How To Do Scar?

 
      The first step is,  

 -> Most importantly you are going to need
 
Some free time (it took me about 30-45 minutes to do this WITH taking the photos with one hand and WITH typing all the below. I recall making these in less than 5 minutes )

      The second step is,

        What you need?

 -> Glue
 -> a sharp scissors
 -> thread

 The basic ingredience could come down to only the above But to have the glue stick longer and better;
Ethyl alchohol would help.
Aditionally you may want to have some
painting material to your choice.
and a set of brushes for afterwards...

To remove the scar:
Aceton works best (NOT on the picture... sorry hadn't crossed my mind until I was finished with the instructions).



     The third step is,

 

 Now take a piece of string (here you can go very dramatic and make monstrous stitches ; but I am going to go for a thin ( burnt umber/dark brown) thread that pretty much resembles the medical ones used in hospitals );

fold it in two

And start tying knots in them.

Leave about half a centimeter (that would about a fifth of an inch ) gap between them. You may want to make them longer as they can always be made smaller later.

When done:

At a little bit less than a quarter cm (tenth of an inch ) cut them.


      The fourth step is, 

 Make as many of these as you want...

the more the merrier as it may not be as easy to make later if you are going to add a stitch to your hand as I am going to do in this instructable.

For me I think 7 or 8 should be more than enough but making extras won't hurt.

         The fifth step is,

 

 Obviously you have to decide where to apply this to!

It may be a wise idea to free your skin from any oily surface. For most cases I use something in the lines of ethyl alcohol. It works best to my experience. But maybe just washing with soap would suffice.

Since I am going to be doing this only for the photographs; I am going on with it as it is (thus not the best results& sorry. But that should give you an idea of how bad scars can look like to have refference of! Okay, okay... just too lazy ).

Oh and btw:
I have decided to use my hand for this time.



      The sixth step is, 


  
    Here is the really creative part:

 

 You have to get a sort of tacky but quality glue that you are not allergic to (When I was a child I had always used superglue of some cheaper sort. It worked perfectly, but I have my doubts on its good nature to your skin to be wearing in great amount for a long time ).

For this purpose I am using weak contact glue that was just simply lying around. If I was to be doing it really correctly I would use an adhesive that you would find in the costume shops or at beauty stores for fake eyelashes (not those for a fake nail& that's also super glue ).

I decide where I want the scar to be. And apply the adhesive along it (You may want to first darken the area with make up for your scar )

Once you are done with the glueing part: just take two sides of it and stick/pinch/crease them together.

Now try not to be TOO picky on what it is going to look like. Through experience I have to say that usually wounds tend to be a little random. But for forensically corrected results you may want to pay attention to the langer lines for small scars because the skin tends to pull to particular directions.

Here I have folded my skin thoroughly to each end making sure that it holds each other securely. This may requir some practice at first but it is not really too difficult a task to master.



You may always choose to lengthen the scar by adding more glue. I am going to leave mine such and add a little more glue to the ends to better cap it.

An important thing to keep in mind is to not make the fold with too much skin folded underneath it. As a result it will be an area that shall not get as much blood and can cause problems. Also the more skin it has to hold back the more strain the glue has. Thus it may be for the best of interest to make light stitches until you get the hang of it.


     
      The seventh step is, 

 Okay;
Let's take the little pieces of string and glue them along the wound.

Now here there are a few things to pay attention to:

_ Firstly you don't want to over glue it, because the amount of glue showing would be glossy and take from the convincingness (and they do have bad combination with the paint/make-up)

_ You want to try to think of the positioning tactically. Not one doctor has had a worry about the strings looking aesthetic that has tailored my skin& on the contrary they had all done a pretty rough job for the strings itself ; but they did however pay attention to where a thread was needed in order to hold it together.

_ Last of all try to pay special attention to not allow the thread tips to split at the ends (they are supposed to be IN your skin remember). I used to apply glue around the tips after or just before I cut them to prevent this from happening.




   The eighth step is, 

 Now to finish it off& lets cut the tips of the threads.

At this step you are going to be very greatful if you supplied sharp scissors. Since bad ones will make this step a big mess.
NEEDLESS to say: sharp things can do a boo-boo beyond reconstructability; so BE CAREFUL WITH IT!
(or you may need REAL'istic' stitches )

Well that just about sums it up!
Fast and easy convincing stitch that cost just about nothing , and didn't take any time at all!
(Sadly I've spent more time trying to figure out how to submit an instructable than preparing it :( ... maybe next time I'll stick to a video )

Next:
Taking the result a little further from here on in the next steps with paint (as an example )


   

       The ninth step is, 

 Add bandages, blood and what not. It's your wound: dress it however you wish to.

For instructasamplable sake I am going to apply a little paint postwork
(Using my airbrush acrylics for this one )

To add some realisticity (is that a word? ); don't forget to add marks of the blood being smeared off, or also some yellowness from chemicals used to prevent infections... or maybe a little bit of washed off blue to make it more pale around the area

Note:
I am reminding you that it was all done very crudely... the only reason it looks good here is because of the steps taken. The fold of skin is a real fold of skin and the strings knotted on top are real strings knotted on top.
I am SURE you can get much cooler results with a little bit of creativity.

    The tenth step is, 

 Now a little more work on mine& and Ta-daah!!

Well to be honest; I think I liked it in the last step before I added the last coats of paint. But oh well.. can always take it off and do it again.


The last steps were actually more to give you an inspiration/idea. The only real reason that this looks any good is the materials being realistic.
You can take this a good step further...
You can introduce fake blood under the stitch...
You can paint it more...
You can use staples or thicker thminereads or what not (pun unintended)...
You can mix the glue with paint to make it look more like a crust.
Etc...

There are a LOT of options you can go for from here.

Okay friends, this is my first tutorial on makeup for halloween. So I hope you enjoyed and please comment