So last night I went out with some friends to go bowling in formal dress, I, like a few other girls decided to bring out the old prom dress. It was a fun event but it reminded me of the oddest situation involving my scars. When I went out to buy my prom dress I saved up several hundred dollars in order to be able to buy a fancy dress, well gown really. I tried on A LOT of gowns but decided upon a gorgeous black and white strapless gown. This is when the wierd thing happened, my mom asked me: "Are you sure you feel comfortable showing off all your scars like that?"
I was confused, the reason that I have so much body confidence about my scars is that my parents worked really hard to teach me that they are beautiful, special and unique and here is my mother asking me if I feel comfortable showing my scars. I turned to her and was like: What? Of course I'm okay with that. Why wouldn't I be? I think my mom was confused about her question as well, but it's true not that many people have seen the scars in the back and I think she just wanted me to be able to concentrate on having fun and not have everyone asking about them. Something I have come to understand though is that not everyone really notices and when they do, if they ask, I am more than happy to answer questions about it.
From my heart to yours,
Colleen
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totally love this storey lol so i have my own kind of storey im going to share with you well actually two.
ReplyDeleteWhen I was younger i was so annoyed of my scar and having it cause my older sister didnt have anything like that so my sister and i went into my parents bathroom got my moms makeup concelear power and tried to hide my scar it didnt work. After that i realized why would i hide it when it makes me so unique and who i am.
my other storey is when i got my graduation pictures for grade 12 it was all a fancy picture company and everything. They even had touch ups where if you had a pimple they would photo shop it well i went to get my pictures. got them in a few looks i looked at them they added like a little blush to my pictures i was like okay whatever then i realized that they tottally photo shopped my scar. Thats when i then called the company and made a huge complaint and i talked to the photographer and they said that they photoshop all imperfections and i sort of went crazy after they said that and was like imperfections my scar is who i am i have have serveral open heart surgies this is not a imperfection at all..... i guess people look at it differently
anyway thats my storey
Lindsay
That is crazy! I cannot believe they would photo shop away the scar! Especially without your permission.
ReplyDeleteI have had friends offer to photo shop out my scar for me to see what it would look like. I'm like no way! I don't even want to see that. I love it to much. Deep down I am a little scared though that I would like it to much and that it would cause body confidence issues. Did you have that at all when you saw yourself without the scar?