What would I care? Some strangers laughing at my situation- guarantee it has happened before in some way.
I had skin cancer on my face last year. I am a relatively young, relatively attractive person who had to go around with a scarred face for over a year (5 total surgeries).
People were pretty horrified to see me so I found the best way to handle it was to be the first one to laugh at myself. Made others feel more comfortable and I was perfectly with those that made their own jokes. Laughter is better than pity.
Found out I get to start in a month going through the whole face thing on the other side. They found skin cancer on another spot on the other side. I am already making jokes that I better take all the pictures I can now cause I ain't gonna be left with a "good side".