Scarification

Until I read some of the pieces here, I had never thought about scars as a fashion statement. But that said, I am actually proud of the few scars I have and would never consider plastic surgery to get rid of them - they are a record of my life to date. If you think about it, tatoos aren't that different from scarrification, because they also use the body's healing prcess to a large extent. Marking the body is always a big descision to make, and should never be taken lightly. I have friends who have cut themselves, as expressions of anger and pain. Theirs is not a true art form, but they are marked for life. If you don't know what you are doing, and you ...  Read the complete review

Of all the forms of body modification scarification can, in my opinion, be the most attractive. It is unfortunate therefore that it is also the most misunderstood. The basis for my opinion was a reply I made to a comment on lil7star's well balanced opinion on this subject, which is what originally brought scarification to my attention. I have written this to attempt to clear up the confusions which exist about what can be a beautiful form of art. As the practice is not well known it might help to briefly explain that scarification is the act of marking someone's skin with the intention of causing a scar for aesthetic purposes. This can be achieved in ...  Read the complete review

weird. WEIRD AND MORE WEIRD. It's strange enough that anyone should feel the desire to injure themselves, but it's even stranger that someone should find this so fascinating and attractive that they were compelled to write about it on a website. In one sense I'm glad that this woman's honest enough to admit being interested in this, but to be honest, writing about it like this almost seems like a substitute for wanting to do it. Kinda like a form of repression. I guess you could say writing about someone writing about it is the same, but I'm actually more curios about this 'guru' and followed some of her links to see why she's categorised ...  Read the complete review

This is a fascinating area of body art, and one which I think has yet to really hit the UK......is it body art taken too far? Is it a form of massochism? I've updated my opinion to take into account the comments I've received and the lively debate which has been raging in that section! Scarification, for those new to it, is the use of the body's own healing mechanisms to create body art. Put more brutally, the body is either branded or cut in patterns, similar to simple tattoos, either small or large, and left to scar. Sometimes dye is mixed into the wound as it would be in a tattoo, but this *is* very much a wound, and relies on the ...  Read the complete review