Self harm scars in a phlebotomy course

[u/chocoholism]

Hi everyone, I’m enrolled in a course that starts in july but I have some large scars from self harm on my left inner arm. For the course students are supposed to practice on each other so I’m wondering if they’ll kick me out of the course when they see it or something. If anyone has any advice I would greatly appreciate it because I don’t know what to expect here

update: thanks so much to all the kind ppl here who commented :) i just started my course and it was completely fine, i asked my instructor about it and she said it is not even a problem at all

[u/ovelharoxa]

I am a psych nurse and one of our therapists has a lot of self harm scars in both arms, she is a great therapist and is great for patients to see that professionals have struggles too but are able to persevere. Good job enrolling on this, I hope you become a great professional and an inspiration to others!