Facial Cutting by Efix Roy

I was leaving the house to try a new restaurant (Adsum, Philadelphia) that offers Foie Gras poutine, and I stumbled upon this cutting done by Quebec City’s own Efix Roy. Efix and I have a lot of things in common; scarification, good times, body modification, cured meats…. but the two things that hold our friendship together as strongly as glue are Foie Gras & Poutine.

So is this all a coincidence? I think not.

Great job, Efix!

From Efix:
Working on a friend is always very special for me. working on a
coworker or collegue, even more. Doing facial work holds a very
meaningfull place in my heart. combine those 3 and you get Frank’s
facial scar I did 2 days ago. It was quick and he handled it really
well. And the meaning behind it made it a true honnor for me to be
there and facillitate it for him. Thank you Frank!

Cutting by Lewis Dodd, Glorybound Tattoos, UK

I couldn’t really resist the SCARFACE tagline on this entry. Apologies.

Fresh facial scarification usually comes with a cringe factor that’s easy enough to understand. While the results usually heal much softer than most of us would like, a newly cut/branded face can be fairly shocking at first glance. Most visible modifications become public domain; tattooed hands/necks usually guarantee interaction (wanted or not) but with a facial scar people want to know “what happened” but propriety usually keeps them from asking.

You can see more of Lewis Dodd’s work on his IAM.bmezine.com page.

The day after this photograph was taken, Josh had to take a 6 hour flight from Los Angeles back to Richmond, Virgina. With bandages on his cheeks… he was sat between two nuns. I’m sure there’s a joke just waiting for a punchline like this somewhere. As to what’s under the bandages…

Symetrical facial cutting by Brian Decker at Scarwars2 in Los Angeles. Photo by Atom Moore for SW.