Dolls Based Off "Yourself"

A lot of people say that I look like my dolls which I find really interesting. But I think maybe its because my dolls have a kind of 80s style as do I. I definitely think my dolls are a kind of extension of self for me but I think everyones are in a way.

 

I have one who I bought to re-shell an existing doll (who is not supposed to be me) but the sculpt doesn’t suit the character I hoped to make. So I tried various random wigs and eyes on it and my favorite result looked like young me..

I’m planning to put the doll back up for sale pretty soon but until then she’s dressed in hair and clothes that look like what I wore as a kid! It’s fun to project my personal memories and fashion nostalgia onto a doll’s wardrobe.

 

Its not something i originally intended but my doll Sabri turned out to be almost an alternative me aha, i think she is a version of me i wouldnt mind being! Sabri's name is from my middle name too...

I think its sweet! Basing a doll of a version of yourself, even if it is just you, i think its i wonderful self expression

 

I have a doll that's not me exactly but is based on a character in FFXIV, who is small version of me. Her name is even Little Aaron haha.

 

I don't have a specific doll that is based on me. But, I believe that all my dolls have a piece of either my style or personality in their appearance or characters. I did almost name one of my dolls Sionnan which is actually pretty close to my first name, but I ended up going in a different direction with the doll.

 

I have one that was going to be me but then she gained a different personality. I have one that's incoming, a Feeple60 Erda (my first SD I'm so excited!) and he's going to be my "ideal self." For various reasons, I can't present how I truly would like to in public so being able to dress up a doll like how I'd like to look is something I'm looking forward to!

Never thought of it as being a vain thing :0 I see it more as a way to explore different styles that you normally can't.

 

{laugh!} Not at all - I'm an overweight 50-something man who lives in vivid coloured shorts, T-shirts, and Crocs, while most of my dolls are little Victorian children, and the girls waaaay outnumber the boys.

Guilty ass charged on that one : I have make an effort when putting together each doll to ensure that they don't ALL end up with green eyes, ginger hair, and freckles. I've liked that combination all my life. I dyed my hair ginger and wore green contact lenses most of the time in my late teens and early 20's.

Not at all - people who write often base characters on a version of themselves that they'd like to be, and I don't think it's any more vain to create a doll than to write a character.

Teddy

 

Nah, I just put together elements I like together. That's it.

 

Most of my bjd's are 1/4th and under and are based off the anime/manga Outlaw Star. (As well as some other anime characters in the works or in a wishlist) I have some OC's and aliens. I wanted a doll of myself to have as a background character to interact with the other characters. I've changed a lot since then and am making a "new me" that'll be "old me". I also have two based off other people (they know about them and like it). I have one in memory of my pet cat casper.

I like the "me's" as much as the OC's and other characters. It's more like an "easter egg" or joke or "nod" to have them but it's fun for me. I enjoy all of them.

 

LOL, Yes! well, sort of LOL

When I first started experimenting with dolls and faceup's, I started with Monster High Dolls. I have been a professional virtual artist for years for several online gaming sites. On one site I have an avatar that I love, she is so me in style and resembles me when I was in my 20's and quite a fashionista.

As for BJD's, I tend to like fashion dolls and I just started collecting them. I love creating, so my goal is twofold 1. to create high fashion looks that I would LOVE to wear ( and afford) and 2. create period looks that I have always been drawn to.

SO yes, I have one that looks like I use to LOL and in the future will have looks that I would love to look like (still, HAH ) and dress like...or era's I have a passion for

If you'd like to see, check my flickr

 

It's so funny; as a kid I was absolutely obsessed with finding a doll that "looked like me" (green eyes, curly black hair---oddly hard to find for some reason?)

With the customization options of BJDs, you'd think I would have immediately fulfilled that goal, right? Quite the opposite...each of my doll pretty much had its own vibe the moment I held them.
However there IS a Ringdoll that shares my name so sometimes I'm tempted to buy that one and customize her to look like me....

 

Goodness, no! I see myself in the mirror every day, I've lived with myself for more years than I care to count...what could possibly be the fascination of a mini me?? What a bore. BUT...if I could find a sculpt that looks like my gorgeous daughter with her blonde, knee-length hair, cute wisp of nose freckles and big, blue-green eyes, I'd buy it in a flash, dress it in jeans, combat boots and a T-shirt, and smile at it when the real deal is off at college.

