my left arm is where most of my scars r n it dont look good... but i dont care who see's them if ppl ask ill show.. about ur job if u think u lost the job cause of ur scars u can have them done 4 that cause when i went 4 a job thay saw my scars n said i couldnt work there if i cut my self so i had them done got my job working there then after 2weeks i told them 2 stick there job n walked out with a smile... thay cant say u cant have the job cause u have scars on ur arm cause every1 has scars even ppl who dont self harm :)

true, it shouldn't be an issue. But it is. They can say they didn't see anything. No issue. I don't really blame potential employers for fearing cutters... it's a risk.

u shouldnt think ur self has a risk... n yes thay could say thay didnt see the scars but thay cant hide the fact that thay saw the scars trust me thay tryed 2 use that on me but didnt work cause i just tricked them i said that couldnt stop looking at my right arm n thay said no it was my left i just laughed.... anyway ur not a risk cause i was working in a place where there was loads of things i could of use 2 SH but i didnt i just done it when i fin work it was hard but i did.... :)

i can understand what u mean tho by it being a risk but it shouldnt be like that.... we just have r own way 2 deal with things... thay shouldnt beable 2 stop us from doing anything just 4 who we r....ps soz about the spelling i aint the best in the world :)

good trick coma, right/left arm. But cutters are a liability. I don't think there is any getting around that. You have two equal job applicants and one has creepy scars, who gets the job?

the 1 who gets the job is the 1 who is best 4 the job well that how it should be but hey life is sh*t... saying that m8 the job prob would of been a sh*t job anyway n there r many more jobs out there :) what u should do with ur scars then is put smiley faces on them cause then thay wont look creepy 2 any1 :) we shouldnt have 2 hide anything anyway so what we SH that dont mean we can do a good job with out messing up :)

fake tatoos? Or real? just a thought...I'm going to use fake tatooes in the summer time so I can wear tank tops and sandles

I understand what you mean. I've been trying to get work recently and am not being bale to get one.. although i'm worried that if i finally manage to get in with a chance my scarswill let me down. Employers *shouldn't* judge you on it.. but sadly the world is full of a lot of non-understanding people.

If you don't get that job, maybe ask him the reasons why you didn't get it, main reason is so that you know where you stand and it wasn't your scars that decided if you got it or not

*huggles* It's a difficult one i know.. hmmm x

my manager knows i cut and told me to wear long sleeves if i have an episode and i dont have to cover my scars unless someone says something about them....i have to keep my arm warmers in the car just in case...not many people notice my scars they are too busy trying to figure out what color my hair is this week..

Thanks everyone. It's really nice to know I'm not alone on this one. I actually went to see if I could get a tatoo over it, but they told me It would attract attention. I think that's true.

It's just annoying. I guess I'll just try sticking with working from home?

or u can hit some1 over the head n take there arms lol that could work :)

my rite arms my worst too. just make sure wen u have an interview, cover them up.. i have to too. my way of thinking is, is that they are scars... a thing of the past. if people dont like me 4 it, its their problem. just be wise tho too. dont show them around interviewers and kids. people say bio oil helps them.