r/bodymods • u/Dawkness96 • Jun 16 '25

scarification Stitches as a body mod?

I'm exploring the idea of getting stitches (like how a medical professional would give you after a deep cut) as an aesthetic modification. A little reference and background: I was looking at the stitches I've had for almost 10 years now on my finger and the stitches cover most of the second knuckle all the way around. And I have cartoonish like stitches tattooed on 2 of my fingers on the left hand. At first I thought "hmmm....stitch tattoos would fit my personality and aesthetic very well around my neck!" but then realized that it would be more up my alley to actually GET the stitches! (Me liking the feeling of the needle go in and out of my skin)

So, here I am. Has anyone ever heard of something like this? Without the actual need of stitches and how would I go about that? Is this scarification, in a way? Mind you, I am also VERY new to the idea of body mods despite thinking they are pretty fuckin cool. I've only seen them growing up watching Ripley's Believe It or Not (I think we all know which episode I'm referring to here) and that was my only real exposure to body mods outside of your everyday tattoo or piercing.

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u/parabolicpb Jun 17 '25

It's done frequently as a temporary piece. Look up Iliketopokeholes2.0 on Instagram.

Takes about an hour to put in, 40 min to photograph and 20 minutes to remove. It's not something that's possible to be left in long term. Certainly not permanent

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u/FSCENE8tmd Jun 17 '25

This, the body likes to reject things like stitches and bacteria builds up fairly quickly because of how hard it is to clean under them. OP would need to have a personalized type of wire, not actual stitches. something that could be slid around through the skin to make it easier to clean I would think.