 

It is so weird you posted this I was just thinking about it.

I have a doll on my wish list I wasn't really sure what to do with, but I just decided today to make her a mini me essentially. She will have brown hair and eyes and my general clothing style. I can make her lots of fun mini crafting supplies, and make her and me the same outfits. Itll be sooooooooooo cute. I never really had an idea to make a doll like me before I found her. But it just kinda hit me and I liked it more the more I thought about it. so as soon as I can save up the money Ill get her.

 

I have a Dollfie Dream who I kept trying to make into different OCs but none of them felt right. Then one day I looked at her and went "Oh wait...she's me."

Well more specifically, an author avatar of me in a fantasy setting/story some of my other dolls are in, but yeah. I got her a wig and eyes that look more like mine, and I'm gonna dress her in all the cute clothes I can't wear myself (I love looking at pretty frilly dresses but I'm uncomfortable in anything that's not pants).

 

I don't have one based on me, nor do I want one. Even as a kid, I never wanted a doll that looked like me. Some of mine do share traits of mine, mostly personality traits but sometimes physical traits, for example, I have bright green eyes and I realized I have a tendency to make a lot of green eyed dolls. I don't really mean to, it just happened. I try to avoid a disproportional green eyed crew since I noticed it.

I don't really have an opinion on people making a mini me of themselves. If it makes you happy, why not? It's your doll,you paid for it, it should be what you want!

 

Not me, but I've been on the hunt for the right sculpts for my mother and sisters, mainly my mother's first. With custom make ups, getting the right clothing. Just a little honor for them should heaven forbid anything happen I have something other then photos, mementos and memories. Something they've all been aware I was into, and have even asked about my likes and dislikes of the bjd hobby.

 

My dolls look absolutely nothing like me, but most of them *are* me. All my SDCs, I have six of them, have personalities based on aspects of myself. Me at 12 as a self-absorbed brat. Me as a numbers-obsessed workaholic. Me as a neurotic anxious mess who needs constant reassurance. Me as a complete goofball who rejects your reality and substitutes it with her own. Me as an introverted nerd who gets lost in the world of various fandoms. And the me who just really really likes Halloween XD I have a few other dolls that I don’t project onto as much, but I think I’m bonded most to the SDCs because they really are me.

To be fair, my first doll (the bratty 12-year-old) actually does look a bit like me as a kid though.

 

I do not have any dolls that I've styled to look like me, but I do have a few dolls that have the style and look that I wish I had. I think my favorite thing about my dolls is that they can dress super fancy and they don't need to be going anywhere special. I just wear work clothes and look boring every day, haha.

 

One of my dolls I decided to base his outer appearance a bit like me only his hair and eye color for now. Sometimes I do change it though also the personality just a bit too.

 

Uhhh...I cosplayed as my favourite doll (avatar pic) over the weekend. I think it was fairly close. We both have similar complexions, hair styles, eye colour and he's wearing hipster 1970s clothes that I happened to also own and wear. Except I have a fantastic girlish figure and he does not (being a doll and boyish and all).

 

I only have one doll that is based on me slightly. Well, they are based on one of my chronic diseases. Because I always had trouble with doctors telling me I should just learn to live with it I decided to turn that specific disease into a character as good as I could. Turns out I did connect to that doll pretty fast for some reason. It helps to complain to them once in a while to try and cope with the disease. Pretty weird, I know. I originally didn't want to cause harm to any of my characters by 'diagnosing' them with a disease like that because I know how horrid it can be but in the end it did work out for the best.

 

I don't have a doll that looks like me, however I do have a doll that I tend to dress in a style similar to myself. I dress most of my dolls in clothes I wouldn't normally wear myself (one of the things I like about dolls is being able to explore different types of fashion through them), but she's the exception.

 

I do actually have a doll that's based on myself. I had been toying on and off of making a self-portrait sculpture to use in the future as an urn, kind of based off of ancient Egyptian canopic jars. Then, I was going through an extreme bout of depression, so I thought I wouldn't have time to finish and decided to just use one of my existing dolls instead. The extreme depressive state passed (helped along with the wait for a doll that hasn't currently arrived yet), but I did end up styling the chosen doll as a young me. Now, she's the avatar of my inner child. It's actually been VERY therapeutic to have my inner child as an external entity that I can see, it reminds me to take care of myself.

