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Freeze Branding: the New Body Modification Technique Causes Serious and Irreversible Harm

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If you’re a fan of the TV show Yellowstone, you’ll know the deal – you earn your place on the ranch by being branded. On the show, this means having a red-hot iron pressed into your flesh, leaving a permanent scar of loyalty to Yellowstone Dutton Ranch and its patriarch, John Dutton. In life imitating art, people are getting themselves branded, but instead of using heat, they are using freeze branding. The branding iron is cooled using dry ice, …

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During a fraternity weekend in Friesland, ten first-year members of the Vindicat student association suffered first-degree burns.

·Amsterdam, Netherlands
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Ten first-year members of the Groningen student association Vindicat suffered first-degree burns last weekend during a weekend away. Dagblad van het Noorden (DvhN) and Sikkom speak of branding, based on sources. Chairman Wibe Kaak of Vindicat only wants to confirm to DvhN and Sikkom that members suffered first-degree burns to their faces. An internal investigation is underway to determine whether it was indeed branding. The students were away wi…

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Ten first-year members of Vindicat suffered first-degree burns last weekend during an outing with a fraternity. This was confirmed by the Groningen student association, which says it has severed all ties with the fraternity TYR.

·Amersfoort, Netherlands
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Ah, the corps. You make lifelong friendships, wonderful experiences and a few first-degree burns around your face. Yes, and of course you shouldn't whine about it afterwards because you know very well what you're signing up for. What could possibly go wrong in a space where ambition, insecurity and sadism are permanently present in abundance, everyone is very young and also stiff with the urge to assert themselves? Well, this: "Ten first-year me…

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Algemeen Dagblad broke the news in Amersfoort, Netherlands on Thursday, May 22, 2025.
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