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Ingrid Haring-Mendes's avatar

Here's to our scars 🥂 I love the scar that runs across where my left breast used to be. It reminds me of how precious life is.

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A Few of My Favourite Things's avatar

Sing it sister! I am weirdly thrilled that we have matching chest ornaments: mine has morphed into a ghostlike line, courtesy of a melanoma. My skin doc also removed one from my ankle, saying it would leave a bit of a divot, his term for the aftermath of a shark bite. I nearly fainted when I saw his handiwork, but all is healed now.

Those of us with the fair skin and hair of our ancestors don't do so well in the sun, but the damage is already done. I look at my gnarled hands and see my mum and grandmother working away, which is a nice trade-off.

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Fi's avatar

"Everyone wants to be the moon

but nobody wants to carry their scars the way it does

- unabashedly, gracefully"

[Shilpa Goel]

https://twitter.com/meetlife240/status/1231959986508619782/photo/1

Go Maggie Moon!

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Maggie Alderson's avatar

that's beautiful x

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Joanna Callander's avatar

Having lived in New Zealand and Australia and having a 70s childhood when sunscreen was unheard of unless it was basically cooking oil, I took have sun spots and scars from carcinomas. I happily show them as its part of having travelled and lived life.

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Francesca's avatar

Celebrating scars ! Celebrates healing and being alive and well Here’s to scars !🥂

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Josa Keyes's avatar

Gorgeous.

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