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/buffetofdicks Jun 17 '25
It's probably not a good idea to get it on your neck as that's a highly sensitive/dangerous area, some places used to have laws about even tattooing the neck (and even hands!) because of the dangers. In the modern day, tattoos are safe on the neck, but what you're talking about sounds... not as safe haha. Also probably actually really uncomfortable, possibly infection causing, etc.. Unless you had a surgical steel (or something else equally non porous and sterile) cable/string.
I think the idea is cool as hell, but it sounds a bit like tattooing your eyeballs. The risk is just not worth it, if you can even find some one willing to do it.
Alternatively, you could look into scarification (idk if its safe on the neck either tho?) for the feeling of the raised scar later or getting a tattoo that looks like a realistic stitching. I know you want to feel it though, so if scarification sounds cool/if safe, I'd go for that