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28th July 2005, 11:15am
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#31 | | Decaying Moderator
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| Re: scarification
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Originally Posted by cupotea what is 'punch and taper'? | a method of surface piercing whereby 2 small holes are made with a dermal punch, then a taper is used to seperate the layers of flesh and then insert the jewllery between them. it means that the jewllery sits more comfortable (to your body anyway) between the layers so that it's less likely to reject and results in less trauma for your body as the area that is mostly damaged is joining tissue rather than cutting through healthy flesh.
there is an atricle on BME news from december last year i think about it which goes into lots of detail with 3 of the original practitioners. i'm on a work computer just now so can't really check bme to get you a link but i'm sure you can find it yourself or someone else will post it. | 
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28th July 2005, 2:46pm
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#33 | | Decaying Moderator
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| Re: scarification
thats the one, cheers  | |
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3rd August 2005, 10:41pm
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#35 | | emo is the new black
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| Re: scarification
Good god. That's not gonna stay so neat. You would've been a lot better off with a white tattoo.
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4th August 2005, 7:35am
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#36 | | Decaying Moderator
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| Re: scarification
not for the purposes i was looking for it i won't. and i scar pretty lightly, normaly depressed and slightly purple so provided i do as little to agrivate the edges as possible it should work out not too bad. | |
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4th August 2005, 8:30am
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#37 | | emo is the new black
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| Re: scarification
My white star looks just like a scar though. I need to get some new pics of it.
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4th August 2005, 8:47am
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#38 | | small&insignificant
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| Re: scarification
Ouch! Bleurgh
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4th August 2005, 3:42pm
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#39 | | Decaying Moderator
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| Re: scarification
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Originally Posted by Sebb My white star looks just like a scar though. I need to get some new pics of it. | i had some quite heavy scar tissue in the area though, so i had to incorporate something into that to make it look a bit better. | |
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4th August 2005, 3:55pm
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#40 | | elphie
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| Re: scarification
good for you! glad you got what you wanted!
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4th August 2005, 3:59pm
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#41 | | Cap'n Cherry
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| Re: scarification
Nice one. Now have fun with the salt and the scratchy scratch  | |
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4th August 2005, 5:10pm
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#42 | | They're sweeties!!!
Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Shawlands, Glasgow
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| Re: scarification
Ouch that looks sore!
Was funny when Kirsty txted me to say she'd got a new camera to take photos of the sacrification!! | |
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4th August 2005, 5:16pm
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#43 | | Hunting High & Low
Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Glasgow
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| Re: scarification
african ritualistic/decorative scarification is really quite pretty | |
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7th August 2005, 4:34pm
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#44 | | Decaying Moderator
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9th August 2005, 11:27am
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#45 | | Clubber Lang
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| Re: scarification
That's fuckin horrible.
Get a tattoo like every other cunt.
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