You don’t need to love your scar to feel confident – but you can retrain your brain to care about it lessHi Ugly,I’ve had a keloid scar in the middle of my chest since my teen years, when I had acne. (I’m now in my mid-forties.) It started off small, but is now about 5cm long, 1cm high and a few millimeters raised off my skin. It sometimes itches or feels tight and painful, but otherwise is just an unattractive inconvenience.Why is this column called ‘Ask Ugly’?My father had plastic surgery. Now he wants me and my mother to get work doneHow should I be styling my pubic hair?How do I deal with imperfection?I want to ignore beauty culture. But I’ll never get anywhere if I don’t look a certain way Continue reading...