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The Friday Follow-up

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Rob

So it just dawned on me that I haven’t posted a Friday Follow-up in a while.  To make up for lost time, today is going to be made up entirely of scarification follow-up photos.  We’ve got scars from three different artists, and two of the scars are by the same artist, but show just how different scars can heal from person to person.

To kick things off today we’ve got a lower abdomen scar from Brian Decker.  What’s interesting to note is just how pronounced the keloiding has made the scar.  The reason I’m bringing this up is because the next post today will be another abdomen scar by Brian.

If you look close you can see that Brian used a scalpel for most of it, but then switched to branding to shade it.

As I said, this is only the first of many follow-up posts today.  Come on back in a little bit to see the rest of them.

Comments

10 responses to “The Friday Follow-up”

  1. Jon P Avatar
    Jon P

    Holy sheeeeeeit. That’s like some kind of mutant vagina!

  2. Jon P Avatar
    Jon P

    Holy sheeeeeeit. That’s like some kind of mutant vagina!

  3. reggie Avatar
    reggie

    Now that’s a scar!

  4. reggie Avatar
    reggie

    Now that’s a scar!

  5. Darkonyx Avatar
    Darkonyx

    This is a real shocker. Such a beautiful scarification to start off with and now rather… different. I hope time will make i settle.
    At this point a question to anyone that knows:
    Would it be useful to get a test scar done at a site where one plans to get a larger scarification, to see how it heals and if it puffs up?

  6. Darkonyx Avatar
    Darkonyx

    This is a real shocker. Such a beautiful scarification to start off with and now rather… different. I hope time will make i settle.
    At this point a question to anyone that knows:
    Would it be useful to get a test scar done at a site where one plans to get a larger scarification, to see how it heals and if it puffs up?

  7. elaine Avatar
    elaine

    hmm I have to say that although I don’t really like scarification when it’s that raised, I don’t think its ugly either. and maybe it turns lighter and less pronounced over time

  8. elaine Avatar
    elaine

    hmm I have to say that although I don’t really like scarification when it’s that raised, I don’t think its ugly either. and maybe it turns lighter and less pronounced over time

  9. Shannon Larratt Avatar
    Shannon Larratt

    Well actually elaine you don’t HAVE to say that. 😛

  10. Shannon Larratt Avatar
    Shannon Larratt

    Well actually elaine you don’t HAVE to say that. 😛

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