I’d Been Ashamed of the Birthmark on My Forehead Since Childhood – 25 Years Later, It Changed My Life

I survived my school years by building my entire personality around not being seen, and I got good at it.

Really good.

For a long time, I thought the birthmark was the worst thing that had ever happened to me. The root of every insecurity, every moment of self-doubt.

If I could just get rid of it, I thought, everything else would fall into place. I wouldn’t have to hide anymore.

I could just be me.

By my 20s, I had a savings account with one purpose: cosmetic surgery to remove my birthmark.

I’d been working as a marketing coordinator since graduating college, saving every extra dollar.

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