Blog Arianna Faro August 2026
I share my story because somewhere, someone is hiding the very thing that helps makes them beautiful.. for the first half of my life, I did just that: I hid behind long pants and dresses, and was so incredibly scared to expose what was laying beneath them. Right as I began to enter adulthood, I […]
Blog Arianna Faro June 2026
Never be ashamed of how you were born, no matter what anyone has to say. You are beautiful exactly as you are, and no one gets to decide your worth but you. This summer, I plan to wear my swimsuits, rock my scars, and live my life unapologetically. If someone chooses to make rude comments, […]
Blog Arianna Faro May 2026
There was a time I would’ve never posted photos like this. I spent years hiding my birthmark—covering it, avoiding it, wishing it looked different. Years ago, I made a decision: I wasn’t going to live my life based on what other people might think. I stopped letting outside opinions define how I see myself. This […]
Blog Arianna Faro February 2026
Hello there, For those who have not read any of my previous posts, my name is Arianna Faro and I have Klippel-Trenaunay syndrome. I was diagnosed at birth, and since then I have had over 75 hospitalization due to various infections and operations. Life has not been easy for me by any any means, but […]
Blog Arianna Faro January 2026
About a week back, I was walking the mall with my walker in tow when a young man wearing a volunteer apron approached me. He was standing near a boothe that said Children’s Hospital Boston (CHB), along with another man volunteer. Upon approaching me, he said something along the lines of “hello, can I tell […]
Blog Arianna Faro August 2025
Hi guys ♡ I hope that everyone is doing well ♡ These are a couple of pictures I took while visiting my Mom at work the other night. I was feeling super low inside, and did not really not know what to do with myself. I decided to put on some makeup and go do […]
Blog Arianna Faro July 2025
My name is Arianna Faro. For those who may not have had the chance to read any of my prior writings, I am a 34-year-old woman living with Klippel-Trenaunay syndrome. Throughout the course of my lifetime thus far, I have endured over 100 hospitalizations due to various operations, infections, and blood clots (all of which […]
Blog Arianna Faro June 2025
A couple of weeks ago, I awoke with tears parading down my face; I had just awoken from a dream that was undeniably bittersweet, one that left me feeling both nostalgic and simultaneously gratuitous toward the life I have now. As a child, it was almost as if I had had this deep kind of […]
Blog Arianna Faro January 2025
There are a lot of times when I am extremely hard on myself. I have a tendency to compare myself to other people my age who have achieved wonders and will then proceed to mentally shame myself for not having done the same. For so long, I’ve created this narrative in my head that I […]
Blog Arianna Faro December 2024
My name is Arianna Faro, and I was diagnosed with Klippel-Trenaunay syndrome at birth. I am now 33 years of age (on the cusp of turning 34) and have had a great deal of time to reflect upon my past in recent times. Before I delve into some of that, I would like to first […]