Quite a few of the scarification superstars (scars on ModBlog, scars on BME) have done Japanese tours, but there’s quite a bit of local talent as well. For example, these very clean cuttings were all cut by Bin in Kyoto, Japan at Body Piercing Studio Scamp.

This explosive video is being passed around the internet like roasting coals at the moment, and I like to strike whilst the iron’s hot so here’s a quick follow-up with this awesome photo taken mid-burn by Stewy (and click through for a second shot taken two days later).

If you want to be at least Cool Ice-level cool, you need to hook up with Brian of Pure Body Arts for some cutting… I love these sunglasses he recently did! Anyway, he’s up in Toronto for BMEfest/ModProm, so drop him a line if your paths may cross here and you’d like to take advantage of the opportunity for some top-notch scarification (or heavier mods as well).

I have mostly posted fresh fine-line cutting work. Here’s a great example of a well healed piece, done by John Lopez at Slave to the Needle in Seattle, WA. There are older pictures in the BME galleries and on his IAM page.

PS. My schedule opens up big-time later this week, so we should be back to our regular post orgy soon. I know it’s been a bit sporadic lately.

These great looking (click through for a second photo) eyebrow skin removals were done by Marc at Swastika Freakshop in Bodensee, Germany — this was the first time he’d ever cut someone’s face (which I’m sure was quite stressful!) but it looks like it turned out perfectly.