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What Is A Scab
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scab
A Personal Definition
–noun-
1. The incrustation that forms over a sore or wound during healing.
2. A noble wound gained in the execution of some foolishness or other.
3. A thing of possible Beauty and Inquiry.
4. A Quick and Easy Snack
5. The name of Three Cool Bands
What Is A Scab
– from: http://kidshealth.org/kid/talk/yucky/scab.html
You're running around with your friend, laughing your head off, when suddenly you trip over a rock and hit the ground. As you pick yourself up, you notice that your knee is bleeding. But while you're trying to figure out where that rock came from, the blood from the cut on your knee is already busy at work creating a scab.
As soon as you scrape or break the skin anywhere on your body, special blood cells called platelets (say: playt-lits) spring into action. Platelets stick together like glue at the cut, forming a clot. This clot is like a protective bandage over your cut that keeps more blood and other fluids from flowing out. The clot is also full of other blood cells and thread-like stuff called fibrin (say: fy-brin) that help hold the clot together.
So now you're home, you're cleaned up, and you're not bleeding anymore. But things are still happening on your knee. As the clot starts to get hard and dries out, a scab forms. Scabs are usually crusty and dark red or brown. Their job is to protect the cut by keeping germs and other stuff out and giving the skin cells underneath a chance to heal.
If you look at a scab, it probably just looks like a hard, reddish glob. But under its surface, all kinds of things are going on. New skin cells are being made to help repair the torn skin. Damaged blood vessels are being fixed.
White blood cells, the kind that fight infection to keep you from getting sick, go to work by attacking any germs that may have gotten into the cut. White blood cells also get rid of any dead blood and skin cells that may still be hanging around the cut. By the time it's all done, a new layer of skin will have been made.
Eventually, a scab falls off and reveals new skin underneath. This usually happens by itself after a week or two. Even though it may be tough not to pick at a scab, try to leave it alone. If you pick or pull at the scab, you can undo the repair and rip your skin again, which means it'll probably take longer to heal. You may even get a scar. So let that scab sit there — your skin will thank you!
The Heart of the Matter - Picking Scabs
You're running around with your friend, laughing your head off, when suddenly you trip over a rock and hit the ground. As you pick yourself up, you notice that your knee is bleeding. But while you're trying to figure out where that rock came from, the blood from the cut on your knee is already busy at work creating a scab.
As soon as you scrape or break the skin anywhere on your body, special blood cells called platelets (say: playt-lits) spring into action. Platelets stick together like glue at the cut, forming a clot. This clot is like a protective bandage over your cut that keeps more blood and other fluids from flowing out. The clot is also full of other blood cells and thread-like stuff called fibrin (say: fy-brin) that help hold the clot together.
So now you're home, you're cleaned up, and you're not bleeding anymore. But things are still happening on your knee. As the clot starts to get hard and dries out, a scab forms. Scabs are usually crusty and dark red or brown. Their job is to protect the cut by keeping germs and other stuff out and giving the skin cells underneath a chance to heal.
If you look at a scab, it probably just looks like a hard, reddish glob. But under its surface, all kinds of things are going on. New skin cells are being made to help repair the torn skin. Damaged blood vessels are being fixed.
White blood cells, the kind that fight infection to keep you from getting sick, go to work by attacking any germs that may have gotten into the cut. White blood cells also get rid of any dead blood and skin cells that may still be hanging around the cut. By the time it's all done, a new layer of skin will have been made.
Eventually, a scab falls off and reveals new skin underneath. This usually happens by itself after a week or two. Even though it may be tough not to pick at a scab, try to leave it alone. If you pick or pull at the scab, you can undo the repair and rip your skin again, which means it'll probably take longer to heal. You may even get a scar. So let that scab sit there — your skin will thank you!
The Heart of the Matter - Picking Scabs
from: http://www.skinpick.com/picking-scabs
"Pick one scab and leave the others alone. Make the one your friend"
As bizarre as these words may seem to some people, others will find a great deal of relief, camaraderie, even wisdom in them. They are, in fact, the advice one sister gave to another when discussing their mutual compulsions to pick obsessively at the scabs that form on their bodies.
Scab picking is a form of excoriation, just as picking at the skin is. When picking scabs, however, the picker will pick at scabs that have been caused from any trauma, be it accident or result of earlier picking episodes.
Picking scabs is a remarkably self-perpetuating way to act out obsessive-compulsive tendencies that often signal an underlying, often as-yet-undiagnosed mood or anxiety disorder. Patients often describe the experience as comforting even though painful. And very unsightly.
A common symptom of scab picking is eating the scabs after picking.
