More like tattoo replacement…? Or maybe this is one of those Merchant of Venice type removals where one has to debate exactly what’s getting removed to come up with a pound of flesh.
This customer of Shawn O’Hare‘s came into Fillmore Tattoo and Piercing not particularly liking his old cliché of a tribal tattoo, so Shawn replaced it with a nice hefty keloid version of itself that’s much nicer. They got almost all of the ink out, but it looks like a few specs stayed as a ghost.
Raldy and Bia at Raldy Mods in Sao Paulo, Brazil, had a big keloid on the back on an inner conch to deal with, and decided, reasonably enough, to punch it out at a quite large 14mm. It looks great and turned out quite nicely, but… (continued inside the entry).
I have no particular problem with autocannibalism, but I have to admit that I don’t really want to eat a big fat keloid. I have this notion that it probably has a texture and flavor somewhere between old leather and old, used bubble gum. Admittedly he does not look that gleeful about it either!
When my friend Gabor from Poland Budapest, Hungary, originally did his DIY skin removal (the post was on BodyTwo — when I am able to move the content here you’ll be able to see it again), there was some debate on how it would heal. I’m happy to say that those who were concerned no longer need to worry as the keloid is beautifully even and consistent. Given that (a) it can’t be easy to cut your own hand, and (b) this is a high motion area, it really is a job very well done!
OK, one more keloid picture! This time I’ll pull one from the “weird” category with this “flerp piercing” (you do it first, you get to name it) through what I assume is a keloid skin tag… Crazy Swedes!
Continuing in the keloid meme (in a much nicer way this time), Jen had these traditional strike brands done by Blair while he was doing a guest spot at Pure Body Arts in Brooklyn, NY.
Here’s what poor Megsie ended up with after her industrial piercing “ripped out” and (her quotes), “healed”… Some very telltale keloids!
I’m not going to say that seeing this photo makes me desperately want to embrace Marysparks simply so I can run my fingertips over those wonderful keloids… but I will write it here on ModBlog! These really seem to have healed wonderfully… Cutting by Shawn Lower, photo by IllumiQuest.
These skin removal chestpiece wings were done about a week apart, her right side being freshly cut in this photo, and the left the week before. This ultraclean removal was done by Verno at Holy Mackerel/Visual Addiction in St. Paul, MN. The central star looks like it’s been keloiding very evenly, so I imagine these will look great when they’re done!
I’ve featured tattoos that augment scarification projects, and I’ve featured scars that destroy pigment, done over top of tattoos, but this is one of the first cases where I’ve seen a scar done on a tattoo after the fact where the keloids were intended to augment the tattoo! Thanks to Joshlobes for sending this, both fresh and well into its healing.
Wow, Urea‘s intense scarification work coupled with the massive implants he has under them (all self done by the way!) is really something, I mean, to the point where I would think people with zero experience with body modification must really be totally freaked out and not understand what they’re seeing! Urea works at Urea Body Piercing in Joao Pessoa PB Brazil, and has been featured a number of times here on ModBlog before: scalpel scar, money keloid, ubersuggestive skull, giant taper, and huge hand implants. Intense guy, very hardcore about body modification…
