Thread: My first Body Mod

What is this exactly? Tattoos?

Scarification. The design is cut into the skin, and depending on what type of scarring you want.... you'll treat the wound accordingly so it heals to your liking.

Some may find this is disturbing... it has blood.
http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r...icture0006.jpg

Healing process. I want this part of the image to be slightly raised... so I irritate the area to inhibit keloid scars.
http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r...icture0007.jpg

Why?

I second this. WHY?

Well why not?

Just seems like a long and very painful process, with a high of risk of infection, plus I'd think it wouldn't appeal very much to a lot of people, so if you were to be in bed with somebody and they saw that, maybe they would be put off. What do I know, I just don't find scars hot

EXACTLY!! WHY NOT?!! But seriously... I find it no different than a tattoo. Plus, it is a part of my heritage. 'My people' have practiced scarfication for generations, and I feel that I should be part of this ritual. It has many reasons, and purposes. Coming of age, achieving something... many reasons. Mine is simply to be part of my people and our history. I chose the raven for this particular one because the raven is seen as the bringer of light, and in turn growth and life. The raven boasted the most beautiful colours of all the birds on earth. But there was no light, so nobody could apreciate it. So Raven flew to the sun, and grasped light in his beak to return to earth for all the animals. But the sun burnt away all his colours leaving him charcoal black.

Anyways... that's why.

edit: As far as infection... you just have to take proper care of it. Also, it's less painful than you'd think. This particular stage consists of many (hundreds) of short and shallow cuts, which adds texture. And after the first dozen or so, the area is engorged with blood and very warm. It almost feels nice... with all the endorphins and whatnot.

But yeah, to each their own.

Other than the risk of infection, I think worrying about what other people think just stops you from being true to yourself. Many people don't think I should get the tattoos I'm going to get because they "wouldn't look nice on a girl". I think screw them, this is for me.

mindwanderer, if you like it, do it. Don't let anyone put you off. I find this quite interesting as I've never heard of it before...

I agree raspberry, and thanks! If something as superficial as a scar or tattoo will 'put someone off' then that person isn't worth being with anyways. It's my body, it's the way I want to be. If someone doesn't like it, then that's their right... but I won't be around them none-the-less.

your pattern/design looks random and meaningless
it's a triangle

just get a tattoo, if you want body art.

in before zhaylin

Originally Posted by no-Name

your pattern/design looks random and meaningless, it's a triangle

To you maybe. It's going to be a raven when it's all said and done.... this is in early stages. It's helps if you read the post. Also, it clearly is not a triangle. Add a line across the bottom to this "/\" and you have a triangle. That's pre-school stuff right there.

Regardless. It isn't meaningless, and it isn't random. And again, had you read my post you'd understand the significance that scarification has to me... and why I chose it over a tattoo.

edit: you silly goose, you.

edit2: Also... who the hell are you to determine what is meaningful and what isn't? Meaningfullness is in the eye of the beholder. What's meaningful to one, may not be to another.

Originally Posted by mindwanderer

edit2: Also... who the hell are you to determine what is meaningful and what isn't? Meaningfullness is in the eye of the beholder. What's meaningful to one, may not be to another.

as you say, it's subjective. I can't see any meaning in it. I posted that I couldn't.

Originally Posted by no-Name

as you say, it's subjective. I can't see any meaning in it. I posted that I couldn't.

Fair enough... but that's why this is a forum and not image board. You type stuff on here too. You had to of seen my posts to find the links to the images, but you clearly ignored the rest of the post. I explained quite thoroughly what all this means to me.

edit: The wonders of written language.

What does it really mean to you though? In the end you are only doing this because your peers also did it. How about finding something meaningful on your own? Nobody can disrespect that.

None of my peers have done it. It's out of respect for my culture, and I already explained the story of the raven. And I find the that the selflessness of the raven, having been the most beautiful bird on earth and giving it up for the good of earth and it's creatures to be meaningful to me. So there is the cultural significance, as well as the significance of the raven as a symbol that means a lot to me.

edit: On a side note, I'll be updating this thread as the whole process continues until the finished product.

It's not like he's being pressured into it.

And many people have done stranger things to their bodies. Think too many surgical enhancements and all over body tattoos. In the end this will probably be a faint pink/white raven. It won't look so sore and scraped. Or at least i don't think so.

I look forward to seeing how this turns out mindwanderer

Thanks Raspberry! It will end up being a faint whitish raven... a few shades lighter than my skin tone. Right now it's healing, and I have to let it scab. But it'll clean up nicely.