An entry containing scars

By Shannon • Nov 13th, 2005 • Category: ModBlog

They say once you go black you never go back, right? I can’t vouch for genital size, but I can tell you that when it comes to scarification I’ve seen some of the most stunning work on dark skin — this example, fresh and healed, is by John Durante of Laughing Buddha in Seattle, Washington.

It’s not uncommon to see pale skin actually heal indented rather than with a raised keloid. Here’s an example (four weeks old) by Rox in Kennewick, Washington.

On the off chance that’s a white power logo (which I don’t have any reason to believe), let me preemptively balance out my karma with a peace sign… And I’m sure you’ve wondered what an electrocautery brand on the palm of the hand looks like, right? Here’s a before and after from Shawn O’Hare at The Pain Parlor in Oxnard, California.

Speaking of unusual locations for scarification, here’s an ear brand by Matt Bruce:

Let’s see what else is in my scar folder to tell you about… here’s a big full back cross branding (healed) being play pierced. Photo c/o Kent Fazekas at Outer Limits in Long Beach.

Finally, we can’t forget scarification by body piercing! Here’s the result of a couple tries at a nape piercing (rejection)… as you can see they’ve moved on to new territory and haven’t given up yet!

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3 Responses »

  1. Shannon Larratt on May 30th, 2006 at 9:30 pm:

    The following comments were imported from our old comment system:

    Posted on 11-13-2005 05:17:15 by Aretha
    “Once you go black you’ll never go back”

    -definitely true
    raawwer!

    Posted on 11-13-2005 08:57:44 by Micrurus
    Cool scarification on that black guy. I think it was Lombroso wrote about some people in Africa who were too dark to have noticeable tattoos so they sported scars.

    Posted on 11-13-2005 09:09:22 by Micrurus
    Yes, it was Lombroso, in an article about tattos in the “Rivista di Scienze Biologiche”.

    Posted on 11-13-2005 17:03:45 by Poppie
    I love the needles through the croos piece, I actualy did that to my scarification too - i need to upload the pictures!

  2. firewall on December 19th, 2006 at 6:46 pm:

    Luogo interessante, buon disegno, lo gradisco, signore! =)

  3. MoneyshotDave on March 2nd, 2007 at 3:31 pm:

    the circle with cross in the middle thing that you thought might be WP is the sign of the zodiac.

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