To avoid ID, more are mutilating fingerprints
Police say scarring can thwart detection
So desperate was one man to conceal his identity that he began biting his fingers and drawing blood while being booked.
Some have used eyedroppers filled with acid or pressed their fingers onto burning metal to blot their fingerprints. Others have spent thousands of dollars to hire shady doctors to surgically alter their fingertips, hoping to scar them beyond recognition.
Pineapple juice works just fine. Even better when mixed 70/30 with papaya juice. Soak your fingers in a saucerful. 15 minutes a day for a month, then “maintenance doses” about twice a week. Only a crackhead would use acid or surgery.
Old school. Nobody knows about this anymore, but then nobody remembers magpie boards, either. Sad, really.