Body painting question

Hi all, I was hoping to get some advice on a body painting that I'm potentially going to be doing for a lady that wants to hide a very severe scar and help her beauty shine through. She is a breast cancer survivor and had received a botch surgery leaving her with a large oval shaped scar. 1 theme discussed was a butterfly and I think that would be a great shape to cover and disguise the scar but I was wondering if there were any tips or experiences that could help me. The lady I talked is wanting to give the opportunity as a gift to get friend and they are going to each get something which will either match or be complimentary. Thanks all!

Firstly, as someone very disfigured by breast cancer (I'm having further surgery early next year), I think it's wonderful that you're doing this. 

Regarding the scar, I would've thought that richly-coloured paints would be opaque enough to cover it.  If there are areas where the design won't be sufficient, maybe you could use something like a Mehron tattoo cover wheel?

I'd love to see the piece when it's finished, if your model is happy for you to share it!

Kammy xx

Thank you Kammy, so just highly pigmented colors should work then. I'm really happy to be able to possibly do this, very nervous too as I don't have much experience in body painting.

i bet you will do just fine.  just plan out & maybe practice the design ahead of time, so you know how it's going to go, and so you are confident in being able to reproduce it.

and if something doesn't go as planned, don't be afraid to wipe it off and redo it, with a smile (been there, done that, in face painting)