Hey, I have done that once....about 5 years ago, and I still have a scar on my shoulder. Honestly, it was too much pain than I could handle.

well for a while once i liked to light matches and then a couple second later i would blow it out and shove it into my arm or somthing.., i still get urges to burn myself but ive only done it a couple of times.

I never tried to burn myself, but when I use to keep long long nails, I use to burn them... see how close I could get. Singed a few fingers. That was before my days of cutting... I would be scared to try that now... I just might now stop. Having enough of a battle with the cutting.

hey, ive done that before, still have a scar on my arm from it. I dont thin it will ever go, i did it for exactly the same reasons as you, to see if i could still feel, i understand hun xxx

I haven't but I know a good amount her do

i dont exactly use lighters to burn my skin. I use acids and stuff to make my skin peel. i once poured a bottle of nail glue over my hand and fingers and pulled the glue off wich also made some of my skin come of too. Ive only done that once never again!!

yes, I do that too. I find it a little bit more... rewarding than cutting.
at first mine was a small sizzle on my left arm while I was straightening my hair, then I got addicted to it.
I have a scar from over six months ago on my ankle from a lighter on my ankle that is still purple and stings when you press it, even gently.

they never go away.
they are about some of the most perminant scars you can give yourself.

I'm covered in scars myself, some from years ago. I carved the word love into my left tigh, which has faded a bit, but not gone.

You should really stop hurting yourself love.. reason 1.) it is in no way, healthy. I would know this.. and I really don't have room to preach, because I do it too. but it's a habit I've been trying really hard to stop. 2.) when you have gotten yourself under control, you will regret it every time you see those scars. you will remember the pain that you had, and it could drag you back down into it.. I have been there also. and 3.) some stories are better left untold. and they stories left on your body (scars) can never be silenced.

yes i definatly know. this is wut i did when i stopped cutting. and to be honest. i like it more
i do the same. heat up my lighter really hot and then put it onto my arm mostly.
for some reason it doesnt hurt nearly as much on my right arm. so i did it there to see how much i culd do.
the worst i did was heating up one side of metal tweezers and pressing them there. it blistered almost instantly. and i culd jus say it was a accident cuz it wasnt a smiley like from a lighter. stil have the scar. its awesome :D

I have burned myself with cigarettes and also used to hold a lighter flame against my arm for as long as I could. I dont feel the pain of it either at the time and the last time I did it I wasnt sore after either although the scars were raw and angry looking.

Some of the burns are 10 years old now and still very visable, they just dont seem to fade.

I think it is like any other form of SI - addictive and dangerous and you always want to go that bit further.

Yeh iv done it. Iv a few on my hips and one on my shoulder. I did it to see if i could feel, i was feelin so cold and alone and cutting wasn't doing anything so now iv some lovely burn scars. They're still pretty risen, i doubt they'll ever fade away. It was perhaps not one of my smartest ideas, but i lost control. I regret it every time i see them (or any of my scars) but it doesn't change anythin. (rambled on abit, sorry)

I recently stopped cutting and started burning. I know what you are goign through, its for different reasons but i am doing it alot have many new scars and blisters. I kinda traded one si for this and both are bad but i think tis one is the worse of the two, I am here if you need anyone to talk to

When the cutting was doing it for me, I burned myself a few times. I have a decently sized scar on the back of my hand from that time. I can't cover it and it is really hard to explain away. For me it was just escalating the SI, but the burn scars are much worse, for the most part.

If it doesn't hurt anymore, I think you really need to get help. I ended up in the hospital because I couldn't see how bad I was cutting myself, I didn't feel it at all. It was a huge mess, cops in the house, blood ALL over the kitchen, and my husband scared to death because he thought I might die from it.

You are not alone, don't be afraid to talk to someone. I am here for you.