stretch marks
ACTUAL LAYERS of my skin peeled away while my stretch marks remained. They were indestructible.
scars
This is my left arm after an angry bubble of olive oil attacked me for no good reason.
Helena in

Apr 30, 2013 at 3:00pm | 233 comments

suicide
As if the headline didn’t say it all: TRIGGER ALERT! TRIGGER ALERT!
Caitlin Thornton in

Mar 14, 2013 at 3:00pm | 116 comments

craniosynostosis
I was born with a rare condition called craniosynostosis, which caused one of the sutures (soft spots) of my skull to close early. As is with many children diagnosed with craniosynostois, my skull grew in a lop-sided fashion.
compulsive skin picking
My boyfriend once said my skin looked like a battlefield. But now it’s almost perfect!