not exactly surgery
but i had the odd habit as a child of sewing my feet and hands. i would use an ordinary needle and thread to sew patterns on the hard skin of my heels, then rip the cotton out, giving me plenty of bits of dead/hard skin to peel off.
in the case of my hands, i'd sew the fingertips together and pretend i had webbed hands. fingertips are surprisingly resilient and will easily take a needle through the first few layers of skin with no pain whatsoever.
i know it's a weird thing to do, but my brother and sister did it, too.
( Smash Monkey lowering the tone of the whole internet, Fri 21 Jan 2011, 19:15, 19 replies)

And me.

( girlinthehole, Fri 21 Jan 2011, 19:21, closed)

see, that's why i love this place
i know i'm not the only weirdo! :D
( Smash Monkey lowering the tone of the whole internet, Fri 21 Jan 2011, 19:32, closed)

Two more -
Me and my eldest sister. I'd completely forgotten about doing that.
( Fronds are waving gently on, Fri 21 Jan 2011, 19:40, closed)

did you shove things up your nose as well?

( Smash Monkey lowering the tone of the whole internet, Fri 21 Jan 2011, 19:42, closed)

Only fingers
to the fourth knuckle or so.
( Fronds are waving gently on, Fri 21 Jan 2011, 21:41, closed)

Another weirdo here
*webbed fingered waves*
( Herb Alpert's Taxi Driver I have very beautiful lips, Sat 22 Jan 2011, 12:05, closed)

:)
is it just me, or does it seem to be mostly girls that did this?
( Smash Monkey lowering the tone of the whole internet, Sat 22 Jan 2011, 18:16, closed)

I have ridges on my fingers where I gouged out the skin with a needle.
Even after all these years.
( girlinthehole, Fri 21 Jan 2011, 19:54, closed)

i have a small scar on the tip of my left index finger
due to my needling. i like to tell people it was where i was stung by a scorpion.
( Smash Monkey lowering the tone of the whole internet, Fri 21 Jan 2011, 19:58, closed)

I did that too
it was especially interesting around the segs I had from playing on the climbing bars at the park.
(Juan Quar is clinging to her front teeth on, Sat 22 Jan 2011, 9:38, closed)

pfff
segs is such an odd word
( Smash Monkey lowering the tone of the whole internet, Sat 22 Jan 2011, 18:17, closed)

You are all weirdos
and freaks.
(Wagane, Sat 22 Jan 2011, 12:50, closed)

what she said

( Je suis un vagabond is an unfunny, up your own arse middle class knob, Sat 22 Jan 2011, 16:57, closed)

wibble

( Smash Monkey lowering the tone of the whole internet, Sat 22 Jan 2011, 18:15, closed)

Me too - and I'd also completely forgotten about doing this.
(danalan Pretty good, for an amateur., Sat 22 Jan 2011, 18:48, closed)

it seems to be contagious

( Smash Monkey lowering the tone of the whole internet, Mon 24 Jan 2011, 16:35, closed)

i got shouted at in primary school
for doing this with a pin

in assembly
( bookerina, Mon 24 Jan 2011, 22:54, closed)

I used to do this!
...but without using any thread, just used to stick needles through and line them up.

Something very satisfying about it.
(Stiltzkin, Tue 25 Jan 2011, 12:20, closed)

did you pretend to be freddy krueger?

( Smash Monkey lowering the tone of the whole internet, Wed 26 Jan 2011, 0:16, closed)