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Scarification can be used to transmit complex messages about identity; such permanent body markings may emphasize fixed social, political, and religious roles. [1] Tattoos, scars, brands, and piercings, when voluntarily acquired, are ways of showing a person's autobiography on the surface of the body to the world. [7]
They pose no inherent health risk on their own, and do not compromise the body's ability to function normally and repair itself. However, some people dislike the way stretch marks look. [6] Young women are generally affected the most and often seek treatment for them from a dermatologist [7] and following pregnancy. [8]
Wooden maternity figure with elaborate scarification from Ndemba, Lulua Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo. Scarification in Africa is a major aspect of African cultures and cultural practice among African ethnic groups; the practice of scarification in Africa includes the process of making "superficial incisions on the skin using stones, glass, knives, or other tools to create ...
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This is a less common form of branding. It uses a thermal cautery tool [27] with a heated wire tip to cause the burns. Laser branding "Laser" branding is a marketing term coined by Steve Haworth, who pioneered its use in body modification. The technical term is "electrosurgical branding".
Olivia Munn opened up about how she hid her double mastectomy scars amid her battle with breast cancer. “I have some divots and dents on one side of my body near where the lymph nodes were, and ...
Hands with stigmata, depicted on a Franciscan church in Lienz, Austria St Catherine fainting from the stigmata by Il Sodoma, Church of Saint Pantaleon, Alsace, France. Stigmata (Ancient Greek: στίγματα, plural of στίγμα stigma, 'mark, spot, brand'), in Catholicism, are bodily wounds, scars and pain which appear in locations corresponding to the crucifixion wounds of Jesus Christ ...
While becoming comfortable with her changed body was a process in itself, Hart later embarked on using her body to address the lack of representation that queer Black people in particular have ...