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Scarifying involves scratching, etching, or some sort of superficial slicing or incision. Scarification can be applied to horticulture, which involves slicing the seed coat using acid, sand paper, or a knife to encourage germination, the slicing of concrete using hydrodemolition, or as a permanent body modification, etching designs, pictures, or words into the skin.

basically its like a tattoo done by peeling skin off

a scar tattoo

i dont know why anyone would do that, im into piercings and tats, do i think of it like older people think of tattoos? am i old fashioned now? lol

more importantly whos willing to do it?

i dont know if im ever going to be into that, i hope not

here are some photos

http://www.bmezine.com/scar/A80806/high/…

http://img513.imageshack.us/img513/1369/…

http://superpageshosting.com/scarabbodya…

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Nice links…and this is very far from being a new practice…

I’m very familiar with scarification. I have been keen on it for years, but I fear even with the right techniques ad angles, I would not scar very well. My skin is very fair and on top of that does not keloid very well, unfortunately. I'm always around the shops and have many friends working in them, I'm afraid that it isn’t common (or even legal, I believe) where I’m from.. so I would have to travel to get to the closest reputable scarification artist. That's not to say that I will NEVER do it. Like I said, I do admire the beauty that comes out of it. I'm not sure how the process and unhealed stages take away from the final product.. last I knew tattoos and plastic surgery hurt and are not very pretty or look the same until they're healed.

There are several reasons why people preferr this over tattoos and/or piercings. Some might feel that the way that it looks is more aesthetically pleasing, some like the feeling of it more, and some people feel that it is more natural than a tattoo. I'll explain; a tattoo is a foreign substance (the pigment.. or ink) injected into the layers of the skin, and the skin heals through that, while when you cut the skin away, the body actually produces the desired effect when healed; the scar. So their own bodies create the artwork. It's neat when you think of it. I very much comprehend those viewpoints…but I’m more open minded than most…and don't really care what other people do to themselves.

Scarification, like tattoos, piercings, brands, and plastic surgery is a legitimate form of body modifications. I believe that it cannot be “your thing” but people are really out of place when they ignorantly exclaim how wrong or disgusting it is. Like someone said earlier, to each their own. If you’re allowed your own freedom and personal choices, why can't everyone else be granted the same rights that you posess without being ridiculed?

And for the people exclaiming about the dangers, yes, the risks may be higher, but scarification isn’t very difficult to heal when you are educated in the subject, really… (which I believe ANYONE that modifies their body should be fully knowledgeable in the subject.) So no, the people that usually get it know what they're getting into and usually have not much to worry about. :) So.. you worry about your own body, not theirs.. most people know what they are getting into.

And as a note, just like many body modifications, some people DO take the application into their own hands, BUT, that is not a standard like Bonnie B makes it seem. Subincisions and the like are not exactly the scarification that was being pictured or talked about. Tons of people have professional scarification artists do work on them. There are very many breathtaking and well-known artists (at least among the body modification world)known for their scarification work.

This is unfortunately just not as 'mainstream' or trendy at the moment (ie. Lower back and tribal tattoos, facelifts, boob and nose jobs, eyebrow, belly, and tongue piercings…), so just like any other body modification outside of those things are generally 'weird', 'gross' or strictly taboo… so it will be hard for your tiny brains to wrap around. I'd give it 10-20 years or so.

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This is extreme, although each to there own. There’s one form of modification that I find vile though. That is where people cut there own skin, an one certain part of there body. There private area infact. There’s this website for modifications and people upload theres, this is where I first saw this kind of body mutilation.

An example of this;

Men will cut the head of there penis in half to make it wider, this is DIY aswell. There worst case I saw was a man cut his penis absolutely in half, so it was nearly like a banana skin.

That’s the worst case I’ve ever seen. So looking at scarification doesnt make me react no more..

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I think it's cool if people enjoy it. I wouldn’t personally want to do that to my body but some of the one I saw looked very good.

I know what it is, I read about it.

I mostly don't judge anything myself, I just get information and decide if I want it or not, in that case I don't, but I find it looks good when the body heals it properly. Most of the photos you show area very well done, I like them a lot

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now im pretty open minded, especially when it comes to tattoos and piercings… but scarification, especially in the first picture… is disgusting… i mean yeah sometimes it can look cool, but you gotta think of the risks involved… like INFECTION. if you get a bad enough infection you can lose a limb if thats where its on.
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I've heard of it and it's really just not my thing. I find the thought of the pain and damage involved takes away from any appreciation I might have for the design. But to each their own.
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The first pic was, breathtaking not like i want it done but why would you do that to yourself. Personally im going to stick to tattoos and piercings.
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I love it and would like to get some done, except that I don't scar well at all. The last link has some astounding work. But then again, I am into some pretty heavy modifications.
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i think you’re already into that you just haven't stepped up to the using your own body part yet. tmm
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That’s disgusting. Why would anyone do that to themselves?