Intentional Cigarette Burns on Stomach - Day 1

I guess I was a little more upset when I did this, because I held the cigarette in place longer and the burns were more severe.  I chose the navel area because it wouldn't be readily visible and I knew it would be extremely sensitive and painful.  I even extinguished several cigarettes in my belly button.  Part of this was reliving a past trauma, in a way.  That's a long story.  Anyhow, this is how ugly it looked on day 1.

Cigarette Burns Starting to Heal

This is how the burns look about 4-5 days afterward.  They are starting to heal quite nicely, but still itch like crazy. 

Cigarette Burns on Flesh - after about 4 days

This is how it looks after the burns start to heal a bit (3-4 days after the initial cigarette burns).  At this point, the burned area starts to itch like crazy.  I was in counseling at this time and my therapist was aware of my having burned myself.  I was very close to being hospitalized, she said, if I didn't gain control of this self-destructive behavior.  I treated the burns by cleansing with peroxide, applying a special burn gel, and covering the burns with gauze that I taped in place.  I was afraid to seek medical attention because I thought they might try to admit me for in-patient psychiatric treatment.

Cigarette Burn on Flesh - Day 2

This is how it looked the day after I had burned myself with a lit cigarette. 

Cigarette Burns on Flesh - Day 1

This is how it looked on day 1, shortly after burning myself with a lit cigarette.

Stick Pins Through Flesh

This is one of my favorite methods of self-injury because there's minimal bleeding, minimal scarring, and maximum pain (temporarily).  Healing time is fast.  However, you must be sure to sanitize your pins before using them (use either rubbing alcohol or peroxide) and cleanse the wounds thoroughly afterwards with peroxide.  The scar that you can see underneath the pins is from an earlier gash that I'd put in my thigh that had required several layers of stitches (because I had cut all the way through to the muscle and nearly to the bone).