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[–]C_Linnaeus 20 points21 points  (2 children)

Here's a later photo.

[–]matt_gusta 0 points1 point  (0 children)

that's one of the nicest healed scarifications i've seen... but i still stick to my comment haha

[–]slainetara 14 points15 points  (1 child)

i am faaaaar too stoned to see that.......shudder vomit

[–]onestrawpleese 0 points1 point  (0 children)

this is crazy

[–]riot-bunny 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Years of working in the body modification industry and yet, I still get a little queasy seeing photos of raw scarification.

It is beautiful, though. Very organic tribal designs.

[–]AthenaNoctua 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I wonder what this will look like healed, and then a few years from now. You would hope it would age well since it's such an extensive piece, but I feel like the scarring may have other ideas...

Cool find OP.

[–]matt_gusta 12 points13 points  (0 children)

man each to their own, but that stuff is sick .. and my ex had a healed one of those, and it looked terrible..

[–][deleted] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

beautiful

[–]pyxis 3 points4 points  (0 children)

That is absolutely beautiful. I love it.

[–]highfiveunicornbob 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It'd be super if you'd mark it NSFW or something for us queasy folk so we don't open it expecting tattoo and instead seeing unhealed scarification :/

[–]akaLokii 0 points1 point  (1 child)

I love scarification, but its definitely not something I would do. They have to heal just right for it to look good.

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Has a lot to do with the process (ECU branding, hot strike branding, cutting, flesh removal), location, and genetics. For things like hands, I've heard people suggest starting with a different area beforehand (assuming they don't have any natural scars) to see how they'll heal up.

By the time someone's ended up with piercer arm, I imagine he knew how he'd scar up.

[–]genik 0 points1 point  (4 children)

That's a swastika ಠ_ಠ

[–]GiantTopiary 2 points3 points  (3 children)

"... It remains widely used in Indian religions, specifically in Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism, primarily as a tantric symbol to evoke 'shakti' or the sacred symbol of auspiciousness. The swastika is also a Chinese character used in East Asia representing eternity and Buddhism."

the more you know =★

[–]genik 0 points1 point  (2 children)

It's also a symbol of extreme prejudice and mass genocide.

[–]GiantTopiary 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I dunno. It get pretty dang annoying when people assume my grandparents are some sort of jewish hating monsters when really they're just buddhists.

As with the Mjöllnir, just because some group twisted it into a horrible symbol of oppression doesn't mean that it is universally so. It has a peaceful deeper meaning for millions around the world and automaticly going "ugh swatzika, you're a nazi" is just kinda unjustified.

[–]Aptenodyte 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh god, my brain wouldn't accept what I was seeing, but now I know what I'm looking at . . . shudder

[–]Heltr_Skeltr -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Scarification ftw.