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Fresh and Clean

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Rob

With the Friday Follow-up we get a chance to see scars and brandings months and years after the initial session.  It allows us to see the result of scarification process over time, which for many can be a contributing factor in their decision to get a scar.  Of course everyone heals differently, but it can give people some ideas of what to expect from the process.

What we don’t often see is the early stages of healing.  Those first few days before the scabs start to form, when it is just an open wound.  Last week we saw a scar of the BME heart logo by John Joyce on a young woman named Casey.  We got to see the cutting as it was being done, and completed, just moments before the dressing was applied.

Casey was kind enough to send in another image which was taken just after the first cleaning of the scar.  It’s interesting to see the scar this fresh, but without the blood that is present when the cutting first takes place.  Hopefully Casey continues to send in images of the healing process so we can all see some of the steps involved in the healing of a scarification piece.

Comments

18 responses to “Fresh and Clean”

  1. M2 Avatar
    M2

    That is beautiful. I’d love to see more of that as it heals.

  2. M2 Avatar
    M2

    That is beautiful. I’d love to see more of that as it heals.

  3. Kathi Avatar
    Kathi

    same!!

  4. Kathi Avatar
    Kathi

    same!!

  5. Kendal Avatar
    Kendal

    It looks like soap. o:

  6. Kendal Avatar
    Kendal

    It looks like soap. o:

  7. Casey Avatar
    Casey

    Thank you everyone! It’s healing wonderfully. I’ll post more pictures as soon as possible.

  8. Casey Avatar
    Casey

    Thank you everyone! It’s healing wonderfully. I’ll post more pictures as soon as possible.

  9. bastian Avatar
    bastian

    mmmh…this looks really good. I’d be really happy to see the haling progress as well!

  10. bastian Avatar
    bastian

    mmmh…this looks really good. I’d be really happy to see the haling progress as well!

  11. trip Avatar
    trip

    please follow up on the healing progress, this one is awesome.

  12. trip Avatar
    trip

    please follow up on the healing progress, this one is awesome.

  13. RachelM Avatar
    RachelM

    This picture reminds me of when my scars were at that stage. First cleaning is definitely the worst part of healing scarification, hands down (in my opinion that is).

  14. RachelM Avatar
    RachelM

    This picture reminds me of when my scars were at that stage. First cleaning is definitely the worst part of healing scarification, hands down (in my opinion that is).

  15. KatKurenai Avatar
    KatKurenai

    Looks great, John!

  16. KatKurenai Avatar
    KatKurenai

    Looks great, John!

  17. peteD3 Avatar
    peteD3

    hell yes!
    wonderful stuff!

  18. peteD3 Avatar
    peteD3

    hell yes!
    wonderful stuff!

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