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So, if you have surface piercings on your forearms, and, like many surface piercings, they reject and leave you with scars that you’re no fan of, what do you do? They say fight fire with fire, so why not fight scars with scars? After all, tattoo cover-ups almost always turn out better than attempts at removal. Anyway, Ariel had a few piercing scars she didn’t like, so she had Brian at PURE/NYC convert them into hearts via skin removal. Click to zoom in.
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I showed a nice Hello Kitty tattoo a few entries back. Hello Kitty tattoos are quite popular (I’ll do an entry on them some time soon perhaps), but cuttings not so much, so I thought I’d post this nice example by Brenno at Body Factory in Italy. On the off chance that any Italians are reading this, please support the efforts of the Italian Association of Professional Piercers and Tattooists.
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They say once you go black you never go back, right? I can’t vouch for genital size, but I can tell you that when it comes to scarification I’ve seen some of the most stunning work on dark skin — this example, fresh and healed, is by John Durante of Laughing Buddha in Seattle, Washington.
It’s not uncommon to see pale skin actually heal indented rather than with a raised keloid. Here’s an example (four weeks old) by Rox in Kennewick, Washington.
On the off chance that’s a white power logo (which I don’t have any reason to believe), let me preemptively balance out my karma with a peace sign… And I’m sure you’ve wondered what an electrocautery brand on the palm of the hand looks like, right? Here’s a before and after from Shawn O’Hare at The Pain Parlor in Oxnard, California.
Speaking of unusual locations for scarification, here’s an ear brand by Matt Bruce:
Let’s see what else is in my scar folder to tell you about… here’s a big full back cross branding (healed) being play pierced. Photo c/o Kent Fazekas at Outer Limits in Long Beach.
Finally, we can’t forget scarification by body piercing! Here’s the result of a couple tries at a nape piercing (rejection)… as you can see they’ve moved on to new territory and haven’t given up yet!
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Here in Mexico, today is Día de los Muertos — the Day of the Dead — I suppose the end result of Aztec and other indigenous beliefs mixing with the imported Roman Catholic traditions. Click here for some more info if you want — all I have for you is a gallery of Day of the Dead tattoos (and a couple scarification pieces as well):
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L-R: by Brian (NYC), Tom Brazda (Toronto), and Bart (Dakotah Tattoo, Ossendrecht).