This form of skin picking disorder can be difficult to spot from the observer’s perspective. The person experiencing the scab picking behavior knows the results are unsightly and repulsive to others. For this reason, he or, usually, she will limit picking scabs to just the areas of the body that are most often hidden under clothing.
Repeated infections at the scab picking sites become problems that can have significant consequences. Permanent scarring is almost always a result of the behavior and sometimes the scarring can be profound and disfiguring.
There seems to be a great deal of shame associated with this obsessive-compulsive skin picking behavior, even more so than in other types of skin picking. Many people who suffer with this compulsion know they are doing something that is considered undesirable, even disgusting (to others), but they find it almost impossible to stop nevertheless.
What causes scab picking?
Habitual picking of scabs is classified in the group of psychological disorders associated with self-harm, such as deliberate skin cutting, head banging, and burning oneself. These actions are more often associated with girls than with boys and scab picking often starts when the subject is age 13 or 14.
Psychological symptoms that are often associated with picking scabs are depression, low self-esteem, addiction, eating disorders, and anxiety. A history of trauma or some sort of abuse is almost always involved.
Quite often the habit gets started as a way to relieve the pent-up frustrations or fears when other ways of dealing with conflict are not effective. Feeling that verbal communications are ineffective leave the scab picker feeling there is no other way to express the emotional turmoil going on inside.
Most people will pick a scab from time to time with no significant harm done. It’s when the act of picking the scab brings on emotional relief, desired pain, or pleasure that medical intervention is advised.
For more information about the scab picking disorder , its causes and treatment options, get the Complete Guide to Picking Disorders today.
Some Alternatives to Eating Real Scabs:
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Some Very Cool Pictures of Noble Scabs:
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This picture makes me envious........
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A Very Cool Mum playing with her child’s scab
Making Money From Scabs.
This is a link to an insurance company compensation website.
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How to Use site and diagram:
1. Work out how much money you need
2. Click on the interactive body provided with details of injury to which part of the body
3. Keep doing until required sum of money appears
4. Go do it
5. Claim motherfucker, claim.
http://www.national-accident-helpline.co.uk/claims-calculator/?utm_source=utarget&utm_medium=cpm&utm_content=calc_8
Acquiring a Scab– Ok so now you have read all about them, some of you maybe wondering – ‘hey how do I get one’, well here goes.
OK and if you are in the Military there’s a whole load of ways of acquiring scabs denied to us who are not:
The Cool Sounds of Scabs:
Three standout bands are The Rolling Scabs, Scabs and Human Skab.
"Pick one scab and leave the others alone. Make the one your friend"
As bizarre as these words may seem to some people, others will find a great deal of relief, camaraderie, even wisdom in them. They are, in fact, the advice one sister gave to another when discussing their mutual compulsions to pick obsessively at the scabs that form on their bodies.
Scab picking is a form of excoriation, just as picking at the skin is. When picking scabs, however, the picker will pick at scabs that have been caused from any trauma, be it accident or result of earlier picking episodes.
Picking scabs is a remarkably self-perpetuating way to act out obsessive-compulsive tendencies that often signal an underlying, often as-yet-undiagnosed mood or anxiety disorder. Patients often describe the experience as comforting even though painful. And very unsightly.
A common symptom of scab picking is eating the scabs after picking.
This form of skin picking disorder can be difficult to spot from the observer’s perspective. The person experiencing the scab picking behavior knows the results are unsightly and repulsive to others. For this reason, he or, usually, she will limit picking scabs to just the areas of the body that are most often hidden under clothing.
Repeated infections at the scab picking sites become problems that can have significant consequences. Permanent scarring is almost always a result of the behavior and sometimes the scarring can be profound and disfiguring.
There seems to be a great deal of shame associated with this obsessive-compulsive skin picking behavior, even more so than in other types of skin picking. Many people who suffer with this compulsion know they are doing something that is considered undesirable, even disgusting (to others), but they find it almost impossible to stop nevertheless.
What causes scab picking?
Habitual picking of scabs is classified in the group of psychological disorders associated with self-harm, such as deliberate skin cutting, head banging, and burning oneself. These actions are more often associated with girls than with boys and scab picking often starts when the subject is age 13 or 14.
Psychological symptoms that are often associated with picking scabs are depression, low self-esteem, addiction, eating disorders, and anxiety. A history of trauma or some sort of abuse is almost always involved.
Quite often the habit gets started as a way to relieve the pent-up frustrations or fears when other ways of dealing with conflict are not effective. Feeling that verbal communications are ineffective leave the scab picker feeling there is no other way to express the emotional turmoil going on inside.
Most people will pick a scab from time to time with no significant harm done. It’s when the act of picking the scab brings on emotional relief, desired pain, or pleasure that medical intervention is advised.
