Anyway to hide scars?

[withthebirds]

Hey, this is my very first post here, I'm just looking for somewhere to find an answer to my question.

I started cutting at 14, I'm 16 now. I havn't cut in a while. But I still have scars.

I started cutting, while having a very very black moment, in a desperate attempt to find something to help my anger/sadness. I had no drugs, alcohol, sex, tobbaco or anything else, so I started slashing at my leg with a razor. I found that, for some reason, it actually helped. So I kept doing it.

I didn't do it for the scars. I didn't want anyone to know. Anyone finding out what I was doing would not only make everything worse for myself, it would force me to stop and I'd have to find another, more dangerous, release.

So I only cut on my upper thigh, where it would be hidden. However, I can't wear a bikini, or get dressed in front of anyone. When I get in the states where I cut, I don't think about the scars. Only after I come back up do I release what a mess I make of my skin. When I wore thin tights once, my friends noticed. At a school camp, after coming out of the shower, they noticed again. I fobbed them off with a 'fell in a bush drunk' story, though I'm not sure they believed it.

The only person who found out was my boyfriend, who thinks it's pathetic of me. As much as I tried to hide it from him, he would inevitably find out.

Some of my scars are years old, and faded, but still very noticable. They were not deep, just slashes from a razorblade.

Is there anyway to dramatically reduce the appearence of these scars? I am deathly afraid of anyone else finding out. Especially my mum. My mum and the way she is is the reason I started cutting, and if she ever found out, I don't like to think how much harder she'd make my life.

My scars are really a burden on me.

[singeramber]

You wont to get something that helps to get rid of stretchmarks... or something along that line, if u need to cover them for one night... use foundation, that has saved me may times

[xlovexkurtx]

Welcome!

I know exactly how you feel. I'm pretty much in the same situation, except I still cut regularly. As a sidenote, if your boyfriend thinks you're pathetic because you cut, then fuck him.

As far as permanently reducing scars, you can use topical treatments like mederma and bio-oil. There's also scar-reducing patches, which are kind of like band-aids.

When you're older, you can get laser treatments (like removing tattoos) but these don't always work very well.

For more about hiding and covering up scars, fading them, and general self injury stuff, you should check out this girl called Christie Stewart on youtube. Just search christie stewart scars and you'll find the video.

Hope I helped,
Rose

[Fiction]

As Rosaline said, there are many different things you can get to reduce scars such as bio oil. Also as Amber said foundation cna be very useful. You can also get waterproof foundation for use during swimming and even during showers.
My bf had the same reaction when he first found out about me, but he changed his mind. Try to make him understand. Maybe he's just scared and doesn't want to think about it?

[xlovexkurtx]

Makeup is good too. Just beware that if you're like me and your scars are raised, then makeup actually makes them look worse and more prominent.

[MadManWithaBox]

Try.. foundation? Get waterproof foundation, and bio oil.