Rob and I both have made a few post about “beauty over harm” where someone took their self inflicted scars and either reworked them or covered them with a more artistic form of body modification. Yet, there is a whole other category of beauty over harm and that is those people who’s scars were not self inflicted. Often times we see women who have had nipple removal or full mastectomies due to breast cancer enhance there new altered appearance with tattooing. Sometimes it’s cosmetic tattooing to try and recreate what once was there, other times it’s artistic tattooing which takes the body part in a totally different direction than nature ever intended. Either way, it’s empowering to the wearer and something I whole heartedly support and encourage.
Below is a different example of that sort of mod, a tattoo over a colectomy scar.
What lies beyond the gates to “the biggest little city in the world”?, I am sure we can all guess, but I’ll put the full picture beyond a click through with the submitters description.
This is a tattoo of the Reno Arch done over the scar of my colectomy (colostomy surgery). It was done by Brandon Collins at Nightmare Tattoo in Reno, Nevada. The scar is about halfway up the R through halfway up the E. It is so awesome to have this instead of the scar to look at and I would like to share it with others interested in redoing scars, so I am submitting it to your blog.
Michael
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4 responses to “What’s better then a colectomy? A trip to Reno, no doubt!”
I like how this scar was incorporated in the tattoo. Without the description I wouldn’t even have been able to find it! Great to hear from someone who was able to turn a scar into something they feel confident about =0)
I like how this scar was incorporated in the tattoo. Without the description I wouldn’t even have been able to find it! Great to hear from someone who was able to turn a scar into something they feel confident about =0)
The scar is a good part of the top of the R and the E. It’s about three inches long. It got incorporated because it is a similar color to the lettering.
I am thinking of trying to what’s below turned into a road. But am nervous about doing that, as I think it would hurt. Overall, I like my tattoo. Gives me something to look at.
The scar is a good part of the top of the R and the E. It’s about three inches long. It got incorporated because it is a similar color to the lettering.
I am thinking of trying to what’s below turned into a road. But am nervous about doing that, as I think it would hurt. Overall, I like my tattoo. Gives me something to look at.