I have this problem - 07/26/07 01:49 AM
This is something that may be not okay to talk about, but bear with me.
I'm 20-years-old and from the time I was about 13, I've had scars on my chest, shoulders and back that have really come close to ruining my life. They've kept me from prom, wearing anything other than longsleeve shirts, wearing bridesmaid dresses, even from the sports that I love (diving and running) because of the uniforms.
They aren't too bad, it isn't like my skin looks like ground-up hamburger meat or anything, but of course when you have a problem it's about 10x worse to you than anyone else.
There aren't a whole lot of them, just enough to make me uncomfortable showing my body at all. I can't have sex without wearing a shirt no matter how comfortable I am with the other person, because even I can't look at my body when it's not covered.
I've tried benzoyl topical creams, cocoa butter, Neosporin, Bio-Oil, and Mederma, but they're still there. Concealer doesn't help because they're pock scars and neither does even spray tanning, because that just makes the skin around them darker.
Obviously these are from pimples, but I'm a very clean person. When I was a kid I was on anti-depressants that just ruined my skin and apparently scrubbing at them with bar soap wasn't a bright idea because of all the bacteria harbored there and the friction from trying to heal them.
My life could be so much better if I could look at myself without thinking: "Ew"
Does anyone have this problem? Is there anything I can do?
I'm 20-years-old and from the time I was about 13, I've had scars on my chest, shoulders and back that have really come close to ruining my life. They've kept me from prom, wearing anything other than longsleeve shirts, wearing bridesmaid dresses, even from the sports that I love (diving and running) because of the uniforms.
They aren't too bad, it isn't like my skin looks like ground-up hamburger meat or anything, but of course when you have a problem it's about 10x worse to you than anyone else.
There aren't a whole lot of them, just enough to make me uncomfortable showing my body at all. I can't have sex without wearing a shirt no matter how comfortable I am with the other person, because even I can't look at my body when it's not covered.
I've tried benzoyl topical creams, cocoa butter, Neosporin, Bio-Oil, and Mederma, but they're still there. Concealer doesn't help because they're pock scars and neither does even spray tanning, because that just makes the skin around them darker.
Obviously these are from pimples, but I'm a very clean person. When I was a kid I was on anti-depressants that just ruined my skin and apparently scrubbing at them with bar soap wasn't a bright idea because of all the bacteria harbored there and the friction from trying to heal them.
My life could be so much better if I could look at myself without thinking: "Ew"
Does anyone have this problem? Is there anything I can do?