I'm sorry I mistook your gender! My apologies.

Yes, the biggest problem or problems are that it's not socially acceptable and also not understood enough even by the psychiatric practitioners to know how to effectively deal with people who do. Committing someone for self harm is pretty pointless, IMO. I don't think it ever actually stops them from doing so. And they aren't suicidal, so it's not useful in the same way to commit them.

And I did remember when tattoos were taboo, and I got tattoos anyways. When I first started my career, I always had to cover my tattoos up. Now, while I still keep them partially covered, I dont have to worry about a little ink showing under the cuff of my sleeve. I was never into piercings either but it's quite the same. I remember coworkers who always had to take nose piercings out.

I mean piercings are incredible painful, as I understand it, at risk for infection, and are actually poking holes in your body. So I get it, this is like a double standard. And when I was actively cutting I had in my head that I was "modifying" myself.

And to just be frankly honest, I would possibly engage in it again if I wasnt too well familiar with the consequences of hospitalization and the lack or understanding. So I really do get it. That one consequence was big enough for me to just cope other ways.