Scarification as a Form of Body Modification

With the new urban culture being propagated in today’s world, body modification has joined the ranks of tattoos and piercings as a favorite of teens. Depending on the taste and liking of an individual, he or she can opt for a tattoo, a piercing or body modification depending on the tolerance for pain or specific message they wish to propagate. However, body modification is for those who have a high tolerance for pain and don’t mind the curious looks all around them. It is divided into three categories. These are scarification, implantation and tattoo art. Scarification involves the splitting or cutting of specific body parts and the irritation of the same to create scars in specific patterns.

Scarification is the rarest of the three as a result of the pain and injury concerned with the same. It is done with a variety of instruments designed to cut or impale specific parts of flesh to achieve specific results. It has been done throughout history as a form of body modification to mark authority, tribe or nationality. In recent years it has only become a way for teens to show their uniqueness in their specific environments. It is most often done on the back, chest or and BMA Modified is among the best providers of this service worldwide.

Although viewed as a strange practice and often surrounded with stigma about the hygiene of the practitioners of this type of body modification, it is actually quite a medically safe procedure in most cases. Any scarification practitioner is required to have a basic medical certificate, top notch recommendation from the council hygienists and sterilized equipment in each and every procedure. Moreover, the needles used in these procedures are disposed of after every single use to preserve 100% hygienic conditions. Scarification is however, not for the faint hearted since it is quite painful and requires a long heal period.