Now that Summer's here, we'll be needing cover up tips

[tamobhuuta]

i'm starting to worry about what on earth i'm going to wear come summer so was searching the web, found this http://www.warehouse.co.uk/fcp/produ...SLV-DRESS/6202 do you think that the sleeves are too see-through to hide scars/cuts?

[Steel Maiden]

That's a really good idea.

[Damnation.]

Waiting: That looks like it should be fine to me.

I find that wearing tights doesn't work. I had to dress up smart and wore tights in a feeble attempt to cover my legs, and....gah, it made little difference. I don't remember ever feeling so self conscious apart from then

[bob--says--hi]

is there anyway that i can cover up bad scars without making it look obvious that i cut? i have a nasty scar on my arm and i want to cover it up without it being acknowledged as a cover up i know that dermablend wont work so is there anything else or is that me asking for too much?
xx

[Leo Pard]

I had a plan.. Wear like a tank top thing under a really baggy shirt.. My Dad jsut gave me soem and there really baggy and stuff so wouldn't get too hot and would look goodish..

[Oceane]

Chunky bracelets / bangles are in fashion this summer; piling a few on my arms seems like a good idea!

[Siouxsie]

I usually go for the 'bandana around the wrist' thing; a few people have been suspicious in the past but most usually just see it as part of my style/one of my quirks.

[192]

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Originally Posted by Everlong

I'm having abit of trouble wondering how l can cover up my arms in the summer, particuarly since l play alot of football, and dont want my team mates to find out. Unfortunatly fishnet stocking things on my arms just isnt going to happen haha. Playing football in a long sleved tshirt makes me far to warm and products like dermablend will either come off with sweat or get brushed off from the ground or the players.
I dont fancy becoming a keeper either (goalie top covers the arms)

And during the day when its hot its unbearable, hoodies and shorts is the best l can come up with haha.

dirt, no joke. dont cover yourself in mud or anything but if its a sport i show up dirty already so the dirt makes streaks and whatnot on my arms/legs already, also hold your arms in close to your torso while not playing if you feel self concisios, once the ball is moving no one will be looking and you can move however. also body armor shirts are suposed to keep you cool even if you get the long sleeve ones

[ShyGirlEiana]

I have a friend who would draw all over his arms with markers...when I first met him, I just figured he liked to draw on his arms. He spotted me right away (I don't hide my scars anymore, they've faded quite a bit and I've accepted them as part of who I am), but I didn't know he cut until he told me. (I did have suspicions, but I brushed it off as just being in a new place and hoping too much to find someone else who understood me there)

[babyface92]

i duno wut to do :( please help write to me plz

[spanish-lullabies]

sometimes i just go bare and keep my arms turned in and legs together.
i mostly do it on the inside of things so if i turn them in and move around a lot
no one really notices or cares.

for the most part i don't need to worry about hiding it; placement is usually outrageously strategic.
but this thread is really helpful.

[psychodarko]

oh fantastic summer time fore me to boil to death yet again .
humm suffer in my trench coat or risk long/short sleaves. never been big on the whole products to cover up being male an all an there aint a spiked bracer big enough in the world to cover my scars up..prehaps ill just leave the contry an move to siberia for the summer

[foolishself]

wearing patterened tights always works for me, because the patterns beak up the scars, and you can hardly notice that theyre there

[missmandy2009]

heya i would defo say that tea tree oil works as i cant use any of the ohter products you said because of my skin i cant use perfumed products

[Ghostface]

Ive ordered dermablend now, really exciteted bout that!

Hopefully it'll work.

[silentforyou]

Me and my friend both have a black top to put under our navy school pe shirt, and put holes for our thumbs so the sleeves stay up even when playing sport :)
Now we need a long sleeved white top to put under our normal school t-shirt, because obviously we're not having our school jumpers on when everyone else doesn't, and wearing a black top would look just as odd.
put part of me just wants to go without anything covering them and get over it. let people start to accept the real me. just i dont think anyone would be accepting enough :S
thanks for all the tips :)

[Fitzwilliam]

^ I'm thinking about doing the same as you, as it's gonna be too hot wearing two tops...long sleeved top then short sleeved top on top. I get hot in one long sleeved top at the moment....But I dunno if I dare go to school with just short sleeves...
I am thinking about wearing a 3/4 sleeved shirt though, but that will still show the worst and I'm really worried. I mean so far i've just worn long sleeved tops to cover my scars and cuts...but it's gonna be too hot to.

[Happyhead]

This is the first summer where i have been worried about the heat, my previous job i had to wear shirts anyway so it didnt matter, last year i wasnt working, but this year my job is 'wear anything' so i cant bear to wear long sleeves in this darn heat, at moment i just been trying to wear t-shirts with as long sleeves as possible, but im still getting the odd comment from work colleagues which i have to think of excuses to pass off thier curiosity. I really dont think cover up make up stuff would work for me

[miffy]

I'm hating every second of this hot weather. It's making me miserable as hell. I hate covering up, but I jsut don't have the confidence to bare all, only with my bf. Only one of my work mates knows my history. I just feel even more self concious because I'm wearing a jumper and covering up, when everyone else is dressed in tshirts etc....

I really don't know what to do :(

[Wonderland.]

its to hot to wear a jumper at school but as we have tshirts for summer term i carry a jumper with me and just hang it over my scars no one suspects a thing and you wont get really hot.

amy x