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Scarred for life…my “ intentional scar”

I have 28 intricate pieces of tattoos…how many do you have? Yes that’s no lie at all, I have 28 intricate pieces of tattoos and they make up my story, my journey and it tells of my life experiences. I got inked when I was 27-I got 27 intricate pieces of tattoos on the 27 th April (which is my birthday)…and who would have known that life was slowly going to change for me thereafter. Let me tell you a story about it… You see my body is quite sensitive. I have been living with a health condition or a disease for more than ten years that has no cure, it can only be managed- but it causes so much pain and yes-ugly scars, that remind me of medicines and surgeries- painful scars…I have scars that smiles a big smile ‘hip to hip’. I have scars from my chicken pox that I got when I was 16 but my body started ‘reacting’, when I turned 21 and it continues to cause so much pain and yes it’s a ‘living’ scar(s).   I have a scar near my belly button that was a result of drai