What is skinning (skin removal)?
Cutting by default creates only a relatively thin single line. Some advanced artists actually cut the outline of larger areas and then remove these patches of skin. This allows larger areas to be relatively precisely converted into scars. How large a piece of skin can be removed safely? “Safely” is a relative word of course. Your skin is your primary means of defence against our extremely hostile environment, and the more of it is compromised, the more risk you are at. Most people seem perfectly able to heal a few square inches of skin removal without complication, and I have seen single piece removals as large as almost thirty square inches (a six inch circle) heal successfully. That said, skin removal should be treated as highly dangerous. Admittedly it will a make consistent scar more difficult, but there’s no reason that this type of procedure can’t be done over multiple steps. What is the clamp-and-cut method? Clamp and cut is a precursor to skin removal scarification. In a clamp
