My keloids might be getting better and I feel like I have hope again.
I have some old >!self harm!< scars on my arm that developed pretty bad keloids, and after years of just being ashamed of them and hiding them I finally reached out to get treatment, I got a first round of cortisone treatment a week ago, and I noticed they were actually visibly less swollen and red. I haven't allowed myself to really feel much other than just shame and the need to hide them due to why I have them, and realizing that they might actually be getting better just absolutely flooded me with emotions of hope. I cried for like an hour, I felt like for the first time in years that I my scars won't define me forever, that there actually is hope. I don't know how to describe the extent of my feelings, I just really really needed to tell someone. I feel like I dare to hope, to get better. Not just physically healing my old scars but mentally too. (Thank you for reading)
(edit: grammar/autocorrect)