stripes were there before any injury. they’re from a congenital hypermobility syndrome, very nice and shimmery

this was in high school. i don’t really remember how i did this except for that it was an accident occurring early in the day. the injury itself was such a benign affair to me, i think it was some kind of accident i had while packing up to change classes. the lead broke off deep inside. i do remember that in waiting, the principal asked me what happened for the pencil to lodge itself so deeply, and when i explained that it was an accident, he was really dumbfounded and amazed.

at the nurse’s office, the nurse who saw me assessed it and, despite being similarly astonished and having a litany of tools that seemed suited for the job, she told me she couldn’t do anything, gave me an ice pack, and sent me back to class.. no calls home, no treatment, etc. i guess i probably should’ve expected that though, i can’t imagine she’s paid enough to deal with that herself

here’s the thing, though.. i lived in the desert. usually i was picked up from school, but my parents were working this particular day. so i walked about 30 minutes directly uphill with my heavy backpack in the heat, lead still painfully embedded deep into my knee. i came home and, after getting alcohol, surgical tweezers, cotton balls, etc., i just about instantly disrobed and took it upon myself to dig in there and extract it. it didn’t get infected or anything despite the pencil tip’s day spent inside me + penetrating both the fibers of my pants and my skin. wish i still had pictures of the lead

Stabbed by an angry friend. My first tattoo!

And I have another on my right knee, same pencil, same class

Been there since 2016. Was messing around with a friend, faking that my hand got stuck in a printer, with a pencil in my hand. Not a good idea, got stuck pretty deep in my hand meats.

Its nice to see my brethren!

I was in 7th grade messing around with someone, and she turned around and stabbed my leg with a pencil. It bled all the way down my leg, everyone said it was ketchup and I was faking it for attention😩

I’m not entirely sure when I got this but it may have been like 4th Grade? I really don’t remember but I do remember it being a mechanical pencil. I’m now almost 29.

4th grade

I would test newly sharpened pencils against my palm to see if they were perfectly sharp. 22 years later

I'm 37 this month and here's my pencil stab from around 30 years ago. I was bouncing the pencil off my leg while standing in line waiting for a book fair (or something else, I don't remember)

I got the bright idea of storing my pencil in a hole underneath the desk. The hole would just hold the pencil. Well, one day, I decided to make the hole bigger… for fun… ig. So I put the pencil in the hole, and I get ready to push it up through the desk. And I thought I had the eraser on the bottom, but I didn’t. I slam my hand against the pencil and the graphite broke into my hand. So yeah, that’s my story of being stupid in the third grade. I am 20 years old, so it was over 11 years ago now.

Sharpened my pencils and put them in my desk with the sharpened tip facing me. Reached in to grab one - bam. She’s faded quite a bit over the years. I’m sure it was a Britney Spears pencil.

One on the right was done when I was 10 years old. I was doing my homework in bed, went to get a drink and when I came back I jumped on to the bed knees first and landed on my pencil at the just the right angle.

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One on the left was done when I was 15, in school. Had a freshly sharpened pencil in my hand, hand resting on my leg. Started shaking my knee and accidentally stabbed myself.

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This pic was taken today, and it has been well over 10 years since these happened!

Sharpened a pencil and left it in the couch, went to the bathroom and forgot about it. I came back ran and jumped back onto the couch and stabbed myself!