For more information about the scab picking disorder , its causes and treatment options, get the Complete Guide to Picking Disorders today.
Some Alternatives to Eating Real Scabs:
Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.
Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.
Some Very Cool Pictures of Noble Scabs:
Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.
This picture makes me envious........
Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.
Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.
Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.
Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.
Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.
Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.
Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.
Image may be NSFW.
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A Very Cool Mum playing with her child’s scab
Making Money From Scabs.
This is a link to an insurance company compensation website.
Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.
How to Use site and diagram:
1. Work out how much money you need
2. Click on the interactive body provided with details of injury to which part of the body
3. Keep doing until required sum of money appears
4. Go do it
5. Claim motherfucker, claim.
http://www.national-accident-helpline.co.uk/claims-calculator/?utm_source=utarget&utm_medium=cpm&utm_content=calc_8
Acquiring a Scab– Ok so now you have read all about them, some of you maybe wondering – ‘hey how do I get one’, well here goes.
OK and if you are in the Military there’s a whole load of ways of acquiring scabs denied to us who are not:
The Cool Sounds of Scabs:
Three standout bands are The Rolling Scabs, Scabs and Human Skab.
The Rolling Scabs
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The Rolling Scabs were a short-lived punk group fronted by two 13-year-old boys. The group played several gigs in and around San Francisco in 1988. They weren't brothers, but they acted like it, they were best friends, and were born the same day on the same year.
One of the kids, Giuliano, died two years later, crushed by an elevator when he was horsing around in an abandoned building in Connecticut.
The Rolling Scabs first ever gig was at the legendary punk haven The Gilman Street Project in Berkeley. A cassette board tape of this was released by band member Li'l Mike on a limited edition of 500 7-inch EP on pus-colored vinyl.
Download MP3s of the songs:
>Intro (Lawrence Livermore) / We're The Scabs!
>I Hate My Teacher
>Giuliano's Dream / My Mom Smokes Pot
>Around the World in 80 Seconds
Standout tracks..I Hate My Teacher and My Mom Smokes Pot...
They have a cool website @ http://www.rollingscabs.com/
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Scabs
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Scabs are an Austin, Texas band that performs very infrequently, but you can listen to Scabs here:
Fast Food Shuffle
Crackhead
The Human Skab
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Is a thirty three year old musician who when he was ten was described as:
"This 10 year old kid knows how to punk rock real good, breath taking like a screaming demon, throwing rocks at windows, killing all the communists, things that you wouldn't normally try yourself. Something you leave to the experts. -- Sound Choice July 1987
"If Captain Beefheart were ten years old, this is what he'd probably sound like" -- Spin May 1987
You can hear more Human Skab at his myspace page:
http://www.myspace.com/humanskab
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The Rolling Scabs were a short-lived punk group fronted by two 13-year-old boys. The group played several gigs in and around San Francisco in 1988. They weren't brothers, but they acted like it, they were best friends, and were born the same day on the same year.
One of the kids, Giuliano, died two years later, crushed by an elevator when he was horsing around in an abandoned building in Connecticut.
The Rolling Scabs first ever gig was at the legendary punk haven The Gilman Street Project in Berkeley. A cassette board tape of this was released by band member Li'l Mike on a limited edition of 500 7-inch EP on pus-colored vinyl.
Download MP3s of the songs:
>Intro (Lawrence Livermore) / We're The Scabs!
>I Hate My Teacher
>Giuliano's Dream / My Mom Smokes Pot
>Around the World in 80 Seconds
Standout tracks..I Hate My Teacher and My Mom Smokes Pot...
They have a cool website @ http://www.rollingscabs.com/
Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.
Scabs
Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.
Scabs are an Austin, Texas band that performs very infrequently, but you can listen to Scabs here:
Fast Food Shuffle
Crackhead
The Human Skab
Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.
Is a thirty three year old musician who when he was ten was described as:
"This 10 year old kid knows how to punk rock real good, breath taking like a screaming demon, throwing rocks at windows, killing all the communists, things that you wouldn't normally try yourself. Something you leave to the experts. -- Sound Choice July 1987
"If Captain Beefheart were ten years old, this is what he'd probably sound like" -- Spin May 1987
You can hear more Human Skab at his myspace page:
http://www.myspace.com/humanskab
NEXT IN MY ‘NOBLE THINGS TO HAVE ON YOUR BODY’ SERIES:
PUS...COMING SOON.
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p.s. Hey. Put The Lotion In the Basket was such a great writer, artist, and d.l., I wonder what's become of him. Anyone know? Please enjoy his guest-rerun-post, needless to say. The blog will be back tomorrow, and I'll see you again in a couple of days.