerprints... Anyway, here's mine:

Left knee - surgery for cartilage torn at the gym

Chin - racing my bicycle and the kid I was racing turned his front wheel into my back wheel b/c I was beating him. I went over the handlebars and chin- planted on the asphalt.

Right ankle - the pedal on my banana-seat bicycle would slip off, and the pedal frame gouged out my skin.

Left elbow - surgery scar from another bicycle mishap. Chain broke, I was thrown off, broke my elbow.

Inner right forearm - scar from a hot mini-bike muffler

Left leg - a neighborhood dog attacked my dog and I stepped in between them. Took it in the calf.

Right ankle - Burglar alarm call. Dog didn't appreciate me being in its yard to check on the house.

Chest - surgery

Neck - surgery for herniated discs

Back - cyst removed

Right shoulder - rotator cuff repair. Tore it at the gym.

Right knuckle - sliced by glass that fell out of a picture frame

Lower abdomen - Removal of organs that should have never been there in the first place

Right hip - didn't realize the tail of my shirt was in the flame of a candle and it caught on fire and burned me

Forehead - small star-shaped scar from falling on brick steps when I was 3. Although my mother forbade me to run up and down our front steps, I did it anyway. I just NEEDED to.

I think that's everything.

[JustJo]

Reading this thread makes me realize that, for age 48, I am remarkably unscarred.

I have a tiny one on my chin, where I cracked it open and needed stitches (twice!) at the age of 5 or 6.

Right knee...vertical scar about an inch long...getting it pinned and dragged along a fence by a horse that preferred not to cooperate.

And it's not a scar, but I have an extremely annoying ganglian cyst on my left wrist...looks like a lump under the skin (ick) from over-stressing the joint when I renovated my office. That one will be going when I can psych myself up enough to do it... (fraidy cat here)

That's it. :cheesy:

As far as scars on other people...I look at them the same way I do wrinkles or grey hair...just a part of who they are, and part of what we accumulate as we live. :)

[lipstixgal]

I have a scar on my left leg from total knee replacement surgery but I think that's about it for me. Unless I have to have any more surgeries. OH yeah I have scars from countless picc lines and groschon catheters that they placed in me while I was recuperating from Lyme's disease!!

[Isadora]

I have several scars

My right hand has lots of little scars from being a baker. Oven scars.

My right knee has had laproscopic surgery. I had a torn medial and lateral meniscus and a torn ACL. I had the meniscus repaired but I did not replace the ACL. Dance. Years of it. I still dance. I will dance even in my chair someday if I haveta.

Left leg. Shaving. Straight razor. Enough said.

Left Side of my Chin. My mother in a fit of rage hit me with a skillet. Think Joan Crawford on speed.

Internal. Too many to count. Mostly healed and loving life.

[Corkey]

My list
Both knees, I had gauze for knee caps from riding me bike.

left knee arthroscopic surgery tore medial and lateral collateral ligaments

right shoulder blade from a knife an idiot placed there, in the AF. He was the worse for wear.

left fore finger tin can cut, a little cayenne pepper and good as new.

left thumb dog bite

right shoulder bursa sack cleaned out

lower abdomen tumor removed.

scar on top of my head from a trailer window, It has become a cowlick.

forgot the one on my left wrist from climbing down the face of Sandia Mountain.

[dixie]

My entire body is a monument to battle scars...lol


My fav... nice size scar over my left eye...went to battle with the sharp corner of a coffee table when I was a toddler...yes, the table won...

back of my hand....top rack of a hot oven when I was 12

knuckle of ring ringer...broke a glass while washing dish the same day as the hot oven

SAME damn finger...a lovely round scar from falling into a semi-catatonic state while holding a marlboro

palm of right hand...stuck it to a hot stovetop when I was 7 (i think i was a kind of ignorant child...)

pointer-finger... "blood sisters for life" ritual of bffs in 3rd grade...lol

both knees...didn't listen well to the paramedic who was teaching our 4th grade class CPR/first-aid, when he said "Don't run on the pavement to the building" (yeah, once again...ignorant child...lol)

toe...dropped a razor in the shower *snicker*

ear...I had the top of my ear pierced when my son was 1...he got the sleeve of his fuzzy flannel pjs stuck to the stud of the 2 day old piercing, and yanked before I could stop him...I re-pierced it thru the scar...

entire body... I, too, had trouble not scratching at the chicken pox i finally got, on my 16th BIRTHDAY, no less...ugh...