 

Do you have a doll that is you, so to speak?
Nope/not yet. I've seen some with my name that I considered for that reason, but not close enough in looks.

Or do you have a doll that is someone you want to be?
Not yet, but I sorta want one now that you've given me the idea. Granted I don't *really* want limbs like a Doll Chateau doll, buuuut I'd like a spooky standin for my avatar 'character'. I think my boyfriend might object though, haha!

If someone does, do you think it is vain?
Yes, but being vain isn't bad in my mind. Not knowing you are vain is worse imo. It's just another form of self preservation- would you fight and defend yourself if you didn't like your self? By understanding your selfishness, you understand also other's selfishness, and you can listen to their tirades about their beautiful dolls. After all... you know exactly how they feel. Yours are totally the best.

 

I think an "ideal self" can be a neat idea to have for a doll but, I think I'm kinda boring, I'd like at the very least elf ears!! xD (and maybe wings! Yay!) I also have a hooked nose that I think wouldn't look very pretty on a doll to me. I do kinda love some of my moles, so it'd be cool to add them to a doll! Now I'm kinda liking the idea xD I did use to have a character that looked like she could be my sister, so I don't have a problem with that really, but I greatly prefer fantasy dolls. Ahh maybe some weird fantasy sculpt with my moles would be a cool idea!

 

No plan for make a mini me. I like more to create something I can't be. But I like to make green eyes in different shades. My boy's got green eyes and my second doll will have green eyes too. I have green eyes too.

 

I never actually thought about it, but as I read this I think I've created my ideal self in a doll without even realizing it

 

I have a doll of my character, Saskia, and although she’s not ‘me’ she is the character that’s closest to me & I picture her as looking very similar and sharing a lot of traits. So I suppose she counts.

 

My doll does remind me of myself as a child, although he's male and I'm female (I was always a tomboy). But he's a lot cooler than I was at his age! I didn't deliberately base him on myself, but he kind of ended up that way as I made him into a character I could easily relate to.

 

I do not and I don’t think I will. Though I think it’s neat to see others doll selves! I do find myself drawn to only have dark haired wigs and I have brown hair so maybe kinda in that? They also wear clothes that I like. But other than that, nah.

 

I only have one BJD but I have a modest size doll collection. Some of my dolls have many of my traits and others have only a few but I believe that because their spirits were "crafted" by me that they all possess a piece of me.

I have been thinking lately, though, that I might want to have a doll who is more like me. We will see if that happens.

 

You could say Sam, my Impldoll Azalea, is sort of who/how I want to be. Her character is part-based around me, as it stands already. It's how I came to create her for the story, inserting myself but how I want to be. But, she has green eyes, instead of my brown.

I do have one doll that has brown eyes, D.J., who is without a face-up or permanent body at the moment. He's based loosely on a character that might be included in Sam's story; I've got to go back to it and decide what I'm actually doing with that narrative. If I abandon it, I won't get rid of the dolls. The dolls have become almost separate to the story. And, their characters are quite elevated in esteem. My avatar is Ethan, Sam's boyfriend, and I swore as soon as he came in that he wouldn't be leaving. Same with Sam. The others are pretty much on the firing line all the time.

And, I'm turning this into a different thread... In short, yes, I have dolls that share elements of their appearance with me or represent how I wish I could see myself in a mirror. I suppose, in a sense, we are putting a little bit of ourselves into each of the original character dolls we own.

 

I don't have a doll that looks like me, but whoever designed the fullset for Gem of Doll's Beryl and took the company photos must know me personally.

I mean, I obviously don't have antlers, but otherwise.

 

I don’t have a doll that I based fully on me but I did have a doll that I thought I wanted to give her a lot of moles on her face up because I personally have that and so I patterned them on mine because I thought that would make them look sufficiently random lol.

 

I actually ordered a doll last night that I’m hoping to have be my inner child, I’m working on re-parenting and thought a physical embodiment might make it easier to start.

 

My first doll is the one in which I have always reflected who I wanted to be in terms of looks mostly.
Ironically, since the day I bought her, 7 years ago, till now, she has changed to look like me more than I have changed to be like her, so I guess that means I have started to like myself more than that ideallistic image I had ^w^

 

I've done something similar with one of my grails. I can tell you, it does, especially when the doom and gloom thoughts start rising.

