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I asked about getting one to cover up my open heart surgery scar.
"You know that's really going to hurt, right?"
"More or less than open heart surgery?"
". . . Good point."
Turned out, the top 1/2 of the scar is too bumpy to take ink well, the bottom 1/2 too squishy. So still just a scar. :( or is that :) ?
I'll be real, I miss my heart surgery scar, and I wouldn't ever want to cover it up. I had an operation done when I was an infant, and had a huge scar that ran from my sternum, around my ribcage, and back up and around toward my shoulder blade. It ended up mostly fading at some point in my 20s and is very faint these days.
I've always liked scars. They're stories. They're lessons. They're proof. Scars are dope, show them off! Unless it makes you uncomfortable, which is also understandable.
It's 10" down the front of my chest and while I'm fine, it does freak other people out. 🤷♂️
I have a surgery scar that runs from my sternum to my groin. I considered getting a zipper tattoo on it. A good tattoo has a lot to do with the background shading so it could be done by tattooing the skin right up to the scar rather than on it.
Now to be fair you were knocked out during the surgery.
This is true, the recovery was tough though. They took a blood vessel out of my chest wall to patch the heart and for like 2 years I could feel this burning line of fire where they took it.
"Weird, you shouldn't be able to feel that..."
"You are correct! I should NOT be able to feel that!"