Hey all, I'm only 17 right now so no tattoos but I'm trying to plan ahead. I have a number of self-harm scars that initially, I was going to try and remove (or at least try to fade) but I've been wondering if maybe it'd be better and more effective to get a tattoo covering them. They're quite dark and there's 45+ of them so I don't think they'll ever go away. The problem is, they're spread out across both of my thighs (maybe uppper/mid thighs) since I'd cut where I knew the scars would be hidden by clothing. But I have to look at it everyday and it's very uncomfortable to see now. I feel like I'm still kind of controlled by my mental illness when I see them, if that makes sense. It's like I can't close that chapter of my life and move on with the scars still there. But like I said before, they're on my thighs and I haven't seen many tattoos there. I don't know if it'll really work, if you get what I mean. I don't know if it'd look good. The tattoos over self-harm scars I've seen in the past have all been on the wrist/upper arm area which is fine because a lot of people just get tattoos there...but thighs? I haven't seen as many tattoos there. I don't know what I'd get for sure but my idea is to get one inspired by Among The Wildflowers by The Hotelier. I want go too much into it but that song has a lot of meaning to me and I listened to it often, back when I was still struggling with cutting. I knew I wanted to honor a song because music is such a huge part of my life. I had so many songs to choose from, a few of which probably had more sentimental value but this one seemed to work the best and it doesn't seem like an idea I'd get sick of. I have an image from Pinterest, it's not the original one I saw that gave me inspiration for the design I want but it's a bit similar. The flowers would kind of look like this: http://tonobanquetes.com/images/wild...-tattoo-30.jpg (except not upside down lol) And I want them surrounding the lyrics, which would be written in small cursive. I actually want more of a variety of wildflowers but like I said, I couldnt find the image. I just want them done in the style those flowers are, more simplistic and uncolored. I don't want the whole song, just "Cut the lines, you'll be fine," for now. I don't think I'll want another tattoo after this. I didn't want one initially but I really think it'll help with my healing.

Would my tattoo work? Would tattoos on the thighs (both thighs) work in the first place?