Should I Get a Watch To Distract From a Scar?

[Kro]

1. Own the scar

2. Watches are cool, wear one if you want to - but don't let your scar play into the decision

 

[2strings2frets]

Yeah, scars are like tattoos but usually with better stories.

 

[Jeff K]

I can appreciate and agree with all of the "Own the scar" folks. Nevertheless, nobody else is you. If YOU feel somewhat uneasy about how others might think about the burn scar, then do what makes YOU comfortable.

I've worn a watch all my life, so it's second-nature to me. Some people can't stand to wear one. If I were you, I'd go ahead and try the watch idea to see what you think. It just might turn out that you don't like having one on, and ultimately decide, "Screw it. I'll just go with the visible scar." Point is, yours is the only opinion that really matters. No harm in trying it to see what you think.

You could also consider one of those copper bracelets or something like that...

EDIT: Never mind. I just re-read your OP and realized that the burn scar is on your RIGHT wrist, and you're thinking about wearing a watch on your LEFT wrist. Originally, I thought you were considering covering UP the scar, at least somewhat. Since that's not the case, I see no reason for the watch unless you want it to tell time and don't want to retrieve your phone all the time to check it. I do not think that a watch or anything on your left wrist would distract anybody from seeing your other wrist. And since you're not trying to cover it, there's really no need to try to distract FROM it. (Unless, of course, you just want to wear a watch...)

 

[slobake]

 

[Wfrance3]

yes. This one:
https://www.amazon.com/Circle-Fifths-Watch-Men-Silver/dp/B0083B3CJE

 

[Michedelic]

You’re not ‘scarred’, you’re just reliced...

 

[mikeoso]

If you can get away with it, try this: I have so many scars on my wrists and hands it's ridiculous. But when someone glances at my right hand, they see this Hopi bracelet

left side is a big Seiko dive watch.

Not that I care to hide scars...but if I did, those would do it.

 

[Kro]

left side is a big Seiko dive watch.
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Emphasis on big. I absolutely love that watch, but with the shroud it's too big for my wrist.

 

[mikeoso]

Emphasis on big. I absolutely love that watch, but with the shroud it's too big for my wrist.

Ah, c'mon. It's only 48 mm.

 

[Kro]

Ah, c'mon. It's only 48 mm.

 

[JKos]

Are they supposed to be worn on the opposite wrist? I'm already a lefty haha

Supposedly. I'm a lefty but still wear a watch on my left wrist.

- John

 

[Ronzo]

I think I’ve told the bobcat story on here before... few years back, my pizzagal days. I was taking out the trash, and my soop told me I should probably kick the door on the dumpster enclosure to scatter the rats before I opened it, or else I’d end up face to face with a rat.

As an avowed lover of critters, I of course scoffed at the very idea of *not* meeting a nice big rat, so rather than announcing my presence, I elected to sneak into the dumpster enclosure as quietly as possible, hoping to get the drop on the local fauna... and, in a sense, I got my wish, coming face to face with a bobcat.

This much of the story is 100% true. What happens next is where I flub the details very slightly. What actually happened was the bobcat vaulted over my head (he was on top of the dumpster) and ran away. However, in the enhanced version of the story, the bobcat uses me as a springboard in his escape, his back leg catching my arm as he vaults, leaving me with a superficial scratch that healed into a totally boss scar, and memory that will last forever.

The moral of the story? Scars are cool, and *always* sneak up on crepuscular predators.

--^@

The best part of this is, “Bobcat = NO rats!”

EDIT: in a somewhat related story, https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.miamiherald.com/news/local/community/broward/article236042228.html

In the ex-New Yorker “squirrel = tree rat, pigeon = rat with wings” vein.

 

[Joedog]

Scars are life stories. Wear it proudly. I have an 8" scar on my belly (ruptured spleen....long story). In my younger days, I was a tournament water skier, so was regularly shirtless. I can count on one hand people noticing and asking about it over the years. I had no problem whatsoever with those very few asking about it. In my opinion, you are way overthinking this, and perhaps more than a bit insecure? I never considered it a problem whatsoever. Rock on brother.

 

[catcauphonic]

I like to tell people my 3" appendix removal scar was a shark bite, and another 2" surgery scar on my shoulder blade was from when I got shanked in prison Many tend to believe it til I can't control my snicker

 

[bobba66]

I worked with an old Vietnam Vet who had been hit three times with an AK-47. That dude had some scars.