 

Good to have confirmation, I was a little worried I was just trying to make an excuse to get a doll. But had my therapist’s enthusiastic endorsement

 

I think what's it's been best for is, when things get really hard and I'm not sure I can do it anymore, I can look at her and go, "No, she deserves better." It reminds me that I deserve better, so I find the strength to do better. My inner child doll is probably the one that means the most to me now, she's helped me so much!

 

That’s really encouraging, thank you. It gives me a ray of hope at the end of what was a very rough day.

 

You're very welcome! I've had a rough day too, I'm glad I could help!

 

I think I'm so awful to have a doll of myself, I'm not even an idol.
But when I see someone that is beautiful and successful, I just think it's great if these has a doll like him/hers!

 

I've thought about this idea before, but I don't think I would actually do it. I'd rather make dolls into characters that don't exist yet. And first I would have to find a sculpt that looks like me and there probably isn't one, although Maskcat Doll Frances is the closest resemblance I've seen.

 

One of my girls is loosely based off me looks wise. All of my BJDs bear a couple of similar traits to me. Pale, flat chested, long haired, and light eyed. Lmao

 

Many of my dolls represent aspects of myself in their characters; whether it be a mutual like/dislike, or a shared taste in clothes, hair style, or eye colour; there's a bit of myself in all my dolls. That said, I have been trying to create a sort of mini-me/ideal-me doll for a while now and it's proving hard. Finding the right body and the right head combination is driving me up the wall. Most of the heads I've found have really large necks, but the bodies closest to me have really narrow necks and shoulders, meaning the heads would look very weird and out of proportion. Bah.

 

I think that would just depress me, lol.

 

Honestly, I worry quite a lot about doing this by accident. I think it would be Bad For Me. A lot of the designs I make for doll ideas, I realise they look a lot like goals I have for myself, and maybe from a mental health perspective, that could get weird quickly.

So I'm trying to focus on making the designs which look like someone I might like to be into goals for myself, and I try and be aware of what my subconscious is trying to tell me.

And then I try and consciously create doll designs which look different. But I never like them as much.

 

I had a lot of difficulty with my appearance up until I was in my mid-20s, so the dolls I found very beautiful usually looked completely different from me. But, like seeing more representation in media, I discovered that having a doll that looks like you teaches you to appreciate your own unique beauty as well. I really don't believe there's a single ugly person in the world; if they are ugly it's because of their personality. But all features are beautiful in their own way, and their diversity should be celebrated.

I have been making a serious effort to buy dolls that look like me. All but one of my dolls are brunettes (one has silver hair), but they all have different eye colors to avoid looking exactly the same. There's one that looks nearly exactly like me, but it's kind of a chubby baby-like doll and has a lighter complexion. Oops, looks like I need to buy another doll so I can have a perfect twin

 

I would absolutely love a doll that looks like me. I've always had a little bit of a complex because I don't look like what people of my ethnicity looks like and growing up I've only had one or two Barbie dolls that kind of looked like me but not really (the High School Musical Gabriella doll and the Dolls of the World - Philippines doll). If I could find a doll that looked like me (with my skin tone and everything) I would be so ecstatic.

On the other hand, my husband has the kind of look that could be found in Roman or Greek statues (face not body, hahaha) or in English portraits or even classic Rock and Roll artists so I guess that means he's classically handsome which makes me happy but envious at the same time. I've had people come up to me and say, "Oh, your husband looks like Ben Affleck" or "Oh, he looks like James McAvoy" or "Oh wow, he looks like a young Bob Dylan" and it amazes me how he's like a chameleon and fits into whatever physical aesthetic a person has. I literally found an ancient bust at the Getty Villa that looked like him that even my friends were like, "That looks like Daniel!" I also even found a Ken doll that looked like him (eyes same shade of blue-grey, hair parted the same way with the same dark curls, etc) and I bought that because I thought it was so cool (he didn't think it was cool, but I did it anyway, bwahahahaha). He's like meh about it and says it's all in my head. But again, having grown up with nothing that looks like me, I'm envious at the accessibility of finding something that looks like him.

I think most people would be creeped out if they saw a doll that looked exactly like a living person so I would probably be a little ashamed to have one that looked like me. However, again growing up with dolls that didn't look like me and still don't (and I'm nearly 40!), I think I rather take the risk of others being creeped out just to have the satisfaction of having a doll that looked like me.

