Sutures as temporary bodymod?

Thursday October 30th, 2008 @ 7:36 PM

I’ve been considering suturing on an armband, but I’ve never done any piercings before and I can’t find anything like this on BME or other sites, so I’d like some advice. The plan is to shave the area which the armband will cover (although that might not be necessary if I’m only leaving it in a few weeks?), and basically sew the armband to my skin on both edges. I’d tie the sutures loosely to reduce pulling.

Is this a terrible idea? What hazards should I be looking out for?

I guess the idea is only terrible depending on the desired end result.

Suturing a design around your arm to leave in for a few weeks and then remove will leave you with a pretty festering-looking wound as if you got a sliver and left it in your skin.
If the sutures didn’t reject in that short period of time (which is likely) you could still be left with very uneven scarring (which tends to be permanent)

I personally don’t think it’s a brilliant idea to leave something like that in for a long period of time. However, I think it could look nice for a very temporary stay for a few photos and then removed in the same day.

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