A few that were inflicted by the abuse of others....

Numerous, uncountable other scars that were self-inflicted with fingernails and sharp objects to match the inner scars made by those "demons" that tend to haunt me...pretty self-explanatory on that one... :(

[Leigh]

My gallbladder scar, the new one, is longer than the old one but is healing nicely :)

[Oiler41]

Okay, I'll play:

One hidden by my hair on my head from a connection of my head to a Volkswagen windshield and one on my right shoulder blade from same,

One on my neck from an anterior cervical fusion of C5-C6,

Right arm: triple-cut on top from working at UPS, carpel tunnel release on the palm from same, middle finger from slamming a car door on it as a kid, across the wrist from shoving my hand through a storm door as a kid, back of arm from working on the brakes of my truck way back when, and inside my forearm from accidentally stabbing myself with a lit cigarette.

Left arm: on top from a burn while in the oil refining business, tip of middle finger on each side from shooting a nail through it.

Various and sundry little "spots" all over both arms from sun poisoning multiple times over the years.

Two appendix incisions, one vertical one horizontal; it was in the wrong place and they didn't have time to look before surgery.
Side to side across the abdomen from a full hysterectomy (YAY!)
Across by spine mid-back from the removal of three cysts and two old incisions (the first two cysts) resulting in one long incision.

Right knee from yet another accidental cigarette burn,

Along the side of my left big toe where my toe was cut off and moved over to compensate for a bunion I had at 30 that I shouldn't have had until 70.

I'm sure there are other smaller ones that I really don't remember where they came from, but these are the ones I know the story for. I suppose some of them add character to the appearance of the skin, but they are all good for a story now and again, lol.

Glynn

[princessbelle]

Left wrist tiny fingernail scar......4th grade Libby Burdine scratched me after I pinched her for cutting line while waiting to get our pencils sharpened.

Under hairline for going head first through the windshield at 16 when a drunk driver hit me head on.

A wasp sting on my left forearm left a tiny scar and that was 5 years ago.

Thinkin that's it.

[Corkey]

Oh hell I forgot 2 more

Lower right back, neuro stimulator implant

Right hip battery implant for neuro stimulator. (out of sight out of mind)

[Gemme]

Not so much character-building, as "unique identifiers". Kinda like dental records or fingerprints... Anyway, here's mine:

Left knee - surgery for cartilage torn at the gym

Chin - racing my bicycle and the kid I was racing turned his front wheel into my back wheel b/c I was beating him. I went over the handlebars and chin- planted on the asphalt.

Right ankle - the pedal on my banana-seat bicycle would slip off, and the pedal frame gouged out my skin.

Left elbow - surgery scar from another bicycle mishap. Chain broke, I was thrown off, broke my elbow.

Inner right forearm - scar from a hot mini-bike muffler

Left leg - a neighborhood dog attacked my dog and I stepped in between them. Took it in the calf.

Right ankle - Burglar alarm call. Dog didn't appreciate me being in its yard to check on the house.

Chest - surgery

Neck - surgery for herniated discs

Back - cyst removed

Right shoulder - rotator cuff repair. Tore it at the gym.

Right knuckle - sliced by glass that fell out of a picture frame

Lower abdomen - Removal of organs that should have never been there in the first place

Right hip - didn't realize the tail of my shirt was in the flame of a candle and it caught on fire and burned me

Forehead - small star-shaped scar from falling on brick steps when I was 3. Although my mother forbade me to run up and down our front steps, I did it anyway. I just NEEDED to.

I think that's everything.

My thoughts? Stay out of the gym and away from bikes, in any form. They are out to hurt ya. :blink:

Okay, I'll play:

Right arm: triple-cut on top from working at UPS, carpel tunnel release on the palm from same, middle finger from slamming a car door on it as a kid, across the wrist from shoving my hand through a storm door as a kid, back of arm from working on the brakes of my truck way back when, and inside my forearm from accidentally stabbing myself with a lit cigarette.

