At just 23, UK blogger Michelle Elman is streets ahead than most of us when it comes to body acceptance, and body positivity.
Her young body is scattered with scars that tell a story of a lifetime battling serious illness, that started just before her first birthday. Across her skull are scars from brain surgery, and across her abdomen are long scars from multiple intestinal surgeries that have given her the impression of ‘fat rolls’.
“The deepest cut is the one at the bottom which is the accumulation of 5 surgeries,” says Elman in an earlier post.
“That was created when I was 11 when I had to have an emergency operation. They had screwed up my previous operation and my intestines were leaking into my abdomen. My dad was called and told to fly over instantly, just in case I didn’t make it.”