A black-and-white photo of a person mid-air in a Superman-style body suspension pose, supported by multiple hooks in their back and legs, smiling joyfully toward the camera. They are suspended horizontally in a large indoor space with high ceilings and visible rigging. A group of onlookers—some seated, some standing—watch with expressions of admiration, amusement, and support. The atmosphere is lively and communal, capturing a moment of shared experience and transformation.

Healing Collaboration Scarification

This is by John Joyce and Brian, and is about four months old in this photo… It’ll go down in time, but these raised keloids are gorgeous — I’d say given time, this is an ideal candidate for scar tattooing (which I predict will become increasingly common).

Comments

30 responses to “Healing Collaboration Scarification”

  1. ammre Avatar
    ammre

    Oh man, my chest feels tight just looking at that. I have one puny line on my chest and even that felt tight when it scarred. But it looks awesome.

  2. Ghostie Avatar

    I’ve been waiting for this to appear on modblog, its so beautiful.

  3. dementia Avatar
    dementia

    wow thats amazing

  4. senserz Avatar
    senserz

    very nice

  5. Tunnelled Avatar
    Tunnelled

    Beautiful. Even if it gets left without a tattoo and fades, it’ll still look great.

  6. *tara Avatar
    *tara

    wow. i love that. it would look great accented by a tattoo. i want something beautiful like that, but i’m afraid i won’t scar so perfectly and will be left with something short of a mess.

  7. drfunkenstein Avatar
    drfunkenstein

    Someone tell me I’m not the only one who saw a vagina before seeing a flower.

  8. kuroneko711 Avatar

    I absolutely love this.

  9. astrosnik Avatar

    That’s a simply gorgeous piece. If only we could all scar so beautifully. : )

  10. SleepySketcher Avatar
    SleepySketcher

    I really wish I could run my hand over that. It just seems so texturally interesting. That and I’ve never really felt a greatly keloided scar.

  11. Cheza Marie Avatar

    Absolutely beautiful!

  12. Nat Avatar

    No, drfunkenstein, my boyfriend did too….you both have dirty minds, cause I just thought the piece was stunning!!

  13. Vienna Avatar

    That is beautiful indeed.

    Even with the “vagina.” 🙂

  14. georgia Avatar

    yea.. i saw the vagina.. but i think people would be more amazed that a person sat still while getting it, rather then pointing out that a bit of it looks like a vagina.. i love it.. it looks great!!

  15. Kanga43 Avatar

    Dude…I don’t know what kind of vaginas you’ve been looking at…

    I couldn’t tell what it was at first, but I never thought vagina!

  16. gogo_savvy Avatar

    …and its mine all mine! I love it…even with the vagina…or if youre looking closer…some men’s urethral openings.

    Hooray for genetics.

  17. j_scarab Avatar
    j_scarab

    Yeah Sam! That healed so wonderfully and you were so great to work with

  18. Poppie Avatar

    Stunning! And thats such a nice placement!

  19. crypulse Avatar
    crypulse

    ohhh man its so beautiful.. i just wanna touch it

  20. she Avatar
    she

    I saw the ‘vagina’ as well, tho I am fairly certain that the only reason I jumped to that conclusion first was because it was on modblog. Ya just gotta expect that that here.

  21. mpatshi Avatar

    beautifull!

  22. Danish Avatar
    Danish

    well, flower/vagina, same thing….. anyways i never thought scarification was very interesting till i saw this picture…. very beautiful, strangely elegant.

  23. Michelle Avatar

    didnt see the vagina but i did see a puckered anus and yes, just like she, i think i only immediately saw that because its modblog! lol

    John and Brian – Amazing job! The picture is so clearly defined, i just keep staring at it in awe!
    And whoever this piece is on, you are awesome for actually healing it so that it looks this good! Give yourself a giant pat on the back for not only having this piece but having enough responsibility to take care of it so that it came out so well!!

  24. mitch Avatar
    mitch

    ^I wouldn’t get too excited yet, it usually takes a year for a scar to FULLY heal and settle down. It almost looks like the pink puffy paint markers that people use for arts and crafts. Looks good!

  25. secretdesiresx Avatar

    it’s perfect.

  26. paradon Avatar
    paradon

    lovly just phucn lovly

  27. madben Avatar

    Ok i got quite a few branding and scars
    but what im wondering i never got huge raise like that one.

    im wondering if big chuck of flesh like this could finish with a medical problem ( cancer , tumor etc etc )

    if anyone could enlight me plz

  28. Sonya Avatar
    Sonya

    This is amazing!
    I’ve had keyloids on my chest since I was eleven-I’ve tried shots of cortizone and even plastic surgery, only to my luck come back twice as large. I feel like I can finally appreciate my keyloids and am considering modifying them into body art. Can anybody give me any names of ligit body modifiers/and or tattoo artist that can help me. Nobody in town will touch my chest! ;(
    Thanks.

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