To cover my scars for a job interview?

[TheSeventhHorcrux]

I've just outed myself on another thread about this so I thought I may as well now settle a concern I've had for a while.

When I was 16 my boyfriend of the time encouraged me to self-harm in order to relieve Depression. He himself was an avid self-harmer, had drawn pictures of razor blades and stuck them round his bedroom and wrote poetry about self-harm (I know, I know)
it started with scissors but quickly progressed to razor blades and continued for about 3 or 4 years.
As a result I have some horrific scarring on my thighs but more concerningly lines after lines of scars on my left arm. They are now white but still fairly easy to see. There are more than 250 in total.

My current boyfriend is unperturbed and a few close friends know but I feel I should cover them for formal occasions particularly job interviews and events where I meet new people. This is obviously difficult in summer.

AIBU to assume that people will immediately pull on their judgey pants the moment they see me?

A note: the scars are old, I kicked the addiction a long time ago

An honest post Pavlov, and a good one.

Sometimes it's easier to get it out in the open a bit more, because there are ways of reassuring someone that it was a life time ago and you're not the same.

Could you feel like you're being deceptive by not letting the employer choose whether they have an issue with it or not, OP?

If you do, you have to choose what things you do/don't say to people all day every day, this would be just one of a million other things you've decided to control when saying something about yourself in a specific and unique situation.

You won't be wearing short sleeves for an interview,regardless of whether it's for a Nannying position or Head of Marketing.It's just not done.I really don't see why you would even consider wearing short sleeves in an interview?Scars or not

You sound quite hysterical. Short sleeves at an interview isn't that crazy.

You, on the other hand...

oh the ignimony of short sleeves
one will never recover from that faux pas
who really says just not done?how deliciously misguided

I have scars on my arms and legs too, as well as less obvious places. I don't cover up at all, including interviews, and I find that people really don't notice, or if they do they don't mention it. I do have quite a high up job and it hasn't held me back at all. If I've ever noticed anyone else with scars I've always thought, good on you for not hiding. I guess for me the scars are so much part of me I don't even notice or think about it. Though it's not always been like that I did used to cover up.

Good luck with your interview. Just do what you feel most comfortable and at ease with yourself.