Friday, 10 July 2009
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Birthmarks: Hide them or Not?
I have a single, significantly sized birthmark: a quarter-sized, medium brown spot on my caramel-colored skin, situated below the navel. When I was younger I used to be somewhat embarrassed by it.
I say 'somewhat' because I didn't have any reason to show my stomach at that age--I wasn't allowed to wear bikinis. But whenever I did see it, I wished it wasn't there. My mom would joke sometimes and say that it was a grape juice stain (despite the fact that it's not even purple).
I think having this birthmark contributes to my sense of modesty. Not to say that there's anything wrong with having a birthmark (except for in the modeling world, perhaps), but even at the age of 20 I still don't wear bikinis. It's not just because I don't want anyone to see my little "grape juice stain," but also because I don't feel comfortable showing too much skin in public, even if it's at the beach. I also think that one-piece swimsuits have the potential to look extra stylish; that is, as long as they're not the tropical flower-patterned suits that grandma wears to collect seashells on the shore.
My birthmark isn't something I think about daily, and it's not like I couldn't undress in a room full of girls because of it. If anything, it seems like something that a lot of people would consider "cute" if they saw it...though I can probably guess that they'd rather not have one themselves.
Do you have any birthmarks? If so, do you hide them/feel self-conscious about them?
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my birthmarks on my arm, its one of those "you'd barely notice it unless you point it out", and i used to cover it up but it became something i couldnt keep up with doing. just be comfortable with it(;
yea ;( i feel really self conscious throughout elementary, and now i'm betterr.. ^^
still feel awkward when people talk about it =="
got one on my pinky and i foregt it is there all the time unless i am under a black light. really you just have to except that it is a part of you and not care what others think
My older brother used to have a birthmark on his chin. During the winter, you couldn't see it, but as soon as he got tan it showed up. He hated it. When we were in middle school he even asked me if I could cover it with makeup without people knowing he was wearing makeup. Of course I couldn't, and he was thinking about buying a skin bleaching kit to bleach it away. My mom wouldn't let him, so he suffered through it. And then one summer, it just didn't show up. He was happy about it for a few years... but now he wishes it would come back. He said it was the only thing that made his face unique. l0l.
i have one on my inner thigh.
it's just a white spot.
i don't care about it, either.
@abh816@xanga - Haha, oh dear. :x
You should be proud of what you have, even if it is something like a birthmark. It's uniquely you, so it must be special, no? :3
I have a penny-sized one on the inside of my right arm. When I was little I'd use it to cheat on telling my right from my left side. Haha. It used to bother me a lot, but I don't notice so much really, it doesn't bother me.
i have one above my left knee. It's a little smaller than a dime, and dark brown. I used to be really self-consious, and try to cover it up, but it was impossible.
Now i forget I even have it.
My sister has one just like it on her butt cheek. Sometimes you can see it when she has a bikini on. lol
Well, I have a "port wine stain" on the back of my neck, but barely anyone sees it coz my hair hides it pretty good. However, I don't mind that it's there...And furtermore it's making me kinda special (after all only 1 in 1000 babies are born with one)
i have one in the middle of my upper thigh, and just like you, i'd wear shorts/skirt long enough that would hide it. that was my conservative rule.. it's too short of the birthmark shows.
lol now i stopped caring, and kinda forgot that i even have one until someone points it out.I think anything that makes you completely unique is beautiful. I have a small birthmark on the inside of my thigh, one on my head under my hair, two crowns of hair, a chicken pox scar in my cleavage & no cuticle on the little finger of my right hand; I hear my partner tell people these facts sometimes, as though my differences are good things. It makes me smile :]
I have a few birthmarks, but I never thought of hiding them. One is a freckle on my right eyelid [I think I'm pretty unique with this] and another is on the left side of my torso. That one is a really light but fairly expansive blotch of discoloration that is unnoticeable to the naked eye.
I need a girlie moment first: OMG THAT PUPPY IS SO CUTE!!! AWW!!
I have one on my leg that look like a thunder bolt, one on my right arm, & one on my stomach that looks like a big ink blot but they dont bother me even thought they're a few shades darker than my skintone. I feel bad for some people who have them on their faces because they can be hard to cover. One woman on the Tyra show had on right over her eye & she said people often mistake it for a bruise.
@Delightful_lil_Sasha@xanga - Really? I didnt know that. I've seen pictures of those birthmarks but I didnt know how uncommon they are.
I have a few on my sides.
I like them a lot.
@Shinbi_Belldandy@xanga - Well, I looked it up after a friend noticed it when I was wearing pigtails (that's like the only time it's visible)
I've never had one, but my little brother used to have a bluish butt.
Whoa..so many people have birthmarks. I thought it wasn't something a majority of people had. >.<
I kind of like birth marks, actually. They're unique, so they add personality toa person's body.
I have one on my left thigh, and one on my lower back. Both are quite large (each is a bit bigger than a quarter).
@InTheThin@xanga - So did my brother. hahaha
Quite a few people I know have birthmarks, including myself. I've never seen it as something to be embarassed about. Except there was this one classmate in the 5th grade who had a large birthmark around his eye and he was made fun of for it a lot. Kinda actually wanted to feel bad for him, but he was a major ass.
I have a few. I have a skin colored one on my thigh, it's a small raised piece of skin that is a little rough to touch, and I have some red spots on the back of my neck mostly higher up into my hair. I also have little moles all over. None of them bother me and I really like the red spots on my neck, my grandmother had them and now my daughter has them.
I have a small birthmark about an inch below my right eye. Just smaller than an ear-phone piece (I don't know what else to compare it to >_<) and it's pretty noticable. It isn't bothersome or anything so I never felt the need to hide it, nor did I feel like it made me really different. Just one day I looked at myself and I was like .. hey, I have a birthmark. No one really points it out, so it's kind of been etched in my brain that no one really notices it. But when I point it out to other people, they talk about it as if it's the first thing they ever noticed about me. IDK it's weird. I also have a little red birthmark on my arm, about an inch big. It might be a port-wine stain, but idk, I just learned about those through reading the comments lol.
I'm really pale and I have a LOT.
I struggle all the time with about 5 of them...
I've always been self conscious and I hate it.
i have one on my thumb, but it only appears when i get a tan otherwise you can't really see it, in fact i only realised it was a birthmark this year :L
I've got freckles, used to hate them because a person one time told me they were fly poop. Now I am told that they are angel kisses.