doktor_d wrote:No fingerprinting when I departed from Pochentong airport (Phnom Penh) last month. In fact, I have only been fingerprinted once in Cambodia, and that was on my way IN (Phnom Penh airport) last year. in September I think it was.
If you're really serious about not being fingerprinted, you could of course remove your prints..
YOU'LL NEED:
-an indelible extra-fine tip marking pen, the finer the better
-a magnifying glass, at least 10 power
-a double-edge razor blade
-a pair of tweezers (pointed-tip is best)
-a pair of nail clippers
-ordinary Drano (The powder, not the liquid ****.)
-healing salve or ointment
-lots of gauze
Fingerprints are classified according to ridge line patterns. These patterns are divided into three main groups; the arch, the loop, and the whorl. These are further divided into eight subgroups; the plain arch, tented arch, radial loop, ulnar loop, central pocket loop, double loop, plain whorl, and accidental whorl.
Prints are filed and classified by "ridge counts." The ridge count is the number of ridges between the core (the center of the fingerprint pattern) and the delta (the formation in front or near the center). The delta is a point
on the first fork, a meeting of two ridges, an abrupt ridge ending, a dot, a piece of a ridge or any point upon the ridge at or nearest to the center of divergence of the type lines. It is the position used as the starting point for
ridge counting.
Each ridge that crosses or touches an imaginary straight line drawn from the core to the delta is counted. A different count is made for each finger. This is because while one right index finger may register a count of 7 ridges, the left index finger may only count 3. A fingerprint point identification is based on 12 to 15 distinct characteristics, such as dots, ridge endings, crevices, bending lines, formations of islands (hollow circles and ovals), comparatively short ridges, and bifurcation's (Y-shaped forks-in-the-road). The average finger has from 30 to 40 such markings.
The police use computers to evaluate finger and hand prints. The data on known persons is stored as numerical formulas. For ID purposes, prints are compared with the data stored in the computer, which delivers a report of the specifics and formulas required to identify a given person.
Skin is basically made up of two layers. The outer layer of the skin is called the epidermis, and the sensitive vascular meaty portion of the skin below the epidermis is called the dermis. The shapes of the blood vessels in your dermis determine the shape of your epidermis.
Drano is basically composed of four parts;
50% is small, various-sized white granules of sodium hydroxide, also known as caustic soda, or lye. 35% is sodium nitrate. 15% is filler made up of sodium chloride (salt) and aluminum powder.
For your purposes, you only need the smallest white granules of lye.
(If you can somehow get hold of pure lye instead of Drano, all the easier. But don't expect to find it at your friendly neighborhood drugstore.)
Using the magnifying glass and the fine-tip pen, dot the core and delta, as well as any outstanding groups of characteristics, on one of your fingertips.
Take the double-edged razor blade and snap it in half lengthwise. Twist one piece lengthwise again and break it in half. You should now have one quarter of the blade, with a scalpel-like edge. Taking the edged piece, carefully cut a straight line 3/32 of an inch through each dot right into the epidermis, but NOT into the dermis, which would draw quite a noticeable amount of blood. Think "papercut." Using the tweezers, pick up a small pellet of lye and insert it into one cut. As soon as the lye combines with your bodily fluids, a chemical reaction will result that will last approximately one minute. And yes, this will hurt. The lye will burn a dark circle 3/32 of an inch in diameter into the dermis with little or no damage to the epidermis. Repeat the procedure with each dot.
Taking the nail clippers, carefully clip the epidermis around the edge of each circle. This will expose concave cavities filled with semiclear jelly. (In case you're wondering, this jelly is burnt skin.) Clean the cavities with ordinary soap and water and apply your salve. Try to get yourself a salve with what they call "three-way" healing properties. This means it'll have an antibiotic, a local analgesic, and an enzyme (which will dissolve the burnt connective tissue lining the cavities). One brand-name for this stuff is Elase. Shop around, read ingredients, etc.
Wrap your finger in gauze, then repeat the entire procedure on all finger and thumb pattern areas as well as any significant palm print characteristics. Within about a month your fingers will have healed. You should have obliterated (or at least seriously altered) any outstanding groups of characteristics. The total count on any one finger will now probably number around 10 - 15 points or less. As an added bonus, you'll have destroyed your cores and deltas, thereby making an accurate classification and ridge count impossible as well as changing the corresponding specifics and formulas. This makes it a bit harder to get an accurate file of your prints back into a computer should you ever be unfortunate to get printed again.
The healing process of severely damaged tissue, especially burnt tissue, permanently scars the epidermis, causing the misalignment of the ridge lines in the pattern area. Therefore, a before-and-after visual examination would show the fingerprints are similar but couldn't prove conclusively they are identical. And a before-and-after computer evaluation would indicate the fingerprints do not match and conclusively are not identical.
Good luck
Where did this come from? Does this really work?
OP, let me know how it pans out for you...