 

Like a few other people have said, I would love a doll that has features that reflect mine rather than the typical European or East Asian features that we see a lot on dolls.

Representation in general is an issue in the BJD community, and although some companies are offering darker resins it would be nice to have dolls with features specific to ethnic minority groups rather than just eurocentric features on darker resin.

For me specifically, I’d love a doll with an aquiline nose as I have one and it’s not a feature that’s usually seen as desirable despite being a feature in so many ethnicities all over the globe.

 

I can’t really think of a reason I’d do a doll of me, as I am. I mean, do t get me wrong, I think I’m really pretty. I’ve got great self esteem (now), but having a doll of me would invite so much comparison. She wouldn’t be constantly fluctuating in weight, because she can’t get sick, and I can. Her hair would always be black, and mine grows brown roots that I’m at war with. The blue on her hair wouldn’t wash out—she doesn’t wash her hair at all, in fact.

Now, I’ve done self-insert character dolls. Rina (now not a self insert and named Shrike) was my character for years, who slowly became more her own character and less me. I never wanted to look like her, but she was this really powerful magical being, and I vibe with that. Her name was literally a part of mine.

Vidania is my current self-character. She happened by accident. I made a dnd character with a tragic backstory that I didn’t realize lined up with my own circumstances that I was, at the time, denying. She is trying to romance a character played by my girlfriend (which she did before I did, mind you!) She even has my mental illness (I didn’t know I was bipolar, and her emotions were “like mine but worse.”) So she’s me kn the inside. On the outside, she isn’t. We’re both short, ans fairly slight, and we both like unnatural hair colours (hers purple, mine blue-black). She’s very physically scarred, and very extensively tattooed. Youd never confuse us. I love having a copy of her. It feels like we’ve gotten through a lot together.

I don’t think there’s anything inherently vain about self sonas, self inserts, dolls of yourself, or anything else like that. I think they’re often quite a healthy thing to have, for me especially in fiction, to process my own experiences through someone, or even just for the vicarious experiences.

 

I don’t, and I don’t personally feel the need to, but I do think it’s neat if others do, just not my cup of tea.
It’d also just be ridiculously hard to find a sculpt even remotely similar to me, considering the deficit of Chubby dolls and non-typical European features in this hobby

 

I always feel like my dolls are representations of what I find beautiful, but also like you said sometimes I feel like I might be subconsciously building the people I wish I were.... I used to really want a doll that was a different version of myself and maybe I've been doing that all along without realizing it!

 

I have never shelled myself into dolls intentionally nor had real interest in it but - my partner saw Midoriko with her new faceup and wig yesterday and immediately said "oh it's you right?" I swear it has not been intentional at all but I did wear this style of makeup for a long time and have very similar hair so I can totally see it now. Moreso - she has a faint tear painted on one of the cheeks with gloss medium and the tap is pretty loose with waterworks for me as well hahaha. Now that I see it, I think I might get matching outfits

 

I think in truth we subconsciously all do in a way as how we perceive everything is directly linked to our emotions, our experiences and subsequent viewpoints even if we think we buy a doll just because it’s beautiful that feeling of joy is sparked by something personal, something inside that is a reflection of a part of ourselves….even the macabre ones!

In a literal sense though good grief no lol, I’m in my mid fifties with a lot of middle aged spread so to speak. Always struggled with my weight and hated my appearance! I do however know that I tend to create idealised versions of how I wish I looked or characters that represent parts of my personality whether in art, playing video games or dolls.

I almost always give my gaming characters long red hair as my own natural hair colour used to be auburn but age has dulled it and added white streaks. Sometimes I’ll also give them grey eyes and freckles too and frequently I will make them short and a bit curvy. They almost always lean toward the nature loving side given a choice too.
For example my FFXIV (Final Fantasy XIV which is an online game) main character is a redhead and originally looked not unlike my Iplehouse fid Harace until I changed her race, she’s now a Viera (humanoid race with rabbit like ears) but still has my trademark red hair! My other main character is more the representation of the childlike part of me, she’s of a short tubby race known as the Lalafell.
I’m making doll versions of them. Fairyland Minifee Ingrid will be used for the Viera as she is facially very similar to her. Fairyland Realfee Luna will represent my Lala character even though she doesn’t look that much like her features wise but proportionally is reasonably close. The Luna faceplates I have are from the vampire bunny release and the winking plate especially does capture her cheeky personality!

