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Body modification and Scarification

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Difference between Body modification and Scarification

Body modification vs. Scarification

Body modification (or body alteration) is the deliberate altering of the human anatomy or human physical appearance. Scarifying (also scarification modification) involves scratching, etching, burning / branding, or superficially cutting designs, pictures, or words into the skin as a permanent body modification.

Similarities between Body modification and Scarification

Body modification and Scarification have 7 things in common (in Unionpedia): Cauterization, Human branding, Keloid, Rite of passage, Scar, Skin, Tattoo.

Cauterization

Cauterization (or cauterisation, or cautery) is a medical practice or technique of burning a part of a body to remove or close off a part of it.

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Human branding

Human branding or stigmatizing is the process which a mark, usually a symbol or ornamental pattern, is burned into the skin of a living person, with the intention that the resulting scar makes it permanent.

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Keloid

Keloid, also known as keloid disorder and keloidal scar, is the formation of a type of scar which, depending on its maturity, is composed mainly of either type III (early) or type I (late) collagen.

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Rite of passage

A rite of passage is a ceremony of the passage which occurs when an individual leaves one group to enter another.

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Scar

A scar is an area of fibrous tissue that replaces normal skin after an injury.

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Skin

Skin is the soft outer tissue covering vertebrates.

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Tattoo

A tattoo is a form of body modification where a design is made by inserting ink, dyes and pigments, either indelible or temporary, into the dermis layer of the skin to change the pigment.

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Body modification and Scarification Comparison

Body modification has 114 relations, while Scarification has 32. As they have in common 7, the Jaccard index is 4.79% = 7 / (114 + 32).

References

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