Scars Character or battle scars?

[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]

Originally Posted by 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?

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]

Originally Posted by Waldo

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]

Originally Posted by Blaze

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.

[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.

[tuffboi29]

Originally Posted by Gemme

Dude.

My thoughts ExACtAlly.

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.

[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

[afixer]

Originally Posted by 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.

[tuffboi29]

Originally Posted by afixer

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

[MadiT]

Originally Posted by 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

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.

[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.