Right knee from yet another accidental cigarette burn,


Glynn

Methinks the ciggies are out to get you too. You should move and not leave them a forwarding address. :)

[SuperFemme]

i am convinced that somewhere on my body i have a scar that says:
velcro for sociopaths
i can't read it. but they sure can.

[Gemme]

i am convinced that somewhere on my body i have a scar that says:
velcro for sociopaths
i can't read it. but they sure can.

It's in invisfont on your forehead. :blink:

It glows under black lights too.

[SuperFemme]

It's in invisfont on your forehead. :blink:

It glows under black lights too.

wait. you are so NOT a sociopath. but tell me who told you...

[Gemme]

wait. you are so NOT a sociopath. but tell me who told you...

No one told me, but I lived with one for several years. I speaka da language.

[asphaltcowboi]

um ok we listing scares?
right toe from kicking a broken bottle bare foot playing army
buch oh lil hair line scare on the bottoms of my feel fromm stepping both feet in the shirt box that had xmss bulbs in it.
both shins have various scares from my horse day (barrel racing)
right knee from sliding into second.. tore open and we were winning so i didnt go get fixed.
inner thigh up high by my stuff from being jumped with a knife in an ally outside of geary ind.
apendix scare
hole scares from where my nips used to be pierced
right shoulder from rotator cuff surg.
inner elbow right arm some kind if sist removal surg
left eye brow where some low life hit me with a piece of pipe while repoing a car
left cheek and lower left eye from hitting a guard raid at 65 on my motorcycle.. lot more little scares from that.
and on big scare on my heart from being broke so many times.

[Blaze]

I'm thinking this can now go on this thread, It will match the scar I have on my right ear from a dog that didn't like me throwing his tennis ball. Now I have a semi matching ~at the moment cut~ to be a scar on my left ear.
Copy posting from the what made you :| thread.
:2butch:I went to the barber shop.:chainsaw: Sporting my Lizard skin cowboy boots, the lady started cutting and was doing pretty good, then she got to the left of my head and started to say that I have beautiful boots. All of a sudden, I felt a yank and warm fluid dripping down my ear. Yup, she buzzed my ear lobe. I guess I have to add that to my Scar thread!
First thing that came out of her mouth was Oh no, are you gonna sue me??? I said, well actually no, but if my ear was lying on the floor then perhaps we would have talked about it. She was nevous the rest of the hair cut, lol. She said, it don't hurt?? I said nahh, I really didn't feel it, she said you one strong man! I said yeah, until I come in with a full head cast tomorrow... Maybe next time I will try Petsmart :junesmiley:

[Jett]

I guess my most interesting story scars are on my face. One runs across the both temples, both eyelids, bridge of my nose and into my hairline on one side, one under my nose and up one side, three on my forehead... the ones on my cheeks have faded to a point where only I can trace the lines barely from memory.

I had two surgeries at Mayo to smooth and lessen them, straighten my nose and remove glass that remained after the initial cleaning and stitching. I received them in a bar on a winter night about 17 years ago when some guys realized I wasn't male but a female and it pissed them off so they decided to give me a try.

But on the bright side they walked off in at least as bad a shape as I did.

[chefhottie25]

i have too many scars to list...all work related. however, i do have an interesting middle finger on my right hand. i put my hand in a blender when i was 9 years old.

[Jess]

i have too many scars to list...all work related. however, i do have an interesting middle finger on my right hand. i put my hand in a blender when i was 9 years old.

holy baba ganoush ! :blink:

[The Oopster]

I'm thinking this can now go on this thread, It will match the scar I have on my right ear from a dog that didn't like me throwing his tennis ball. Now I have a semi matching ~at the moment cut~ to be a scar on my left ear.
Copy posting from the what made you :| thread.
:2butch:I went to the barber shop.:chainsaw: Sporting my Lizard skin cowboy boots, the lady started cutting and was doing pretty good, then she got to the left of my head and started to say that I have beautiful boots. All of a sudden, I felt a yank and warm fluid dripping down my ear. Yup, she buzzed my ear lobe. I guess I have to add that to my Scar thread!
First thing that came out of her mouth was Oh no, are you gonna sue me??? I said, well actually no, but if my ear was lying on the floor then perhaps we would have talked about it. She was nevous the rest of the hair cut, lol. She said, it don't hurt?? I said nahh, I really didn't feel it, she said you one strong man! I said yeah, until I come in with a full head cast tomorrow... Maybe next time I will try Petsmart :junesmiley:

