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Afghan Girls Burn Themselves To Escape Marriage
Source: msnbc.com

HERAT, Afghanistan – We watched a teenage girl die last Friday. Seventeen-year-old Shirin had been brought to the Herat Regional Hospital Burns Unit a few days before we met her. Ninety percent of her body was covered in third-degree burns.

Woman Attempts Plastic Surgery On Own Face
Source: ABC news affiliates

A California woman bought a $10 vial of liquid silicone online and injected it into her cheek and lips. She has now become a spokesperson of a "don't try this at home" nature.

Sex offender found nude, self-mutilated; bit tip of own penis off: cops
Source: NY Daily News

A convicted child molester was found naked and bleeding behind a Brooklyn building - a victim of sexual self-mutilation, police sources said.

'Self-Embedding' a Troubling Trend Among Teens - MSN Health & Fitness - Kids' Health
Source: MSN

Great... yet another way for teens to delve into their angst and display their woe. I think many of these "teens" still a need a swift kick "embedded" in their rear.

Huge jump in self-harm among young women
Source: theage.com.au

RATES of self-harm among young people aged 12 to 24 have risen by 43% in 10 years — and young women are considered to be at greatest risk.

The Growing Wave of Teenage Self-Injury
Source: The New York Times

"I feel relieved and less anxious after I cut. The emotional pain slowly slips away into the physical pain." "It's a way to have control over my body because I can't control anything else in my life."

The bizarre Ashura blood ritual comes to Queens, New York.[pictures]
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Beating and cutting themselves and their kids-- knives and swords and chains. Related article-- ''A Visit to the Family Self-Mutilation Store''

A Visit to the Family Self-Mutilation Store
Source: Yahoo! News

''A Pakistani mother buys knives on chain for her son for the Ashura, a day when Shiite Muslims beat themselves with knives to mourn the death of their spiritual leader Imam Hussain, grandson of Prophet Mohammad....

Man cuts off penis in pizza restaurant
Source: Metro

Apologies for the rather frank title. Doctors desperately tried to re-attach a man's penis after he burst into a crowded London restaurant on Sunday, dropped his trousers, and hacked his own organ off in front of horrified diners.

Polish Man Cuts Off Own Penis in Drunken Rage
Source: CNET News.com

40-year-old Tadeus Konopizc, from Zakopane Poland, cut off his own penis and testicles with a 6 inch kitchen knife in a drunken rage after his wife left him. He had reportedly consumed multiple bottles of vodka.

Self abuse on the rise among college students and adolescents
Source: newsnet.byu.edu

"She walked into class in jeans and a T-shirt with a bandana around her bleach-blonde hair," said Brie Urie, a BYU freshman studying art, speaking of a close friend.

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