Re: Branding practice?

On 20 Jun 2006 18:19:02 GMT, crank@got.net (i'll teach you to turn away.)
wrote:

> a compromise: go to a shop together. get real friendly with a
>quality brander, & you may be able to do the work with him overseeing you.
>that'd make it MUCH safer, you'd still get to perform the brand, but your
>friend might escape ending up with a giant blistered blob with subsequent
>systematic infection.

Hi Lish,

I'm curious about why the brand, with appropriate aftercare, would somehow be
more susceptible to leading to a systemic infection if done outside of a shop
with care taken to be clean. Obviously the instrument itself would be sterile,
no?

As far as a giant blistered blob, that's okay - it's as much about the
branding itself as it is the scar; the scar is just the reminder of the
branding, though preferably it won't be just a blob if done right. :)

nobody@b.com schrieb:

> I'm curious about why the brand, with appropriate aftercare, would somehow be
> more susceptible to leading to a systemic infection if done outside of a shop
> with care taken to be clean. Obviously the instrument itself would be sterile,
> no?

Just imagine going too deep, for example going into a muscle. You may
quickly reach your wit's end with "appropriate aftercare" when a deep
tissue infection sets in.

Find a practitioner who will let you do it under his supervision,
better yet, have someone knowledgeable do it and find a way to
partcipate.

Nina