I have told some friends in the past and they have asked to see my scars. I don't like to show people my scars, only if they are incredibly old and I still get comments on them sometimes. Sometimes on the bus people keep on and on commenting about them and it makes me irritated because they won't shut up. If I don't react to it (and I usually lie anyway) then they will stop.
If someone has only seen my scars and doesn't see the person behind them then they are more likely to make cruel comments about them. If they know why they are there they just leave them and accept them. They don't see the most recent anyway.
I never go swimming and rarely show them off. More so now than I used to. I guess it is what you are most comfortable with. Sometimes showing your scars is a symbol of what you have survived and beaten.
Writing things down is so much easier than saying them. Or even simply muttering one word that will hint what you are getting at. I don't know... I never chose for people to find out about me.
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