Scarification

Scarifying is the scratching, etching, burning / branding, or superficially cutting designs, pictures, or words into the skin as a permanent body modification. In this process, scars are formed by cutting or branding the skin by varying methods to purposely influence wound healing to scar more. Scarifying is seen by some as a form of pleasurable pain, an erotic or spiritual experience.

1. People want cuts for adornment, or as a test of endurance, or as a sacrifice toward spiritual transformation. Being cut is a strengthening and powerful experience.

1. Voluntary physical suffering
2. Mutilation and deformation of the human body
3. Destructive performance art

1. Type C viral hepatitis
2. Scarring
3. Pain

1. Vampirism
2. Sado-masochism
3. Harmful tattooing
4. Dissatisfaction with personal image

1. Unnecessary cosmetic surgery
2. Sexual mutilation
3. Personal physical disfigurement
4. Malicious physical disablement
5. Cruel sports
6. Body integrity dysphoria

1. Mutilating the human body
2. Condemning mutilation and deformation of the human body
3. Commercializing
4. Beautifying people