7-18-2007 body mod photography

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  • #11776
    Jakevol2
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    manscaping?

    seriously.

    #11777

    manscaping?

    Huh? 😕

    #11778
    millera9
    Participant

    Scars?

    I think scarification tattoos would be legitimate, but unintentional scars probably don’t qualify.

    Plastic surgery is kind of a gray area methinks…

    #11779
    Jakevol2
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    manscaping?

    Huh? 😕

    Is manscaping allowed under the rules of body modifcation?

    #11780
    monkeybort
    Participant

    um, no. no manscaping. ever. for any reason.

    and no unintentional scars, but scarification would be ok (as miller said above).

    #11781

    Okay, I don’t want to be a complete idiot but I guess I have no choice. 😳

    Scarification? Clarification, please. I mean aren’t all scars unintentional?

    Specifically for me I am asking about scars from surgery.

    #11782
    Curious
    Participant

    GAD google is your friend and no all scars are not unintentional.

    #11783
    millera9
    Participant

    Okay, I don’t want to be a complete idiot but I guess I have no choice. 😳

    Scarification? Clarification, please. I mean aren’t all scars unintentional?

    Specifically for me I am asking about scars from surgery.

    In a word, no. A lot of traditional or tribal tattoo involves creating wounds which scar to form images or patterns. It’s basically a tattoo done without ink and with a deeper cut. Once it scabs, the scab is pulled off early to make the scar more pronounced. This is often repeated over and over to cover a large portion of the body. It’s a brutal process, but it can have beautiful results in some cases. Curious‘s link is a good example.

    As for surgical scars, I would say no. I have a scar on my right leg where I had to have a large pin inserted when I broke it in 2002. I would not call that an intentional body mod.

    I mentioned plastic surgery as a gray area because it is intentional and it is, technically, a body modification for (usually) superficial purposes a la tattoos or piercings. What do the rest of you think? Fair game or no?

    Finally, does someone want to explain what “manscaping” is. Do I want to know?

    #11784
    Analogy
    Participant

    Manscaping = Shaving the hair that grows around your other head.

    #11785
    Curious
    Participant

    Finally, does someone want to explain what “manscaping” is. Do I want to know?

    think creative shaving to body hair. especially in areas that are normally covered.

    yeah i googled it too but won’t again.

    #11786
    sleeping
    Participant

    I don’t have anything to post this week, but I wouldn’t have thought twice about entering scars, etc, as involuntary modifications. If the topic is meant to exclude them, I think you need to specify that in the description.

    #11787
    Curious
    Participant

    many many years ago one of the guys i knew had that nickname Analogy due to his inability to slow dance without …. well you know.

    #11788
    millera9
    Participant

    I don’t have anything to post this week, but I wouldn’t have thought twice about entering scars, etc, as involuntary modifications. If the topic is meant to exclude them, I think you need to specify that in the description.

    I think it’s implied pretty clearly in the description when it says “tattoos, piercings, & other body modifications”. The context suggests only intentional modifications. If we’re going to go with unintentional scars as fair game, then what’s to stop me from taking a picture of the big hairy mole on my right bicep?

    On the “manscaping” front, does anyone have a pair of hedge clippers I could borrow before Wednesday? Let me know in a PM!

    /There needs to be a barfing smiley…

    #11789
    sleeping
    Participant

    I think it’s implied pretty clearly in the description when it says “tattoos, piercings, & other body modifications”. The context suggests only intentional modifications.

    It seems to me that there’s a long history of people interpreting these topics as broadly as possible, e.g. Volkswagens in the Bugs theme etc. Personally I’d hate for that to change

    #11790

    I don’t have anything to post this week, but I wouldn’t have thought twice about entering scars, etc, as involuntary modifications. If the topic is meant to exclude them, I think you need to specify that in the description.

    Agreed sleeping.

    Hence the reason why I asked for clarification. Guess I was having a blonde moment in my brunette life.

    Scars to me are modifications/alterations since they are not original.

    Thank you for replying though.

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