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Fresh scarification! (not for squeamish)
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20-05-2013 2:19pm#1
As you can see, the design progressed a lot from my initial sketches. Even on the day, last-minute changes were being made to suit the piece, prioritising how the piece would heal. When I first spoke to Patric about the piece, I had instantly visualised something along the lines of a mandala. My initial design sought to bring in mild influences while keeping the piece true to my own style, and styles I enjoy. Repeated fiddling drove me back to the shape of a more traditional mandala, although the significance of the piece relates more to the layout of the segments and their contents.
Initially, the cutting was quite painful, but once we’d cut enough to begin using the numbing agent, the process got a whole lot easier. You can see the picture below of me smiling while being cut, feeling no pain. I reckon about 40% of the pain was blocked by the numbing, although some parts were still intensely painful. As you may have noticed, a small bit of the piece is unfinished, which I’ll be getting filled in in a couple of weeks.
The piece took about five hours, including breaks. The piece has been made with varying reactions from friends and family, but most seem to like it, even stating it swayed their opinion on scarification.
I’ll have images of the fresh piece in better quality soon, and I’m taking regular progress shots, which I’ll upload at a later point.RhoDoDenDron wrote: »The numbing spray was used on me, and it works magnificently. You've got to open the skin for it to work, so you're not entirely without pain, but once it's applied and left to soak in, you feel almost nothing. You'd barely know you were being touched. The tattoo artist who was hanging about during my procedure was walking Patric through the use of it, as he uses it far more regularly. He says he usually only uses the spray when pain gets particularly intense or hard to bear.RhoDoDenDron wrote: »Aftercare depends on how you scar, and how you want the scar to end up. The bottom line is that no matter how you regulate things, there is just no known way to producing different types of scar. You can, however, give it a push in the right direction.
If you leave it alone, it'll scar lightly and be more likely to fade. If you irritate it, it'll scar thicker and darker. You can use chemical irritants or you can just scrub it. Personally, because my scars tend to fade, but I still want a light look, I'll be giving it a gentle hassling whenever I shower with a loofa.
It's wrapped in a bandage for one day, then left to breathe. No irritation within the first few days.
Questions are welcome, and I'll try to answer what I can!Tagged:23
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Day ONE:
Day THREE:
After the first day, it was mostly pink, with red in a few spots. As of day three, it's mostly orange, as it's starting to scab.
Some things involving movement of that area are quite awkward, like showering, changing clothes, lying on my left side, and general movement of my left arm. Nothing too bad though, and it's getting steadily better.0 -
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Day FIVE!
Scar is a little more red than usual as took this pic right after a shower. Already, the inconveniences it's been causing are reduced. Almost no difficulty sleeping or showering, things which were previously a nightmare. I've noticed that certain types of clothing irritate it more, I think due to different qualities of materials.0 -
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DamoElDiablo wrote: »Not sure why you would think this? All skin, be it scar tissue or not is liable to develop skin cancer on exposure to the sun, I don't see why this would be any more liable than any other skin?
I was thinking along the lines of thinner skin leading to increased damage by UV - but i've based that on nothing really so i could well be wrong. Probably not so much of an issue with one the size of the OPs, but i've seen some really extensive ones online like this one say.
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looking_around wrote: »where did you get it done?
I've been looking at scarification for awhile now..
Patric Aultice at Zulu/Iconic Art
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That design is gorgeous. I was kind of wincing just thinking about it but when I saw where you were positioning it :eek:
I hope it heals well because it will look amazing. Not that it doesn't look good now but it's too fresh for me to properly compliment it. 0 -
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Day NINE!
Significant progress. Most of the scabs have came off, and there is now no pain. Even if I stretch my arm purposely to irritate it, I just feel a slight tightness. I've noticed that the piece stretches out quite a bit as my arm moves though, where an extra inch or two of length can be created, which distorts the design. Not a problem so to speak, just something that I should be aware of. Also, scarring on the left side of the piece (my left) where there is most movement is going to be heavier than the right side. Already, one side is fading where the other is still quite red.
In about a week I'll be finishing the blank segments with biopsy punches, and once it's healed enough that there is no discomfort, I'll be getting it touched up. Making the points a bit more pointy, regulating scarring, adding in one or two small additional lines, that kinda thing.0 -
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Oh God, I'm whincing at the idea of touching up a scarification piece
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Can you kinda stretch your skin on the right side across your chest so as to irritate it to the same degree as the left? Kind of press down on the skin near the piece and pull the skin across? Or are you deliberately wanting the left side to be scarred heavier?
It sounds like you need to be more hands on in aftercare than with tattoos?0 -
Oh God, I'm whincing at the idea of touching up a scarification piece.
Can you kinda stretch your skin on the right side across your chest so as to irritate it to the same degree as the left? Kind of press down on the skin near the piece and pull the skin across? Or are you deliberately wanting the left side to be scarred heavier?
It sounds like you need to be more hands on in aftercare than with tattoos?
I might just irritate one side more, and the touching up can help with that kind of thing too. I'll be getting as little as possible re-cut though, it's really not a pleasant experience. I can get as many piercings as you can throw at me, cuz they only hurt for a second, but scarification is a whole different type of pain. It doesn't hurt more, it's the duration it takes that bothers me.0 -
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Day TWELVE!
Scabbing is completely gone. No pain, even if I try to irritate it. Piece seems to have completely finished the awkward stages of healing, and now it just needs to change colour! I'm taking a trip to Cork next week, but will probably get the rest of the design finished around the 10th of June.0 -
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RhoDoDenDron wrote: »Scabbing is completely gone. No pain, even if I try to irritate it. Piece seems to have completely finished the awkward stages of healing, and now it just needs to change colour! I'm taking a trip to Cork next week, but will probably get the rest of the design finished around the 10th of June.
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