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Distinct facial characteristics
Just posted on my blog, but I thought it might inspire some discussion here:
For as long as I remember, I've had a mole just above my mouth, on the right side of my face. In photos of my twin brother and I as a child, it's the easiest way to tell us apart. When I was learning my left hand from my right, so I knew which hand to hold my pen when writing, I'd do a quick check on the mole to see which side of my face it sat.*
Of course, I know it mainly from looking in the mirror, so when I see it on a photo it always looks like it's on the wrong side!
And, when taking and selecting promo photos, it always really stands out. Or at least it does to me. The other moles on my face, while just as dark, are never so large and prominent. I feel fine airbrushing them away, but when I airbrush the large mole above my lip? It just looks weird! It is obviously a big part of my self-perceived identity.
This photo is one like I just described... I took out the mole, but then hit ctrl-Z until it returned.
Also visible on this photo is the fact the "parting" on my eyebrow hair isn't in between my eyebrows, but part way along my right eyebrow... it's amazing how well you get to know your own face after 29 years.
Which is why, now something has changed, it keeps catching my eye, though 99.9999% of other people will never notice. Here's the story:
1. Shaving the mole is always a bit tricky. I sometimes cut it.
2. A large spot appeared directly on the mole.
3. I shaved, and sliced the top of the spot right off.
4. This small wound bled a lot, and took ages to stop.
5. I must admit I picked at the scab a bit.
6. A week or so later, the scab crumbled away in the highly satisfying way that scabs tend to do.
The result? The mole is now made up of some kind of scar tissue. It has lost a lot of its colour, and while the size is the same, it has lost a lot of its definition. The sharp edges have blurred, if you will. Check out this photo I just took:
Compare it to the mole on my cheek. These two moles used to be the same colour! I don't think it'll ever return either, so I guess I've got to get used to my new face.
* To be honest, I still do this sometimes.
For as long as I remember, I've had a mole just above my mouth, on the right side of my face. In photos of my twin brother and I as a child, it's the easiest way to tell us apart. When I was learning my left hand from my right, so I knew which hand to hold my pen when writing, I'd do a quick check on the mole to see which side of my face it sat.*
Of course, I know it mainly from looking in the mirror, so when I see it on a photo it always looks like it's on the wrong side!
And, when taking and selecting promo photos, it always really stands out. Or at least it does to me. The other moles on my face, while just as dark, are never so large and prominent. I feel fine airbrushing them away, but when I airbrush the large mole above my lip? It just looks weird! It is obviously a big part of my self-perceived identity.
This photo is one like I just described... I took out the mole, but then hit ctrl-Z until it returned.
Also visible on this photo is the fact the "parting" on my eyebrow hair isn't in between my eyebrows, but part way along my right eyebrow... it's amazing how well you get to know your own face after 29 years.
Which is why, now something has changed, it keeps catching my eye, though 99.9999% of other people will never notice. Here's the story:
1. Shaving the mole is always a bit tricky. I sometimes cut it.
2. A large spot appeared directly on the mole.
3. I shaved, and sliced the top of the spot right off.
4. This small wound bled a lot, and took ages to stop.
5. I must admit I picked at the scab a bit.
6. A week or so later, the scab crumbled away in the highly satisfying way that scabs tend to do.
The result? The mole is now made up of some kind of scar tissue. It has lost a lot of its colour, and while the size is the same, it has lost a lot of its definition. The sharp edges have blurred, if you will. Check out this photo I just took:
Compare it to the mole on my cheek. These two moles used to be the same colour! I don't think it'll ever return either, so I guess I've got to get used to my new face.
* To be honest, I still do this sometimes.
Comments
Sorry, had to get it out of my system.
ANY WHO.
If you wanna talk distinct facial characteristics, I really don't like my nose. It's too big. Seriously.
My nose has been broken twice, and it points a little to the left, so it has a big impact on how I look depending on which side you see me from. I now have a very pronounced "good side" and "bad side".
I have some small pockmarks from chickenpox, but the worst are on my forehead and are masked by my hair. Otherwise, they're not that noticeable. My cheeks get quite rosy at times, but only after some exertion, or if I am terrifically drunk.
Personally, my biggest defect these days, though I don't really think it's that big a deal, is that I have tons of scar tissue left over from when I had horrendous acne back in high school. Luckily, none of that scar tissue is on my face, it's all on my chest, shoulders, and back. I'm don't know how many people here are familiar with Acutane, but I ended up taking it as a way to get rid of my whole body acne. As a side effect, the acne did get significantly worse for a while, often creating huge, crater-like holes in my chest and back, but by the end of the treatment, I barely got any pimples at all. The scars are still there, but at least they have gotten less noticeable over time, plus I've grown up enough to not really care what I look like. It's an interesting conversation starter too, especially when people know what Acutane is.
So I'd like to nudge this thread in a more 'general' direction. Distinct bodily (?) characteristics.
I've got a hole in my right hand. Well, it is more like a dent in my skin, just below the bottom knuckle and just to the left of the tendon of my middle finger. I've had it for quite a while, it was if I recall correctly once a small scab, that I of course kept peeling. Another thing I know off and feels like I've had it since birth is my left collar bone, whose end sticks out on top of my shoulder. Then there's also the scar next to my dick which I've had since I was a little baby, I kept re-dropping my balls.
Also, although difficult to see in this photo...I have an adam's apple. Which I am told is weird, since I am a girl. Hmmmm.
As for general traits, I'm covered in polka dots. They are all pretty distinct, and the rest of my skin is colored pretty uniformly. This is different than the typical splotches of freckles I have seen on other people.
Plus, all in all, people think I'm a man because of my face. Even with girls clothes people think that.
I grew the goatee to cover a mole on the side of my lip my sophomore year at NU. I've had glasses since I was in 5th grade. I think I look ridicules without them.
I also have a really big tongue. Not sure if that counts, but I like putting it out their. :P
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I have a much smaller mole in the same place as Luke, it's really not a mole, more just a discolouration, makes me look like Konata with an afro.