Atleast she recognized the fact and apologized ... i have one person where I go that I won't let him touch me. Always has been pretty rude to me and has nicked me twice ... i thought he got me the last time he did my hair and but didn't see the blood til I go home. Luckily the last few times I've gone he hasn't been there. If he's my only option when i go sometime I'll wait or leave!

[Blaze]

Haven't visited this thread in a while...
~chuckles~ I have a few more Character to add.
Cat bite on the left arm, bad kitty!
Box cutter between my thumb and pointer, I looked up to see who was talking to me while opened a box I was receiving as well as my hand.
And some knicks I keep getting, I still don't know where the heck I am getting them from, but they say "Surprise"

Ohhh well, I am like an old truck with character. I guess.

[Starbuck]

Three scars on my head-- one that won't grow hair from when our german shepherd suddenly attacked me and bit my head. If my dad hadn't been home to kick him off, I may not be here right now.Took stitches.

Left palm-- I sliced open the palm of my left hand with a fillet knife while showing my little brother the knew knife. It was so sharp I didn't even feel it, the blood just began to run. Took stitches.

Left and right wrists-- I have a history of cutting myself. I still think about it but the urges aren't as strong. But I do have some nasty looking scars on both sides. These are actually due to mental scars. Took stitches 6 or 7 times.

[tuffboi29]

Dude. :blink:


My thoughts ExACtAlly. :blink:

I have my scars. I like the term "Badge of Honor" attached to some scars. They show your metal and what your made of. A survivor's badge.

I have a series of scars from fights growing up. Both in and out of the ring.
One over my eyebrow, growing faint now, from a skateboard to the face.

If you know where to look there are several others from cigarette burns. The largest being just below the small of my back.

The most noticeable ones I have are my fingers. They were broke at a very young age, and, after being left untreated are a bit twisted and crooked.

I look at each old injury as a badge. I survived. I earned the right to brag on them if I so chose.


Good thread, thanks.

[tuffboi29]

the one I picked up at 13 riding dirt bikes with the boys.
I attempted a jump over a fallen tree and it resulted in me landing on the gas tank with half of my labia minora.
I limped home with blood pouring from my crotch and my mother took one look at me and started her you're a woman now period spill.
I was given a pad and a speech and she never even looked at it. :sighs:


Ok..I have a mental scar that fits this bill. Where as I didn't draw blood, thank Moses, I will definitely NEVER forget it. I cringe any time I see anyone get racked.

I was about 10 or 11 and was riding a mountain bike way too big for me at full speed around a blind corner. I ran into a parked car so hard I went up on the trunk and the back of the bike tried to pin me there. Now ya'll may remember how the mountain bike handle bars were. They came up from the frame and then forward into a T shape. I wrapped around it.
How I ever walked my bike home that day I just don't know. I was told to "walk it off".
Smeh..I walked straight to an ice pack!! :|

[Melissa]

My scars are all surgery related. Some little and almost invisible and some really big scary looking ones. I sort of wish I had some character building scars with stories behind them, but sadly no.

Melissa

[DapperButch]

I only have one significant scar that I got this summer due to sugery on my abdomen. It really doesn't bother me. I don't know if that is weird, or not.

[lipstixgal]

I have a scar on my right knee from total knee replacement surgery that's it I think..

