Variations on a theme

[Saltfountain]

This pic is for our fearless leader @Saltfountain …for his love of hands….and his hatred of feet …skin

Twat

 

[Cjbdd]

Twat

You are welcome

 

[Wonderer67]

Selfie of sorts….

https://imgur.com/a/v7EiHeE

 

[Wonderer67]

Love the skins on these pumpkins / gourds…

https://imgur.com/a/GK6t2Xw

 

[Wonderer67]

Various skins….

https://imgur.com/a/Ebb3bX0

 

[Wonderer67]

Smooth skin

https://imgur.com/a/NQujVEv

Bumpy skin

https://imgur.com/a/3Nzl5Lb

Both are beautiful to me.

 

[Wonderer67]

Tree skin. This is the unique bark of a turkey oak.

https://imgur.com/a/nIhNZVS

 

[Saltfountain]

Maybe I'll do an "elbow skin or ball sack?" pic...

 

[Wonderer67]

Maybe I'll do an "elbow skin or ball sack?" pic...

 

[Saltfountain]

Where's your sense of adventure...?

 

[Wonderer67]

Where's your sense of adventure...?

I never say no. So go!

 

[AngelicaS1780]

 

[summer_reine]

*Psyching myself up* Okay. Be brave. Be brave. Be brave. Don't delete it this time. I'll filter out the majority of the story and then I'll be brave. Maybe this will give me the courage to wear shorts this summer or *gasp* a bathing suit. yeah, no. That's not happening but I'll share my busted up skin here, anonymous. Baby steps.
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Battle scars.. they are battle scars and I am winning the war. Survival by any means necessary.

 

[DannieB]

*Psyching myself up* Okay. Be brave. Be brave. Be brave. Don't delete it this time. I'll filter out the majority of the story and then I'll be brave. Maybe this will give me the courage to wear shorts this summer or *gasp* a bathing suit. yeah, no. That's not happening but I'll share my busted up skin here, anonymous. Baby steps.

Battle scars.. they are battle scars and I am winning the war. Survival by any means necessary.

That pic and your skin is beautiful! I understand the urge to want to delete what we post that brings us out of our comfort zone but the way it all blends together is fantastic! Survival makes us stronger, scar twin

 

[Deadfreak]

*Psyching myself up* Okay. Be brave. Be brave. Be brave. Don't delete it this time. I'll filter out the majority of the story and then I'll be brave. Maybe this will give me the courage to wear shorts this summer or *gasp* a bathing suit. yeah, no. That's not happening but I'll share my busted up skin here, anonymous. Baby steps.
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Battle scars.. they are battle scars and I am winning the war. Survival by any means necessary.

Beautiful
Thank you for sharing

 

[Saltfountain]

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Oh that's stunning Ang!

 

[Saltfountain]

*Psyching myself up* Okay. Be brave. Be brave. Be brave. Don't delete it this time. I'll filter out the majority of the story and then I'll be brave. Maybe this will give me the courage to wear shorts this summer or *gasp* a bathing suit. yeah, no. That's not happening but I'll share my busted up skin here, anonymous. Baby steps.

Battle scars.. they are battle scars and I am winning the war. Survival by any means necessary.

Thank you so much for reposting!

I really do hope you do feel able to wear shorts again. I wasn't sure if I'd be able to wear open neck shirts again after all my operations, but in the end I just said "ahhhh, fuck them"

There will always be haters Reine. Always.

But generally they hate because they hate their own lives more and need to transfer the focus because they don't have the necessary emotional depth and maturity to confront and deal with it.

Your photograph is fantastic in and of itself, but I think the only person who doesn't think "fuck, great legs" is you, and I totally get why.

You have won. You survived. If that's what it took to survive, that's what it took. All those scars show is your strength

 

[AngelicaS1780]

*Psyching myself up* Okay. Be brave. Be brave. Be brave. Don't delete it this time. I'll filter out the majority of the story and then I'll be brave. Maybe this will give me the courage to wear shorts this summer or *gasp* a bathing suit. yeah, no. That's not happening but I'll share my busted up skin here, anonymous. Baby steps.

Battle scars.. they are battle scars and I am winning the war. Survival by any means necessary.

A very shapely and beautiful leg.
Thank you for sharing it with us. I hope that you will soon be comfortable letting those legs see and feel the sun.
I have a big nasty scar on my left knee, so I can understand feeling self conscious about scars.

 

[Saltfountain]

Battle scars.. they are battle scars and I am winning the war. Survival by any means necessary.

Here are mine.

A landscape ravaged by battle. But the invaders were repelled...

https://i.ibb.co/20Qm0YF2/1000019082.jpg

https://i.ibb.co/GrtryrZ/1000019084.jpg

 

[Biggalute]

Some of my skin after I inadvertently splashed weedkiller on it and the roots never grew back
(That's my story, and I'm sticking to it)

 

[cactusjack0584]

*Psyching myself up* Okay. Be brave. Be brave. Be brave. Don't delete it this time. I'll filter out the majority of the story and then I'll be brave. Maybe this will give me the courage to wear shorts this summer or *gasp* a bathing suit. yeah, no. That's not happening but I'll share my busted up skin here, anonymous. Baby steps.
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Battle scars.. they are battle scars and I am winning the war. Survival by any means necessary.

Scars or not… you look beautiful. As a person with a huge scar… I get it. It’s hard to bare it with confidence, but I’m learning. And I think you can too!

 

[vagrantx]

The final moment before turning myself into a canvas

https://i.ibb.co/RpkQ96DY/image.png

 

[Saltfountain]

The final moment before turning myself into a canvas

Was that your first tattoo?

 

[Saltfountain]

Scars or not… you look beautiful. As a person with a huge scar… I get it. It’s hard to bare it with confidence, but I’m learning. And I think you can too!

Scars can destroy confidence and self esteem.

They challenge our perceptions and cause people to make judgement decisions based on nothing more than surface visuals.

They are almost taboo within society... "Don't stare at the man", "Sshhh, don't ask questions about it"

The more we can bring them into the open as the reality of life (if not normality that most people will experience), the more we can remove the stigma from it...

 

[vagrantx]

Was that your first tattoo?

Yes, and no. It was my first session, but he'd made a tiny anchor on my wrist just before this. A trial run. One that I wanted, one that I've since covered.