Sometimes, when I’m moderating photos for BME, I’ll happen upon something that makes me laugh, right out loud. This is one of those times.
This is a work in progress, sent in by Jamie Santos of Scarab Body Arts. In case you don’t know who the tattoo is (really?), it’s none other than Neil Patrick Harris. The red skin around the tattoo tells us this was taken fresh after a sitting. I’m looking forward to seeing the completed piece.
Well kids, have a happy, fun and safe weekend and when you’re out there living it up, don’t forget to ask yourself, “What Would Neil Patrick Harris Do?”
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.
The question that is most often asked when a scarification piece is posted is “What does it look like healed?” So today we’re going to take a look at a scar that was featured a month ago, and see how the healing is coming along. I realize this isn’t a fully healed scar, but it is still nice to see how it is coming along.
Here is the piece when it was still fresh:
And now, the scar after a few weeks of healing:
This scar, done by IAM: Eroswastika is one of many I’d like to revisit. Ideally I’d like to make this a weekly column, so if you’ve got some before and after pictures of your scars, upload them to BME, and then drop me a line letting me know that you’ve sent them in. Also, if you’re interested in seeing other fresh and healed scars, check out the scarification galleries.
Well it turns out that when Jennifer Love Hewitt appeared on a talk show ranting about her vajazzle, it was only a matter of time before someone thought to get creative with paint instead of jewels.
A while back I brought you some interesting news on the fine art of Vajazzling, which as we all know now, is the act of adorning one’s vagina with little Swarovski crystals. Enhancing the mons pubis has since been an explosive trend in 2010, and I’m happy to bring you the latest installment: vatooing (also spelled “vattooing!”). Vatooing, is also known as “twatooing,” “vatuing,” or simply “vagina tattooing.” Except these tats (vats?) aren’t painful because they’re applied painstakingly with an airbrush
So while this isn’t a permanent (or even semi-permanent) mod, it is always interesting to see what people will do to modify themselves when they know it has 0 chance of being permanent. The Completely Bare chain of spas in NYC are the ones trying to make this fad as popular as the gluing of crystals to your nether regions. Although after watching the video, I’m not completely sold on the “painstakingly applied” technique. As far as I can see they’re limited to using a pre-made stencil with an airbrush.
I know I’ve posted about body painting in the past, and in a lot of cases an argument can be made that it is a form of art. Can the same be said for this procedure? Or do you think that this is just a quick way to cash in on the fad of women who want to live on the wild side, but not have any real permanence to it? This also begs the question, is this trend limited to women? Essentially they’re only adding gems and paint to the area around the vagina, couldn’t men get something done down there as well? There’s already a debate going on as to whether this should be called “Vattooing” or “Twatooing”, if we add men to the mix, should it be called something else? Possibly “Dattooing”, no, that name is taken by the guys trying to create digital tattoos. What about “Cockattooing”, I think it has a nice ring to it.
Now if this temporary tattoo/gemming business really isn’t your cup of tea, there’s always our genital tattoo galleries where you can go to see the real thing.
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