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Flint · 09-30-2006, 12:01 PM

Thanks. Again: I'm not asking for advice regarding which method to choose.
I have decided (all on my own!) that I am not going to use laser removal, or cover with another ring or another tattoo.

I'm curious about excision (a method I have seen muliple examples of posted recently on this site...)

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Originally Posted by Clodfobble

You could extend it into a whole back-of-the-hand-up-the-fingers thing, that could look cool.

The thing is...I've kinda stumbled my way into a "real job" since then, so I'm not thinking of "adding" anything.

richlevy · 09-30-2006, 12:49 PM

Tatoo artists have to be licensed. I cannot imagine any state or city licensing someone to do that. I know some cultures allow ritual scarring and possibly their is a religious exemption in the US, but she doesn't look like a Maori.

At least the guy doing the job is smart enough to wear a mask and gloves.

xoxoxoBruce · 10-01-2006, 08:00 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by richlevy

At least the guy doing the job is smart enough to wear a mask and gloves.

So do smart criminals.

footfootfoot · 10-01-2006, 10:52 AM

A mask and gloves and... saran wrap?

Iggy · 10-02-2006, 07:16 PM

I don't know much about the selective excision method, but I do know that over time all scars shrink/contract. This could cause some limited mobility in that finger, which would affect (or effect) your drumming eventually. The only question I would think would matter was how fast would it shrink and how much. Because if it takes 15 years to shrink enough to matter, then it might be worth it. Who knows. I would ask a dermatologist or something. They know scars and skin well and should be able to tell you more than anyone about how it would affect you. Or maybe a burns specialist... they deal with scars a lot too.

wolf · 10-02-2006, 10:47 PM

I think that sort of removal (all the way around the base of the finger) could lead to some very serious complications, particularly if your wound would become infected. No environment is sufficiently sterile to guarantee healing without infection. Worst case scenario ends with amputation of the digit.

I know that radial burns form their own sort of tourniquet around a limb, and that surgical intervention is necessary to slice through the burned tissue to keep the skin contracture from forming a tourniquet and limiting the blood supply below the burn.

Flint · 10-03-2006, 08:24 AM

@all: thanks again... one thing, though, just to be specific:

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Originally Posted by wolf

(all the way around the base of the finger)

...actually the "ring" makes its way around just half of my finger...it doesn't proceed onto the "palm" side.

Shawnee123 · 10-03-2006, 08:32 AM

I guess your palm is reserved for other things?

(Sorry, Flint...couldn't resist)

09-30-2006, 12:49 PM	#32
richlevy King Of Wishful Thinking Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Philadelphia Suburbs Posts: 6,669	Tatoo artists have to be licensed. I cannot imagine any state or city licensing someone to do that. I know some cultures allow ritual scarring and possibly their is a religious exemption in the US, but she doesn't look like a Maori. At least the guy doing the job is smart enough to wear a mask and gloves. __________________ Exercise your rights and remember your obligations - VOTE! I have always believed that hope is that stubborn thing inside us that insists, despite all the evidence to the contrary, that something better awaits us so long as we have the courage to keep reaching, to keep working, to keep fighting. -- Barack Hussein Obama

10-01-2006, 10:52 AM	#34
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	A mask and gloves and... saran wrap? __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

10-02-2006, 07:16 PM	#35
Iggy Back and ready to tart up the place Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Kansas Posts: 850	I don't know much about the selective excision method, but I do know that over time all scars shrink/contract. This could cause some limited mobility in that finger, which would affect (or effect) your drumming eventually. The only question I would think would matter was how fast would it shrink and how much. Because if it takes 15 years to shrink enough to matter, then it might be worth it. Who knows. I would ask a dermatologist or something. They know scars and skin well and should be able to tell you more than anyone about how it would affect you. Or maybe a burns specialist... they deal with scars a lot too. __________________ Chock-full of naughty goodness.

10-02-2006, 10:47 PM	#36
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	I think that sort of removal (all the way around the base of the finger) could lead to some very serious complications, particularly if your wound would become infected. No environment is sufficiently sterile to guarantee healing without infection. Worst case scenario ends with amputation of the digit. I know that radial burns form their own sort of tourniquet around a limb, and that surgical intervention is necessary to slice through the burned tissue to keep the skin contracture from forming a tourniquet and limiting the blood supply below the burn. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

10-03-2006, 08:32 AM	#38
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	I guess your palm is reserved for other things? (Sorry, Flint...couldn't resist) __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

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