I remember when I was young my grandmother said don't turn the water on to hot or I would scaled myself. I thought by this that it would be so hot my skin would melt off and there would be nothing left but bones
A childhood belief about skin
others believed things like this
- When I was young, I thought that when you turn the blinkers on in the car, it made the car turn.— Cassidy
- I used to believe that if i splashed water on the wall during a bath, the water would turn into spiders— justin
- When I was young I thought that police had soft skin, because this is how it sounds in French " Peau lisse "
— amine - I used to believe if you stayed in water too long your skin would get really wrinkled and stay that way.Anon
- I used to believe that if you ate too many carrots your skin and hair would turn orange. — Mariah
- I used to believe that if you drank coffee before you were an adult, your skin would turn gray. Anon