[WolfyOne]

My biggest scar is across my stomach diagonal where my gallbladder was removed many years ago
I had 24 stitches in my forehead when I was 4 or 5 that were replaced by scars that grew into my hair and hairline as I grew
I have an entrance and exit wound scars from being shot in the leg at 16
A thin line of a scar on my arm from where one of my brothers bit me when we were fighting as little kids
Another scar from a hot pebble that my oldest brother picked out of tar and threw at me as a kid ... and it stuck in my forearm
Cutting up a chicken for my mom at 14 I cut through a finger on my left hand, left me with a scar a numbness
I have various scars from playing sports but none that really matter enough to mention

[sylvie]

i do have some scars, i have one just under my nose, its a faint gray in color, most don't notice it unless i point it out.. although some have mentioned that i had a faint pencil mark under my nose *laughs* but, now i cover it, so its not seen...
i also have what looks like a bite mark, from my two front teeth on my tongue..

both were caused by an accident i had when i was 11 yrs old, during the summer, i was driving my bike up a hill and normally would drive back down the other side, but the city decided to remove said hill, and add a guardrail.. the tire hit the top of the guardrail and sent me flying over my handlebars, landing on my face on the pavement of the highway.. i slid quite a distance on my face, knocked me unconscious and left me in a mess..

i had no skin on 3/4 of my face, and bit my tongue almost off.. the gray beneath my nose is gravel they missed when removing gravel from my face at the hospital..

odd part of this story is... while i was out of it, i remember laying there, and a gentleman hitchiking coming to my side, while my best friend biked home for my mother and stepfather to come help me.. i remember this gentleman speaking with me, keeping me calm & telling me i would be alright.. i also remember my mother & stepfather putting me in the car to meet the ambulance halfway (as we lived 45 mins out of town) and this gentleman waving me off..

i've been told i was not awake when they arrived, that i woke during the drive (yet i dont remember the actual drive cept that we were on a backroad but they say we took the highway lol), there was no gentleman and yet i still remember him to this day.. i do know that his words were such a help to me in staying calm and patiently waiting..

anyway, those are my scars.. also a scar on my tummy, from my c-sections!

[MadiT]

My scars are all surgery related. Some little and almost invisible and some really big scary looking ones. I sort of wish I had some character building scars with stories behind them, but sadly no.

Melissa

I think scars from surgery are certainly character building!!!
I had my first ever surgery 2 months ago.

I had to have my left ovary removed, so I have two small scars on my lower abdomen.
Those scars actually mean a lot to me. I feel very proud of myself at how brave i was through the pre/during/post surgery.

Then there is my scar from where I used to have my eyebrow piercing.
That brings back good memories of younger days.

And then that weird innoculation/s scar on my arm that some others of you seem to have too.

[EnderD_503]

I'm not sure I'd call them character building. Some of them are quite literally battle scars, while others are just representative of painful memories.

Remaining scars:

My left shoulder has some scarring that I received some years back. I'd rather not get into detail about how I got them, as it represents a particularly painful time during my life.

I have a scar that looks more like a dimple on my right cheekbone as a result of the last fistfight (hopefully the last one ever since I want that chapter of my life to remain closed) I was in approximately 3 years ago.

I have another scar on my right bicep from being dragged up a flight of stairs by my father as a kid. Was cut by a wooden corner of sorts at the top of the stairs.

I recall having more scars before, but I must heal well or something cause they aren't where I remember them being anymore lol

[Brewcityboi]

I've got quite a few scars.
One is on my left knee where a white fluffy kitten named snowball thought it would be cute to use my knee as a scratching post with one of her claws.

Another big one was from when i was almost 15. I went to cross the street and some old lady going 45mph in a 25mph zone hit me. I flew a good 5 feet into the air and the sidewalk decided that it was going to take a nice chunk out of my arm.

I used to work in a sub shop and i managed to somehow miss this massive glove that i was wearing to take out the bread from the oven. That wasn't a pleasant one.

If you look really closely at my body you'll see the scars from when i used to cut. Scissors were my weapon of choice because the pain was just as good but didnt require too much medical attention. I still think about it as well, but i dont miss those days. If i want the high i used to get i just spend alot of money on a new tattoo.

