15 People Who Managed to Turn Their Scars Into Creative Works of Art

Scars can be a painful reminder of past trauma, but tattoos offer a creative solution for turning them into symbols of beauty and strength. From burns to surgical scars, tattoos provide a way to reclaim one’s body and rewrite their story. And just like that, we have 15 people who decided to replace their scars with astonishingly beautiful tattoos.

1. “My first, a humpback whale scar”

2. “Finally did something with my scar.”

3. “It works! It makes me so happy!”

4. “I found a way to incorporate a scar into something much more than that.”

5. Tattoos are a great way to embrace scars.

6. “I stitched my surgical scar.”

7. Tattoos can offer a unique and artistic solution for covering up burn scars.

8. Tattoos can creatively conceal scars and empower individuals to embrace their bodies.

9. Tattoos offer a powerful way to transform physical scars into symbols of strength.

10. They can turn pain into beauty.

11. “My second collarbone tattoo made more impressive because he made the letters crisp even though it was on top of deep raised scars”

12. “Last year, I had my wrist replaced. Turned the scars into a series of pine trees, adding a night sky background in the next session.”

13. “Blue bleeding hearts (my favorite flower) over some old scarring”

14. “My scar still shines through the cover-up tattoo — weirds me out.”

15. “Finally got a tattoo to cover up my metastatic melanoma scars.”

Want more tattoo-related topics? Check out these articles before you leave:

• 16 People Who Transformed Their Scars Into Pieces of Art
• 16 People Who Used the Art of Tattoos to Cover Up Their Scars