Despite a previous post that suggested that scarification does in fact hurt, my friend Sam doesn’t seem to be in too much pain while having her chest done at SW2 in Socal.

Sam has some of the most amazing healed cuttings that I’ve ever seen… I have more photos of her ready to upload because she’s just that perfect. Word is that she and her fella (who wears some impressive scars as well) are in the process of opening a shop out West… cheers guys, and best of luck!

Photo by Atom Moore.

Atom snapped this photo at SW2 in SoCal.
It’s one of my favorite photos from the events; focusing on the person wearing the branding/cutting brings out the personalities that make the Scarification community so amazing and usually makes for a much better image than an up close shot of cut/branded skin.

Cautery branding usually takes much less time than a comparable sized cutting with removal but still takes a lot out of the client. Michelle was a trooper and headed over to the photo studio immediately after being branded (electro-cautery by Monte Vogel) for this shoot and despite being in a significant amount of discomfort still ended up looking perfect.

Zoomed photo after the break.

I’m watching the original G.I. Joe cartoon. If you’re old enough to remember the show from it’s original run you, like me, are probably terrified about the upcoming live action movie.

Not that the cartoon was amazing really. In retrospect, watching it as an adult (or as much of an adult as I can claim to be) is quite painful. Terrible voice actors cold reading equally terrible one liners during impossibly silly plots; it’s not as awesome as you remember.

That said, it did have one saving grace: Zartan.
Originally described as suffering from Paranoid Schizophrenia and Multiple Personality Disorder, Zartan turned green in the sun and wore KISS makeup.

If you’re wondering “what in christ’s name does this have to do with Scarification” the answer is simple: It’s Ryan Ouellette’s birthday today. While I can’t be 100% certain that Zartan is Ryan’s favorite G.I. Joe character… I can almost bet he is.

Happy birthday, buddy!

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