So I vaguely posted about this before, but I have severe cutting scars on my arms. They are healing, but will always be visible and it is very obvious what they are from. Where I live this is not accepted so I have to hide them. I pay to keep my horses at these people’s farm, but it is becoming impossible to hide my scars from them. They are constantly questioning why I bandage my arm and I can’t wear long sleeves because it is over a hundred degrees out everyday and I’m outside all day so I would be way too hot. I think they are beginning to suspect why I bandage my arm. They frequently talk bad about people with mental illness and low self-esteem, and I know they would kick my horses off the property if they found out. I can’t keep them anywhere because I live in the a small community and the only other place I could keep them would charge way more than I could afford. So I would lose my horses and they’re all I love in this world.
I’m needing advice in how to hide my scars or get rid of them. All a dermatologists could do for me is help heal them, but here’s the thing heal scars are white, and huge white scars stand out almost as much as huge red ones. I need them completely gone which I know is impossible. I’ve thought about finding a way to burn over them, but I know to do that I would have to cause myself a lot of pain and it could go badly. Any suggestions on how I should handle this?
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What country are you in? Do you guys having a make up product called thin Lizzy? They have this make up concealer that is really good it can even hide tattoos. Well even if you don’t have thin Lizzy in your country try finding a really good concealer and a blush to go over it like a nice tan. Only problem you’d have to do both arms so the colours the same.
I’m in the US. I’ve never head of thin Lizzy, but I have tried covering it with makeup and I’ve been trying different makeups, but they don’t really seem to help. I have very white skin and it’s hard to match and for some reason every concealer I use turns orange on my skin.
Yeah thin Lizzy is the only thing that I find works and doesn’t turn you orange and leaves it looking natural. I’m white to and it hides all blemishes and scars perfectly.
I looked it up and I can order it and try it, it’s kind of expensive though.
I have heard of people using lipstick to conceal scars, maybe as a base and then normal make up over the top if colour matching is difficult.
It sucks that people can still be so judgemental today, especially on a topic where obviously their experience and knowledge is limited. One option is to find people who are more accepting, they exist.
Yeah, I think a lot of it is that these people and their kids have never really had to go through much hardship so they talk bad on anyone whose ever had a drop of alcohol and anyone who is sad and down. They just don’t get that circumstances in life sometimes get to be too much and you have to find anyway you can to cope.
Agree. They may become more accepting one day with more life experience, or not. I find intolerance a greater reflection on their character rather than give weight to their preconceived, often false assumptions. Maybe the problem lies with them and they are just projecting their insecurities or lack of understanding. It just creates more incentive to seek open minded people. Also, the problem with judging based purely on something that represents a moment in time is that you are judging a person now for who they were and that may not be an accurate reflection on who they are now.
Let them heal and hide them with a tattoo. I read that it works for some people
Unfortunately it would take a rather large tattoo on my wrist to cover it and around here no one would hire you if you have visible tattoos
I watched a documentary recently about a women specialising in covering scarring with skin coloured solid tattoos. Might be worth looking into further.