Holy ***! Noooo, not a dull scalpel, that would just hurt like f *
The cuts are made with a very sharp scalpel (Arnulf used 8 or 9 blades, if I remember it correctly), in this case luckily without skin removal (I was a bit afraid of thatā¦), so, just simple, deep cuts. Feels kinda niceā¦
The circles are made with a 3mm-dermal punch, simply a tool to punch holes through skin or ears, feels not too bad either.
The little holes at the ends are made with a 1,6mm-dermal punch with complete skin removal, and they hurt like a bitch. Iāve counted - got 25 of them, and that was the least funny part of it all
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And thank you - Iām eternally grateful for my artist, he designed it and brought it into my body
Assuming he is your artist. Does he just specialize in body mods? Iād love to get something like this done but would have no idea where to look.
Also did you have numbing or was it just cold turkey?
Yeah, was a bit afraid of that, too, because I know from brandings that the skin shouldnāt be completely bordered or else it might die out. But my artist said Iāll be fine, soā¦^^
The best I ever met. He does a freakinā lot of piercings and everything special - scarification, implants (silicone and chips), tongue splitting and everything you might come up with^^ Link to his studio is in my profile, and I recommend him a lot. Just a great person.
Ah, not for something like that, the pain is seriously not worse than being tattoed (mostly).
Definitely will plan ahead, gonna start figuring out where Iāll be staying and such (If you have any recommendations lmk)
I looked at his work through their webpage and facebook. Iād love to get some sort of circuit board looking scarification design. Any excuse to travel Itāll be the first country Iāve gone to outside of North America
Might have to brush up on some German
Their shading work on these tattoos is amazing, canāt get stuff like that in my state.
Thatās actually funny - I came up with this idea, and he was so freakinā happy to finally have a customer who wants thatā¦ It was on his mind for quite some time, but nobody was interested. And now he made mine, and suddenly there is a second one who likes that style
Ah, Cologne is easy, there are lots of hotels in every price range, provided you book some time in advance. Might be a good idea to plan a 2-3 days stay afterwards at least (maybe even a week or so), for a fresh scarification might not be so good when sitting in a plane for lots of hoursā¦ they donāt require that much aftercare, but cleaning twice a day is necessary, and traveling a lot might just be too much stress.
Might help outside of the studio, but donāt worry about Arnulf - he has traveled a lot and worked internationally, so heās totally fine with speaking English
Oh yeah I will absolutely be staying just to enjoy my time there a bit. I mean I will be of legal drinking age
Thatās great to hear, still donāt want to come off as the ignorant American gonna try to learn some basic stuff so I wonāt have to whip out google translate so often
Nah, rubbing some soap across it, dabbing on some vaseline and wrapping it up again, once in the morning, once in the evening - not thaaat much care required actually
If thatās the only thing that keeps you from getting oneā¦
He has worked with a lot of Americans, too Guess as long as you are friendly, he doesnāt really care about the language you use^^
If you are of legal bodymodding age, you will be of legal drinking age, too, yeah
But only for afterwards - no drinking before modding!
Since Iām usually very sober before I go there and very very lightheaded afterwards, I usually donāt visit bars there; but I saw a lot of them, I guess youāll find something nice
I learned this all too well after passing out from a mere stick and poke.
Iāll save my drinking for the night after when I go out to see music or what have you.
gonna try to learn some basic stuff so I wonāt have to whip out google translate so often
Guess as long as you are friendly, he doesnāt really care about the language you use^^
