Or other permanent body things.
I have a dumb fucking stupid scar on the meaty part of my palm under my thumb, from using a pair of wire strippers - backwards - as an ad hoc pickle jar opener. The little chunk barely attached left now a perfect little sharkbite scar that I’ve grown to despise as a reminder of hubris
Well scar sure. With I didn’t need those stitches in my leg. Zero out of 10. Would not recommend. I mean, do people gather scars for fun, like tattoos?
Some people definitely do, but many also got scars from things that while they might not be thrilled about the scar or hospital visit, they are happy with what they did.
Like saving a class of kindergartens from a burning bus on the high way and getting a big scar on their face. I don’t necessarily think that person would like the scar, but they wouldn’t necessarily regret saving the children ether.
I see.
I regret some of my scars from cutting myself. Have to make up shit about them when my kids ask…
I have bad teeth. There was no expectation that men have to do anything to look good growing up, so I never worried about it, and my parents never made me (which is fine). Now I just can’t even begin to afford it.
I mean, I would prefer to not have needed to get a heart transplant and the accompanying scars, but it was due to a genetic defect so I don’t know that “regret” can play into something I had not control over.
I don’t regret any scars. But I have two tattoos I wish I didn’t have and one I wish was a little different. I’m black, and most artists that aren’t black themselves do not work with black skin. So some of my earlier stuff is “bad” because of that . However, I rarely expose my limbs so I forget about them a lot. At the end of the day, I just don’t fancy them, but I’m grateful they’re not something truly horrendous or offensive.
Edit: I regret getting a second ear piercing, but that’s because it caused a keloid. I was relieved that it was about the size of a pimple and never risked it again.
I haver a scar (more like a small disfformity) I regret because I sometimes feel that if I would have gone to the doctor in time (or at all) I would have not have it now. Also I got injured by doing just a stupid thing so it’s sad have a constant reminder of that. But whatever, you end up learning to live with it.
I’ve read your comment multiple times and am still confused, it’s almost magical xD
No but I’m this close to getting some biblically accurate angel and Pikmin tattoos and I have no idea if I’d regret them when I’m older or embrace them LMAO
Luckily no. Have earings, never regretted them. Have a tattoo I drew myself that came to me in a dream, which seemed pretty timeless, at least to me. Still happy with it and of where it is.
Thought of getting more tattoos, but glad I never did. Never could come up with another design I would be 100% content with, or that I was certain that I would never outgrow. I had friends and ex-partners that got tattoos on a whim or impulsively, getting a tattoo can be fairly cheap, getting a tattoo removed can easily be thousands of dollars. And that is assuming there is no scarring.
Be careful about offering up identifiable information that you can’t change on a random lemmy post, especially if you’re in the U.S.
I’m not a violent person, but I have gone down on a road bike many times and one of the common injuries is skinned up knuckles. I have some deep scars as a result. It would be easy to assume they were the result of violence. My size and build also supports this assumption. I am entirely the opposite type of person.
My hands look awful, but any scars are literally from my crappy skin cracking horribly from 3 years of food service hand washing. Frequent handwashing is brutal if you have bad skin…
Were you a cook? I did 8 years front of house and my hand never got to that point, even with a 2nd job working in a dirty warehouse
Worse, grocery store deli / hot food counter. Frequent switching between ready to eat food and raw ingredients, and shitty gloves that constantly ripped open.
For reference, I got a full back tattoo when I was 17, but the only thing I regret is having to get a few bad teeth pulled due to not taking care of them in my twenties.
Take care of your teeth kids. They don’t come back.
All my tattoos, they are cheap and one contains my kid’s deadname so I keep it covered is much as possible.
I almost lost a fingertip a couple of years back when someone I worked with fucked up.
That’s the only one I’m slightly miffed about.
I have enough sensation, and the scarring has improved with time
My tattoos are old and wonky, but they’re a marker of my life. They are with me to remind me of where I am, and where I have been
I’ve removed all the piercings apart from the PA, and that’s not closing up without surgery. I’m actually really fond of it. I’ve had it for a couple of decades now, and I think it’s pretty impressive
Most importantly, my woman likes it!
I got an ugly scar on my pinky from a bullying incident at school when I was 12. It’s not like this was their intention, but it got out of hand and a door slammed hard on my finger.
I had to get rushed to the hospital, got stitches and a massive bandage for half a year.
The bullies never apologized and it got brushed off as an accident.It’s a reminder of bad times during my teenage years and I still get sad when I look at it.
