These days they've all forgotten about it, or perhaps they just have the good sense to not ask me about it anymore. They were curious, but nobody got too upset about it. I know that's not a great answer, but I've just never met anyone who made a big deal of it. I usually say that I got my finger slammed in a car door. If someone presses for details I just say that I don't want to talk about it.
Most people respect that.
It's not as if I'm morally opposed to tattoos and piercing and such, I just haven't seen any that I wanted to have myself. No, I don't think so. I could be wrong. After learning more about SIB, I did try doing a cutting, I think mainly to find out where I stood with regard to this other kind of self-destructive behavior. Some of my scars are indirectly due to my desire for amputation.