New Posts For Thread: Body image issueshttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30732339/body-image-issuesHello, as a lot of you know my lad has been through a fair amount of surgeries which inevitably leave scarring. He is only 6 right now so I don't think (at least I hope not) that he is self conscious of how the scars look. I am looking ahead I suppoHope the boy gets through it Hank. Must be terrible for you. Don't get a tattoo and tell him to rise above any grief. I can't imagine how brave he must be, stupid people won't really upset him, and they will be in the smallest of minorities anyway.Gohttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30732339/body-image-issues?post_id=549886547#549886547Hope the boy gets through it Hank. Must be terrible for you. Don't get a tattoo and tell him to rise above any grief. I can't imagine how brave he must be, stupid people won't really upset him, and they will be in the smallest of minorities anyway.GoFri, 09 Sep 2016 16:07:18 -0500Maybe his mumhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30732339/body-image-issues?post_id=549886419#549886419Maybe his mumFri, 09 Sep 2016 15:56:31 -0500haha hardly at all IShttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30732339/body-image-issues?post_id=549886367#549886367haha hardly at all ISFri, 09 Sep 2016 15:51:16 -0500Hopefully his dad is hairyhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30732339/body-image-issues?post_id=549885893#549885893Hopefully his dad is hairyFri, 09 Sep 2016 15:01:24 -0500I wouldn't panic Hank, cross the bridge if you come to it. The surgeons these days are pretty conscious on the scarring effects, I had to have my throat cut into a few years ago and they did it on one of the natural creases and you can only tell if yhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30732339/body-image-issues?post_id=549885801#549885801I wouldn't panic Hank, cross the bridge if you come to it. The surgeons these days are pretty conscious on the scarring effects, I had to have my throat cut into a few years ago and they did it on one of the natural creases and you can only tell if yFri, 09 Sep 2016 14:51:22 -0500Don't get a tattoo, Hank. Apart from all tattoos looking stupid, you would be making a big deal out of something that's over now.When other kids ask about his scar he can say: "That's where the doctors cut me open, lifted my heart up a bit then cut ihttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30732339/body-image-issues?post_id=549885773#549885773Don't get a tattoo, Hank. Apart from all tattoos looking stupid, you would be making a big deal out of something that's over now.When other kids ask about his scar he can say: "That's where the doctors cut me open, lifted my heart up a bit then cut iFri, 09 Sep 2016 14:48:16 -0500I don't know tbh BB. He is due another one within the next year, so that would be 3 open heart surgeries and quite a scar build up I guess. Ebulgery - I like the vamp story lol. MD you're probably right - just thought of it as a show of solidarity -https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30732339/body-image-issues?post_id=549885739#549885739I don't know tbh BB. He is due another one within the next year, so that would be 3 open heart surgeries and quite a scar build up I guess. Ebulgery - I like the vamp story lol. MD you're probably right - just thought of it as a show of solidarity -Fri, 09 Sep 2016 14:43:17 -0500I had an "L" shaped one about 2" x 2" on my knee when I was 9 and you cannot see it now, my Grandma always said it would fade because of my age.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30732339/body-image-issues?post_id=549885657#549885657I had an "L" shaped one about 2" x 2" on my knee when I was 9 and you cannot see it now, my Grandma always said it would fade because of my age.Fri, 09 Sep 2016 14:29:40 -0500I would think they will heal better than they would with an adult, also kids probably think scars are cool.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30732339/body-image-issues?post_id=549885621#549885621I would think they will heal better than they would with an adult, also kids probably think scars are cool.Fri, 09 Sep 2016 14:24:48 -0500because of his young age will they not fade as he gets older?https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30732339/body-image-issues?post_id=549885587#549885587because of his young age will they not fade as he gets older?Fri, 09 Sep 2016 14:20:13 -0500