Little breath in all right, tiny breath.
As soon as that first cut goes in,
I'm not stopping.
Scarification is seen as
something abhorrent.
He might be a heavy bleeder,
in which case you just make a
little nick and it goes...
I'm here to hold his hand.
Oh f*** yes.
I'm getting it done roughly
around here.
I need to see what it looks like when it's on.
It's similar to a tattoo,
but a little bit more extreme.
When it comes to the actual procedure.
It'll be a scalpel.
He'll cut two to three millimetres deep.
He'll then apply UV ink.
Scarification, it's a grey area.
In this environment it's a very safe space,
and it's in a controlled environment,
it's very hygienic.
We're trying to break the taboo
on it the best we can.
You know, not so long ago,
tattoos were taboo.
I like the thought that
it will be a scar
and then when UV light shines
on it, it will glow up.
So I go on holiday or night clubbing,
it's black light, so I'll be
taking my top off and showing everyone.
The worst would be too deep or infection
or the keloid scar might appear a bit bigger than I expected.
I will feel pain.
There's no going about that.
I guess it's like nervous
anticipation, you know?
Hey, how you doing ?
Nice to meet you.
Good to meet you as well mate.
Welcome to our studio
Thank you.
Right, so what are we putting on you today?
Right, a question mark.
Plain and simple.
It's very important for us to get
across to people that are having this,
that they're in the right
sound mind and body.
And that's where I sign my life away
No going back now.
Ok Ben, do you want to pop in.
That's it, just lay yourself back,
watch your head.
Ok.
You ready?
I'm ready, are you ready?
Always.
A little breath in, all right. Tiny breath.
Ready?
Feel that?
Depending where you cut
on the body as well,
will depend on how it splays,
so you should be really, really careful.
Right.
So if you cut up here, for example,
and you press too deep,
it'll just do this.
I would say I thought it was going to hurt
a lot more than it does, to be honest.
Are you ready to see it?
I am indeed, yes.
Oh f*** yes.
Yeah, that's wicked.
Are you sure you're happy with that?
Yeah, I'm very happy with that mate.
So we're gonna put some UV ink in.
That should start to travel into the grooves.
Yep, and then it just literally
does its own thing.
It's definitely beyond the normal.
Sweet, I can only just see it
but it looks f***ing cool.
It's glowing.
I feel like it's a,
quite a big relief now it's done.
I'm looking forward to it healing and
showing it off.
What kind of people do you imagine get
scarification done?
People that don't
follow the normal rules, I guess.
People that like to challenge
boundaries and push for
things that are different.
At the end of day, no one wants to be
the same as anyone else.
Each to their own.
My body, my rules.
That's what it looks like at the moment.
So we'll give it a little flash
with the UV torch.
When you turn the light off.
Happy days.