my scars are always gonna be there. they are white, except the new ones. it took some years for them to turn white. AFAIR. but i'll try to see how long these new ones stay red. they should turn pink at some point. i like watching scars turn white. it's better when they are, they're less noticeable and i can wear short sleeves at home again.
if you cut you better be prepared to hide those areas for a long time, even the shallow cuts stay put. i have loads of mini scars and fewer big ones but they're all there from the time i started cutting 10 years ago. it doesn't bother me but if it bothers you... if they are cat scratches however you have nothing to hide.
just make sure people believe you cuz it's a common excuse.
i think the pin makes the cut less surgical and that causes more obvious damage. also, unless you pinch the deeper cuts with a butterfly or get stitches, they stay open and make wider scars. the depth doesn't really matter scar-wise. it matters what you do afterwards, do you pinch it shut or leave it open.
scratches should fade sooner and even be unnoticeable to people unless they look closely. i think. writing might be harder to conceal.
oh, i know. rub e vitamin on the scars. that's what some cutters do. it helps fade the scars. i've never tried it.
and make sure you sterilize the stuff you use, pins and whatnot. an infection is really serious, i'm paranoid about getting infections lol. even though i keep ripping the scabs all the time and exposing my wounds again. i just keep thinking about where has that pin been that you talk about.
anyway i dunno if this ramble is coherent much. i'm so tired.
