Scars and Ink: A Guide to Covering Scars with Tattoos

The meaning of a tattoo can take a heartbreaking turn when the story of a person's dark times goes deeper than a needle stuck in their skin. Here are the people who stepped forward and exposed their scars for all to see. This is how they took charge and got their bodies back in ink.

1. You can never go wrong with a traditional rose.

2. The tattoo artist and the healing of her client. 

3. Scar in the shape of a heart.

“I cut myself when I was younger and I carved this heart on my arm. Instead of letting it disappear, I decided to immortalize it and circled it in white ink. It's a reminder to love yourself," said Tasha Le.

4. Under the starry sky.

5. Children's curiosity.

An innocent question out of curiosity from 8-year-old brother Alexis, who looks up to her as her biggest role model, led her to finally get a tattoo and hide them so her brother would have something to look forward to. . than the marks of her past demons.

6. Take her body.

Lindsey was sexually abused by her grandfather when she was a child. For years, she felt detached from her own body, which led her to self-mutilate and violent episodes. She finally worked up the courage to get her body back and finally headed to the tattoo parlor to get her body back, "one flower at a time."

Source 7This blue bird that clings to its owner's scars

A trampoline accident left Rachel, then a high school sophomore, with a broken left arm, requiring eight months of surgery, three years of physical therapy and rehabilitation, and a series of infections and syndromes. This left behind an ugly scar that depressed her. At 18, she decided to rebuild her body by turning her scars into something she wanted to look at every day.

“I didn’t want to hide the surgical scars because they were and still are such an important part of who I am now, but I wanted to turn them into something I would be proud of,” she wrote.

8. I open when I close. 

9. Grandfather's legacy. 

“This is an anchor for my late grandfather who served in the Coast Guard, which hides a large ugly scar from an injury I received when I was 16 years old,” Brittany shared.

10. Scars are the star of the universe.

“After years of battling depression, anxiety, eating disorders, suicide attempts and self-harm, I got the Leo constellation, my zodiac sign, tattooed around the self-harm scars along my thighs,” Izzy said.

“There is a quote that says, ‘The stars are the scars of the universe,’ so I view my body as the universe and my scars as the stars. The tattoo really helped me rebuild my body and learn to love it, the scars and all.”

11. Cover it with a stunning geometric figure.

"I can't express in words how nice it is to look down and see this beautiful pattern instead of scars." a reader shared on Buzzfeed.

12. Positive reminder. 

13. Autumn scene. 

"I know my scars are still visible, but after getting this for myself, I felt like I was finally putting it in the past." — shared user Buzzfeed.

14. This majestic multicolored lion. 

15. Grandma's note.  

Noah started hurting herself at the age of 11. When she was 14, they made a deal with their mom that they could get a tattoo if they stayed clean for a year. They did so and decided to get their grandmother's handwriting after losing her just a year ago. This serves as a reminder to keep them on the ground.

16. Like a phoenix. 

Turning scars into art: