Do you have a write up for your glowing scarification process
Sorry I took a while to get back to you. I replied with this on a separate post. I know it’s fairly generic, but let me know if there are any other specific questions you have. If you have the money to and it’s legal where you live, it’s not a bad idea to go to a professional. I’m not saying that for any dumb “omg this is dangerous” sort of thing. Literally it’s just a matter of fact that they likely can do better work than you or your friend can.
For some places, they can do the scarification, but you’ll be responsible for adding the glow powder just due to laws and so on. Regardless of how you get it done, it’s important to take care of the wounds while they heal. You ideally don’t want them to scab at all. When they scab, it sheds glowing material. Thankfully, you can manage this by simply leaving one of those flexible tattoos covers on it. The first cover you put on will fill full of this strange goopy mixture of glowing strontium aluminate, blood plasma, and blood. It’s pretty spooky looking stuff to come out of your own body.
Just keep changing the bandages as they need changed. After a day or two, it’s a good idea to add a bit of extra strontium aluminate to the wound as some of it will have washed away. Once you’re past the first few days, it’s pretty easy. Just keep the bandages clean, change them if you sweat a bunch, etc. if it starts to get a bit infected, cover it in some medihoney, neosporin, or whatever you prefer as a good topical antibiotic and wrap a bandage over it. It will be fine. You might need to reapply some glow powder as the immune response sometimes sheds a bit of it. Once the infection is gone, you can proceed with just leaving a clear tattoo cover on it. You can expect to do this anywhere from 1 to 3 weeks depending on how significant the incision was. I definitely suggest buying these tattoo covers in bulk.
Pain management: ok so for real, I’m not like actually “into” this sort of pain. It honesty is really painful getting your flesh ripped open. If you ever get it ripped out like I did on part of my arm that is really tough. For minor incisions, you probably can just raw dog it, but even then, at the very least I’d suggest putting an ice pack over the area first. This will also reduce bleeding. Another option that sort of works is using numbing cream. You can get some fairly powerful stuff from a doc if you tell them you need it for electrolysis (at least if you’re trans/gender non conforming).. Just wash it off before you begin the incision process. That stuff can be bad to get in your blood stream like that. The best option is the get lidocaine injections. This will completely numb the area. Sometimes, body mod artists can get this stuff. Other times, you might need to be willing to be a bit creative to get some. But it’s not a controlled substance so ultimately it’s not any different than DIY HRT.
Be warned, if you do these procedure and do lidocaine injections, unless it contains epinephrine, your body is going to feel very weird for a day or so. When you go to a dentist and get something done, the numbing agent has a tiny bit of epinephrine. This stops the bleeding and also prevents your body from having the trauma response it usually would have. However, without it, you won’t feel anything, but your body will be firing off pain endorphins the entire time. In a certain sense, it can initially be euphoric, but you also will feel dazed and confused. In my case, I was like excessively hungry afterwards. I understand that’s a common symptom. Also, I learned later on that if you get ahold of lidocaine injections with epinephrine, don’t use them on your fingers or other extremities. It cuts off blood flow too much and could cause damage.
Lastly, it should go without saying, but please be safe with sanitation. Whereas I know my whole surgery at a bar thing sounds unhinged, bear in mind that I wiped down the entire table with Clorox, set down a medical tray, scrubbed the puppy girl’s entire arm with alcohol, scrubbed myself down, used sterile instruments, gloves, and a face mask. Yes I’m an unhinged raccoon who performs surgery on puppy girls at bars, but I’m not a dumbass