I would say of my other dolls Patticake (Fairyland Pukipuki) is another mini-me. Her emotions are like those of a young child, strong but singular, pure and raw, she says what she thinks. I constantly battle with my own.
I didn’t intend to make her that way but that’s what she became, so much so that my husband was the first to point it out!
Bailey (Miss mian Lin) also has a part of that side of me about her too, she’s just less outspoken and more silent brooding.

The various incarnations of Izzy I’ve had over the years, now a Dollstown Rhea hybrid, also represents a darker side of my self….a side that can appear very cold, distant, detached and unemotional, almost dead inside apart from a festering ancient anger.

My Iplehouse fid Harace (curvy) is based on something inside that I’ve been trying to hunt down most of my life, something very old and borne of nature and ancient earth magics, a sort of inner goddess. Every now and then I catch a glimpse of her then she vanishes.

 

I approached my collection from the very beginning as a way to tell my own story…as a life journal set in a fairytale world (way more fun than just writing words on a page.) Rather than being a direct physical representation of myself, I chose to fashion my dolls after my life experiences instead (both good and painful) in a fairytale realm which made it a safe way to explore all these complex emotions. As an older collector now, it was a healthy way to remember, cope, and celebrate a long life well lived. I’ve been collecting bjds for nearly two decades now, and while my numbers are much higher than I ever anticipated when I started all those years ago (who knew I had so many stories to tell???) I can honestly say it’s been an amazing journey…and I thoroughly love each and every doll in my collection.

 

Yin was meant to look like a character from a favorite anime series, who she's named after, but ended up looking more like me. Partly the auburn eyebrows of her company face-up did not work with a silver wig, and with no face-up skills (though I'd like to learn) I opted to keep her default strawberry blond for a while, than got her a wavy carrot colored one. I'm a red-headed young woman too She also has brown eyes like mine. Unlike me who's short, she's fairly tall compared to my other dolls. I'd like to try to find her glasses, but as she's a mature tiny that could be challenging, and I've had her so long without them, I don't know if I could get used to her with them. Her personality isn't really based on me, as she's even shier than I am, and has a boyfriend while I identify as ace.

Plenty of the others have fragments of my personality, or story, or what I wish I could be. Several are Aromtic/Asexual and one has childhood hearing loss (Though far worse than mine. He uses sign language, I just can't hear high frequencies and do better with my hearing aids) I didn't intentionally make them reflect me, though its interesting that they do in different ways,

 

My newest doll is sort of this. Sort of.

Initially I had something a little different in mind when I chose Lemon from Luts to be the first new doll since returning to the hobby. Both my housemate and my mom kept saying that she looked like me though and my concept for this doll began to die lol. Then my housemate expressed that he thought that Lemon especially looks like my character in Animal Crossing. After the AC comparison, my original plan for Lemon died entirely lol, she was now going to be based off of my AC character. That character is meant to be me in the game, but as I played it, I had come up with a silly backstory for this fictional version of me. I’m glad to transpire this concept into a doll.

Lemon will eventually have purple eyes, like mine in the game. They were originally my real colour, but Roswell the crocodile made them purple as part of a Halloween trick and I never changed them. I have to make some Imp Wings for her too, an item I always wear in the game with every outfit. Many of the outfits I want to make for her (not all) are based off of stuff I wear in this.

I’ll save her backstory for when/if I make a doll profile for her

 

I think most of my dolls are who I wish I was. Half of them are fairies, mermaids, and elves lol I’d love to be one of those. I tend to style my more casual dolls in clothes I would wear or would want to wear. Sometimes even made of the same fabric as something I made for myself!

I prefer dark hair and brown eyes for my dolls and I look like this. I also tend to give my dolls asymmetrical freckles and beauty marks and I have those as well. Maybe a little vain of me haha

I do have a special place in my heart for my Impl Doll Susu, she helped me with my body image post pregnancy. She’s on the plump body and I ordered her with the large bust. (Of course she has a snatched waist, but ignoring that detail lol) Having a doll that was sculpted to be curvy and much wider overall made me feel more comfortable with my own body. I was feeling a bit in the dumps for how my body changed. Susu helped me appreciate myself.