Scarification seems to be a growing trend
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Xeragel® (XSO-797) - $16.30Youths usually turn to tattoos and piercings to express their individuality and break free from conformity, but there is a new form of body art that has began to catch on, The Salt Lake Tribune reports.
Dustin Robbins is a skin artist in Salt Lake City, Utah, who specializes in branding and scarification. His job is to intentionally create scars for the purpose of body art.
Individuals can cut a pattern or design into their skin, and as it heals a scar forms in the form of what they chose.
A recent client, Nick Black, had the outline of the state of Utah carved into his left arm. Once it is fully healed, he will have a scar in the shape of the state. There are currently no licenses that prohibit people from practicing this form of body art in the state of Utah, according to the news source.
Like tattoos and piercings, scarification alters your body and may be irreversible. Unlike a piercing that can be removed or a tattoo that can lasered off, scarification is likely permanent.
There are scar treatment products available, like silicone gel sheeting, that may help diminish the appearance of the scar if an individual decides they no longer want the work of art on his or her body.
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