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Ms. Toad

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37. I don't have any - but I'm considering one.

Fri Nov 28, 2025, 09:43 PM

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I have a large (2" x 3&quot skin graft on my forearm - from removal of a cancerous tumor. Most people I know with similar scars hide them. I don't. But I am considering getting a tattoo of a sunflower, using the graft as the center of the sunflower

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