What is chemical packing and chemical rubbing?
Some people choose to use various chemicals rubbed into traditional cuttings in order to induce exaggerated scarification. What is injection scarification? Instead of using base or acidic chemicals to burn down into the skin, and instead of rubbing chemicals into cuts, some people actually inject questionable chemicals under the skin. In some cases, these blister up and form a permanent scar, resembling the inoculation marks of the past. ABRASIVE SCARIFICATION What is abrasive scarification? Abrasive scarification is scarring achieved using friction to remove enough layers of skin to create scarring. Abrasive scarification is generally used to create subtle unraised scars, but it can be used to create almost every type and texture of scar. What is tattoo machine scarification? Tattooing works by reciprocating needles passing repeatedly through the surface of the skin. If a tattoo artists is too “heavy handed” (that is, tattooing too deep, or needlessly spending too much time in a given
