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STORY BEHIND MY

SCAR

everyone17 people shared theirs with us.

Each story is unique, just like the scars they left behind.

As a busy bartender recovering from a morning of mixing mimosas, Jake was washing fluted champagne glasses with a suction-mounted brush in a sink.

After repeated plunges into the sudsy water, the glass stem base broke off in Jake's hand. It slid across his index finger, peeling away the skin. It took eight stitches to close the wound, but he still likes drinking and making mimosas.

After falling off a swing and cracking open her elbow, Caity had surgery. She wound up with an epic Harry Potter style scar on her arm.

No sign of Voldemort, though.

caity

She leaned on the back of a video game chair that she thought had arms on it. Leaning forward to rest her hands on the non-existent

arms, Kyernan pitched into the chair frame with her forehead. She earned six stitches and a great scar story.

When he was 4 or 5 years old, Dallas was playing in the sprinkler on a hot and sunny day. He climbed a nearby fig tree, grabbing some

giant leaves to take them into the sprinkler. An unexpected reaction with the sun, water, fig leaf oils and his skin left Dallas with what

looks like a chemical burn scar.

Dallas

A parrot named Hopscotch got very nervous when Roxanne decided to pick him up.

He bit her thumb, taking a chunk and leaving a small scar.

As a busy bartender recovering from a morning of mixing mimosas, Jake was washing fluted champagne glasses with a suction-mounted brush in a sink.

After repeated plunges into the sudsy water, the glass stem base broke off in Jake's hand. It slid across his index finger, peeling away the skin. It took eight stitches to close the wound, but he still likes drinking and making mimosas.

A neighbor's dog was once again harassing Jerry's cat on the porch at 1 a.m. Frustrated, he ran outside – barefoot – and chased the

dog across the lawn. At full speed, Jerry's toe came in contact with the sprinkler head, slicing open his toe down to the bone.

Jerry

As a busy bartender recovering from a morning of mixing mimosas, Jake was washing fluted champagne glasses with a suction-mounted brush in a sink.

After repeated plunges into the sudsy water, the glass stem base broke off in Jake's hand. It slid across his index finger, peeling away the skin. It took eight stitches to close the wound, but he still likes drinking and making mimosas.

Thrown through the back window in a car accident, Bruce landed about 75 feet away and broke his leg. The police officer at the

scene told him if he'd flown any farther, he would have needed a "stewardess" with him. The scar is from surgery. They put a 15-inch

metal rod in his femur to hold it together.

Bruce

As a busy bartender recovering from a morning of mixing mimosas, Jake was washing fluted champagne glasses with a suction-mounted brush in a sink.

After repeated plunges into the sudsy water, the glass stem base broke off in Jake's hand. It slid across his index finger, peeling away the skin. It took eight stitches to close the wound, but he still likes drinking and making mimosas.

His son gashed the top of his big toe on a mystery object on the bottom of the local swimming hole. The emergency room nurse cringed at the deep

wound, and the doctor couldn't identify its odd color. The city tried and failed to find the cause of the injury. To this day, it's still a mystery.

All that's left of the object is his son's scar story.

eri

amiWhen having a tumor removed from her face at age 11,

Kami had part of her jaw replaced with donor bone for her mandible. Bone marrow was removed from her hip

for the operation. She now has 2 surgical scars, one under her face and another on her hip.

His girlfriend had a seizure that fractured one of the vertebra in her back. She then had back surgery to repair it. This left her with a

7-inch scar on her left side.

george

As a busy bartender recovering from a morning of mixing mimosas, Jake was washing fluted champagne glasses with a suction-mounted brush in a sink.

After repeated plunges into the sudsy water, the glass stem base broke off in Jake's hand. It slid across his index finger, peeling away the skin. It took eight stitches to close the wound, but he still likes drinking and making mimosas.

As a teenager, Evan went for a ride in his dad's sweet Corvette. Built low to the ground, it had sleek exhaust pipes along the

sides of the car. When Evan got out of the car, his leg touched the pipe. It took away several layers of skin – and his freckles.

evan

As a busy bartender recovering from a morning of mixing mimosas, Jake was washing fluted champagne glasses with a suction-mounted brush in a sink.

After repeated plunges into the sudsy water, the glass stem base broke off in Jake's hand. It slid across his index finger, peeling away the skin. It took eight stitches to close the wound, but he still likes drinking and making mimosas.

A dog bite left a hole the size of a silver dollar in Robert's arm. After 8 stitches on the inside and 9 on the outside,

his scars still remind him of the incident.

robert

A breast cancer survivor, Patricia has had a double mastectomy and more than 5 reconstructive surgeries. Now in remission, she has several scars on her chest and abdomen that serve as reminders of her battle with cancer.

patricia

Bitten on the stomach by a Great Dane before she turned 14, Amber was told by doctors that her scar would fade with age.

Over the years, it grew with her instead, drawing much attention.

amber

carrieSurgery to remove her gallbladder earlier

this year left Carrie with pinkish-purple scars in 3 places on her stomach.

Her dad's car rolled over Courtney's foot when she was young, breaking her foot. The tire rubber took some skin with it, leaving a

scar. She never played around or behind cars again.

Courtney

As a busy bartender recovering from a morning of mixing mimosas, Jake was washing fluted champagne glasses with a suction-mounted brush in a sink.

After repeated plunges into the sudsy water, the glass stem base broke off in Jake's hand. It slid across his index finger, peeling away the skin. It took eight stitches to close the wound, but he still likes drinking and making mimosas.

As a college baseball player, Dan was trying to break up a double-play in a championship series game. When he slid into second base, the short stop

attempted to jump over him. Instead, his metal cleats landed on Dan's hand, leaving holes in his skin after shredding his batting glove. Round scars mark the spots on his skin that still have no feeling. Looking for a happy ending?

Dan's team won the game, and he hit a home run in his last at-bat with his hand wrapped in gauze.

Dan

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