I'm the reason why they put CAUTION: SHARP BLADE on things like saran wrap and aluminum foil.
I always put cling wrap on my new tats while im sleeping so it stays moist and the scabs dont fall off. I was getting ready for bed and was about to cover the one on the back of my head. I pulled off a chunk of cling wrap and my knuckle got caught in the blade. Its on my right middle finger starting at the base of the knuckle going past it. I was far too stubborn to go to the hospital (which i really regret now) and put it in a splint for 2 weeks. After i thought it was healed, i managed to split it open at work in front of a very cute lesbian couple and my boss. (She still makes fun of me for it). So i put it in a splint again for 2 weeks. Now its been nearly 3 months. I still dont have full movement in it, it still hurts very badly everytime i touch it, and my finger has this large mass of scar tissue on it. My mom, and people in the health and medical field are convinced i may of cut a nerve or two and possibly my tendon.

What did i learn? Its very possible to do what you thought was only a myth. I used to think you'd have to be pretty stupid to cut yourself on something like that, until i did it.

I think that with scars, you cant put them in either category. You have to go through some pain to get them, which would be considered a battle scar. On the other hand, each scar tells a story and in someway you had to grow as a result of it. :)

[SelfMadeMan]

My collection of scars is getting to be hard to keep up with! I have:

A scar under my chin from a failed attempt at shaving with my Dad's razor when I was about 3
A scar on my R elbow from breaking it in a parking lot horseplaying incident at a bar when I was in my early 20s
A scar on my R wrist from a failed attempt at controlling a pissed off cat when I was a vet tech
A scar on my L hand from a failed attempt at wrestling a metal bed frame into submission during one of our moves
A huge scar on my R knee from surgery
A scar on my abdomen from a radical hysto
Scars across my chest from top surgery
A scar from a big chunk of my R index finger that was sewn back on after a failed attempt at cutting a sandwich with a really sharp knife
A cool new Z shaped scar on the back of my R foot/heel from surgery this past Oct
And will have a matching one on the L foot/heel come Fall

I love all my scars (especially my trans scars) and see them as a roadmap to where I am now, and where I am is AMAZING!

[MissPriss]

I think scars are amazing and I have earned every single one of mine.
Most of mine are work related, but I love my job.

Right eyebrow ( my eye was busted open by a huge mountain of a man on dope, that also had mental issues and was convinced that rather than carry him off to jail that I was an alien wanting to use his brain for experiments)

Right shoulder ( stabbed by the mother of a 19year old boy that didnt think her son should pay for his actions)

Left hip and thigh ( gun shots from the night my twin sister was shot and died)

Left knee ( motorcycle wreck kickstand popped out as we tumbled down and went through my leg)

just under right breast ( shot at close range with a .22 )

my latest....left arm the stitches are still so we will see how pretty it turns out lol

[LaneyDoll]

I typically do not keep scars. I have one on the inside of my left ring finger. I managed to get that mark this pas tJanuary when I was sick with the flu. Boiling hot soup + vertigo = third degree burn. It is fading so unless I show you the line, you may not notice it.

I have a bikini line scar from 3 C-sections and a hysterectomy. My OB-GYN closed me internally with steri-strips so this scar is flush with the skin and barely discolored. It is very sensitive though.

I also have a few intended scars from the artistic cuttings I have had done in the last year and a half.

BUT, since I do not keep scars, two are faded to the point you cannot see them-maybe if I point them out. I have one, a butterfly, that has been cut three time-most recently in March and it is fading. The most recent, a vine with a rose, was done in June so it is still clearly visible. However, she cut deeper with the vine/rose and went over it more times than she did with the butterfly.



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[little_ms_sunshyne]

I was just talking to T about this, this morning...

I have scars that I hate. One is an appendectomy scar and the other from cysts that I had. They make me insecure. But T says they tell about me...
I am working on being ok with them...Wish I didnt scar so easy :p

[Blaze]

Okay, now I'm adding the Fire Ant scars on my feet and legs, these I call Battle scars because they sure hurt and on some of them even when I tried to pull them off, their head broke off! Ouchhhhhhh This year their out with a vengeance and no matter how hard you try to get rid of them, they just move! From one side of the house to the other, from one yard and back.
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[LadyRieinAL]

