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The Friday Follow-up

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Rob

Alright scar fans, it’s Friday, which means it’s time for the weekly scarification follow-up.  Today’s scar was featured back in March, and is a take on a traditional Mehndi design.  Jesse Villarreal from Main Street Tattoo and Body Piercing in Merced, CA is the artist.

To see how it’s looking 8 months after this photo was taken, you know what to do.

You can see how the line width of the cuts has affected the healing in placed.  From what Jesse says, this is actually just the first part of a larger piece that he’ll be starting on soon.  So keep an eye out for more follow-ups on this particular scar as the weeks unfold.

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6 responses to “The Friday Follow-up”

  1. Brian Decker Avatar
    Brian Decker

    Very surprising to see the lines on the main flower thicken up the way they did. Such a love/hate relationship with scarification. You never really know what’s could happen. The same tattoo by the same artist on 5 people will all look the same, but the same scar by the same artist will all heal differently.

  2. Brian Decker Avatar
    Brian Decker

    Very surprising to see the lines on the main flower thicken up the way they did. Such a love/hate relationship with scarification. You never really know what’s could happen. The same tattoo by the same artist on 5 people will all look the same, but the same scar by the same artist will all heal differently.

  3. Cryptorchild Avatar
    Cryptorchild

    very nice 🙂

  4. Cryptorchild Avatar
    Cryptorchild

    very nice 🙂

  5. Kim Avatar
    Kim

    jesse is one of the finest scarification artists around, and he’s an amazing guy to talk to as well, friendly, down to earth and i’m proud to know him 🙂

  6. Kim Avatar
    Kim

    jesse is one of the finest scarification artists around, and he’s an amazing guy to talk to as well, friendly, down to earth and i’m proud to know him 🙂

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