Scarification
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Scarification involves scratching, etching, burning/branding, or superficially cutting designs, pictures, or words into the skin as a permanent body modification or body art. The body modification can
Detailed facial scarification
Aeta man from the island of Luzon with a scarified form of indigenous Philippine tattoo, c. 1890s
Aboriginal Australian with scarification of the back, 1911
Tribal crocodile scarification done near the Sepik River in Papua New Guinea
Body modification
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Body modification is the deliberate altering of the human anatomy or human physical appearance. In its broadest definition it includes skin tattooing, socially acceptable decoration, and religious rit
Scarification
…Scarification involves scratching, etching, burning/branding, or superficially cutting designs, pictures, or words into the skin as a permanent body modification or body art. The body modification can take roughly 6–12 months to heal. In the process of body scarification, scars are purposely formed by cutting…
Scarification in progress
Early stages of getting a navel piercing