*right heel - at three I was riding on the back of a bicycle, got my barefoot caught in the spokes, broke my little leg in three places, and almost completely severed my heel
*left eye, at 5, fell out of car
*Chicken Pox vaccination
*hand - using a sharp object to cut out a design on a piece of rubber - slit the skin area between thumb and pointer finger - didn't bleed that much, and it looked rather oddly cool to see the muscle below the slash.
*right foot - walking to the pool, barefoot, stepped on a broken coke bottle, felt it stick, but didn't look down, tried to kick it off, and jabbed it into the ground and my foot.
Now, the only place I DON'T wear shoes is in my own shower.
*hand - many years ago, Hardee's gave out free Looney Tune glasses, one night while washing my favorite Tweetie glass, it popped open and sliced the inside of my hand.
*stomach - c-section - they opened me up and gifted me with a beautiful baby daughter
*lower back - blown disc - working out, tried to push too many pounds with my thighs
*Neck - Hit from behind in my car had to have surgery to correct blown disc -

[girl_dee]

not all scars are external and some of those are often a grim reminder of dark days. Whatever the case they are part of us.

[clay]

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[Miss Scarlett]

not all scars are external and some of those are often a grim reminder of dark days. Whatever the case they are part of us.

True...i certainly have my share of inner scars...many from really ugly, trauma...but you know what? If i were ever offered the chance i would never trade or erase any because they made me who i am...especially the ones that crushed me, tried to break me or nearly killed me.

It isn't easy but i turned them around - my own type of scar revision if you will...i forgave and, in some cases, continue to forgive. I brought that darkness out into the light and, with loving intent, use it for good...to help people and in my life in general for it's from that deep well where i draw my inner strength...

[starryeyes]

I have a scar going across the bridge of my nose from a cat that scratched me!

I have three scars on my left knee from knee surgery

I have a scar on my left knuckle from a speed shaving incident, lol. Don't know how it happened but it bleed for like 2 days, lol.

I have another scar of my left hand from touching the top of the toaster oven

That's about it! :-)

[nekohl]

My list is short and boring, but it is mine none the less.....

1. 5 year old Nekohl flips the porch swing backwards and lands on her chin. Good for 4 little stitches.

2. 13 year old Nekohl gets the chicken pox. And so, not only was I the fat kid with the funny last name, now also with HUGE poc marks on my face. Lol huge deal to adolescent angsty me, not a huge deal to grown up awesome me.

2. 20 year old Nekohl furiously carving and sculpting with knives. Knife slips and lands into the medial side of my thigh just above the knee. I pulled it out, wiped off the blood and kept creating. (May or may not have been in an "altered" state, it was college after all)
Later, once I had finished with my sculpture, I realised that I had blood running all down my leg and over my foot. Quite a mess. Probably should have gotteon a stitch or two for that one.

[1QuirkyKiwi]

I’m scared on my on my legs, arms and hands from Kitties scratches since childhood.

I have a scar on my left Knee from a torn Cartilage at the age of 12 and an on my Abdomen from having my Appendix out at the age of 16.

I have a scar on my left thumb where a broken plate went through to the bone at the age or 20.

I have a Keloid scar on my left shoulder from when I fell against a rock on the beach at the age of 19.

The largest scaring I have, are one my legs from second and third degree burns when a log exploded in the fire and shot flaming wood pieces across the living room when I was 6 years old. They have faded a lot with moisturising, yet, can be seen when the sun shines on my legs.

I have internal scars; most have faded with time and healing, but a couple never will…

[ArkansasPiscesGrrl]

True...i certainly have my share of inner scars...many from really ugly, trauma...but you know what? If i were ever offered the chance i would never trade or erase any because they made me who i am...especially the ones that crushed me, tried to break me or nearly killed me.

It isn't easy but i turned them around - my own type of scar revision if you will...i forgave and, in some cases, continue to forgive. I brought that darkness out into the light and, with loving intent, use it for good...to help people and in my life in general for it's from that deep well where i draw my inner strength...

Thanks, Miss Scarlett, that was put beautifully.

There is a sentence in my recovery that promises me that, if I do the work that I need to, "I will not regret the past nor wish to shut the door on it".

That promise has come true for me. And for my own internal scars.

[cinnamongrrl]

What a great thread :) Thank you Blaze, for leading me here!

I guess I will start top to bottom, since I have no chronological memory....

