Sometimes yes . But most people I know who did it before it was illegal where I live did so for aesthetics . If there is a medical reason it can still be docked but I never see people do that anymore . <| sep |> Scum of the earth , lowest of the low , should be locked up , not be allowed to operate in normal society or have equal protection and legal rights . Hey man , I ' m sorry to hear you had such a bad experience . That ' s pretty fucked up and I ' m glad you ' re out now . Your wife sounds like a really difficult person to be around , and I hope you and your kids are doing a lot better . You might want to look into and learn some DBT skills yourself , especially emotional regulation , and start subtly using them with your kids to help teach them how to regulate their own emotions as developing personality disorders starts in childhood , as a result of the people they learn from and copy . All the same , please don ' t come to our sub and describe us as scum of the earth . No matter how bad your experience was , that ' s not cool . There ' s bad people with this diagnosis , and bad ones without .