In response to: http://christineelysewb.blogspot.com/2008/04/i-cant-believe-how-people-who-use-body.html

I agree with what Christine has to say about the pain people go through with body modifications: scarification, body-implants, and branding. Our society uses novicane at the dentist, and anestetics during surgical procedures. It confuses me as to why someone would willingly have their skin opened up and implants put into them without any pain medication. I think it is outragious that someone would feel they had to partake in something like this in order to stand out or "fit in". They are not only inflicting pain upon themselves, but they are putting their body at risk for infection and possibly death because the majoritiy of people who perform these tasks do not have any medical background and barely any knowledge of the human anatomy. After reading the article about body-implants I felt the same way as Christine. I was happy to know that I had some place where I felt I could be myself and not be judged.