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Any friction burners here?

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Friction burns- where you scratch the same place on your skin until it gets really raw- are what I started SI with. I was wondering how common they were. Does anyone else here do this?

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This is how I started as

This is how I started as well. Just deep scratches, which eventually elevated to using a screwdriver.

 

You aren't the only one.  

I used to use a screwdriver,

I used to use a screwdriver, too. Now I only do it when I don't have anything else.

Yeah, it was rather

Yeah, it was rather satisfying at the time. I have a pretty long scar on my left hand from it.

I find it doesn't feel as great as it used to, niether does friction burning with my nail, so I dropped this method. Although, if I didn't have absolutely anything else and really needed to cut, I'd more than likely use it. Except the previous cuts I got from it had gotten rather infected.

I know what you mean about

I know what you mean about the infections. I did it for about 7 months and everyone I did would take a month and a half to heal all the way because of how infected they got. Most of my worst scars are from that time. 

Yep I used to do that quite a

Yep I used to do that quite a lot - its how I started too.

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