Finding Body Self-Acceptance: Becoming Friends with your Body

With all the bold and subtle messages we receive every day about what makes the perfect body (from images in the media to things our friends and family say), self-acceptance can be much tougher than saying "I accept my body" and have it be so. Here, Scarleteen users weigh in on what parts of their bodies they've struggled with accepting, and how they've reached acceptance, and often appreciation, of their bodies.