You might have heard about seed scarification, wondered what it actually means, and why it's important for successful seed germination. In simple terms, seed scarification is a process used to pre ...

Modern scarification, once used as a punishment have become voluntary acts of modification used to create a specific visual effect. Advertisement.

WARNING: This article contains graphic images of scarification. Tattoos may be pretty commonplace these days, but one age-old body modification trend is still shocking people after taking off on ...

Scarification is the world’s most shocking and extreme form of body modification. WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT. WITH tattoos now mainstream, body modification fans are turning to a new extreme.

Scarification action can be thermal (freeze/thaw events), mechanical (seed coat is scratched or nicked), biological (soil microbial action), or chemical (soak or acid treatment). Bluebonnet seed ...

Baule sculptural figures depicting scarification idealize Baule notions about beauty and are still admired for their likeness to humans even though the practice of scarification has died out. Vogel ...