My left eyebrow has a scar from 3 stitches I received as a result of falling off a hassock onto a wood floor when I was about 8.

My bottom lip has a scar from 2 stitches I received at age 3 as a result a fall from the kitchen chair I was playing on (while watching my mom make pancakes) and landing on an old metal heater

I have a scar on my nose where my cat scratched me because I was wearing a towel on my head (after a shower) and it freaked her out...I was a teenager then

I have a chicken pock scar on my chest from having the chicken pox when I was 12

My left inner elbow has a scar where I needed stitches after having a glass window break on my arm. It was my own fault lol I was pressing on the glass to open the window since I couldn't reach the sash. My gram told me it would break some day....I just wanted fresh air while I watched Saturday morning cartoons...That one was the coolest to me...I had a huge gash and on the way to the hospital, my mom told me keep it covered with the face cloth...but the bleeding stopped and I could look in the big gaping hole and see tendons and stuff...shoulda known then that health care awaited me lol

I have small scar in the middle of my right hand where I interrupted a dog fight with our Mastiff...and he didn't know my hand was there and he bit down. I couldn't feel my hand for 3 days....but that's the only scar from that...

I have scar on my left ring finger from trying to catch a falling coffee mug that I was washing....didn't quite make it.

I have a scar on my RIGHT ring finger from trying unsuccessfully to extricate my cat from a pit bulls mouth. The only thing I could think of was to activate his gag reflex by sticking my fingers down his throat, but he just bit down harder... that one still makes me sad...

I have a small scar on my belly button that I THINK happened when I was very pregnant for my oldest daughter. My belly was huge and I was forever bumping into things..and I'm pretty sure I burned my belly on the stove...but I don't feel pain like other people...so...I don't know for sure

I have another scar from chicken pox on my thigh...

I have a scar from stitches on my right ankle. When I was little I was playing around the metal hatchway cellar door (after my dad told me not to) and it fell on me and pierced the skin...I'm lucky it didn't break my leg.

I'm sure there's many others...those are the most obvious and memorable...

[cinnamongrrl]

duh....

I forgot 2....

Left wrist, I had surgery to remove a ganglion cyst...I wear a bracelet on that arm pretty much always now...it's an ugly scar...

Left forearm...I have a burn scar that will always remind me of when I worked at Dunkins..... yay

[Venus]

I have a c-section scar and I'm thankful for it since the emergency c-section was the only way to get my baby out and safe his life.
Also I have several little scars on my arms from kitty scratches... :)

[CherylNYC]

I have many scars from accidents and surgeries, both old and new. My catastrophic motorcycle accident in April of 2011 left me with some very serious injuries from which I am now, (miraculously), almost 100% healed. I've had seven major surgeries since then. I go right back to riding and working after each and every surgery, usually in a fraction of the projected healing time, so I feel as if I should have absolutely NOTHING to complain about. That doesn't stop me from obsessing about the changes to my pelvic bone structure on the right side where I sustained all that breakage from blunt force trauma. Plus the two long scars on my hip and right thigh. The scars are surprisingly delicate and flat looking, but I always notice them right after I notice the strange shape of my right ilium whenever I look in the mirror. It makes sense since I'm a sculptor, but I'm also obsessional.

There's one scar on my body that I deliberately asked for. The fact that I had nine significant breaks in my lumbar spine as a result of that catastrophic accident, but had no injury whatsoever to my spinal cord, is truly miraculous. Every single medical professional who has seen the films and/or the report has asked me how it's possible that I'm standing. My answer each time is that it's a miracle. I never want to forget to be grateful or to take it for granted.

I asked a friend to do a cutting in a spiral flame pattern over the area on my lower back where I failed to sustain an injury to my spinal cord. I wanted a scar, but no colour change. I made the drawing, and she felt a strong connection to it. That was important to me since she's both an accomplished artist and an Apache Medicine Woman. She wore her ceremonial buckskin, said prayers, and made offerings when she made the cutting. It healed instantly with almost no scarring. Of course. The second time she went over it the scar remained more visible. I really want to notice it whenever I look at my back in the mirror. I may soon ask her to go over it a third time.