Ouch

[danalwyn]

Fascinating.

You actually can temporarily alter your fingerprints by essentially melting some of them off.

...

Anytime the pain wants to stop will be fine with me.

-dA
Is not seriously injured.

Comments

[aries-ascendant.livejournal.com]

OMG! You can go commit all sorts of crimes now! (Just don't leave any DNA behind - blood from the fingers?)

Hope you're okay. And I'm morbidly curious about what you did...

[danalwyn.livejournal.com]

Oh, I'm fine. The grill was just hotter than I thought it was - much hotter. And the surface I ended up grabbing onto was hotter than I thought it was.

I didn't notice it for a while, but it started hurting after a few minutes. I realized then that I have this groove on my finger, kind of like the indentation you press your finger against the edge of a ruler. It means that my fingerprints have this strange mark in them like a scar, and it obscures the central whorl. I just thought it was sort of neat. If you had the dedication you could probably erase all the identifying marks of your fingerprints and then grow them back before the cops got a hold of you.

It's not something I recommend though. I just thought the effect was kind of neat.

[aries-ascendant.livejournal.com]

No worries, I've done a very similar thing *coughs*several times*cough* (general distraction and pot holder slippage) Your whorl should come back intact. ;)

I've heard stories of people erasing their fingerprints before, but they might just be urban legends.

[nightdog-barks.livejournal.com]

Er ... is there a specific reason you're doing this?

Besides revealing you're a secret masochist?

Just sayin' ...

[danalwyn.livejournal.com]

Because I apparently cannot find my way around the kitchen...

[lacontessamala.livejournal.com]

Ha! You can't fool me: you're just too modest to brag about getting recruited for the Men in Black.

Er, hope your fingers feel better soon.

[stardust-rain.livejournal.com]

Fucking ow. Must've been a serious burn, to get your fingerprints all messed up

Look on the bright side. You can now join the Men in Black and recruit aliens!

[danalwyn.livejournal.com]

Not really. It's just sort of odd. I don't know, I'll have to figure out how stuff like this happens...

[ex-thexphial147.livejournal.com]

OW! I have heard of something like that before, actually. Someone used acid or something, which messed up the DNA as well as the fingerprint. I think I'd prefer to just use a glove myself, sheesh.

[bladed-crescent.livejournal.com]

I'm just going to go ahead and add you to the list of Pyros I Know anyways.

It's surprising long.

And finally: ow.

Remember: burners are hot, refridgerators are cold. Not the other way around. :)

[danalwyn.livejournal.com]

Strangely enough, I'm not a pyromaniac. I don't like fire very much. That's what makes it strange.

[ithmarvin.livejournal.com]

Question on hiding fingerprints: Can't you just wrap your fingers in clingwrap to block the oils coming from your fingers from forming fingerprints?

[danalwyn.livejournal.com]

That might be a smarter way, yes.

Or you could just wear gloves.