I think I found this on the Student Doctor Network forums awhile back. Maybe I’m strange, but I found this quite funny.

tripod -
I’m pretty hardcore but this is the best way to practice. Sit down on a chair and take some 1% lidocaine and inject it into your thigh. Then take a #15 blade (or a #10…11 goes too deep) and make a 6cm incision longitudinally, preferrably more to the lateral aspect (avoids the vessels if you get too overzealous and start stitching too deep), then take some vicryls and practice your deep dermals and close it up with a nice subcuticular with 4-0s. It works great. It’s the closest thing to a real patient’s skin you can get. Plus you’re really motivated to try your best because chicks don’t dig nasty looking scars. you gotta make em look cool

nbjmd -
Hey there,
I tried this on my last night of call in the SICU. It sure kept me awake and the nurses were intrigued. :D Oh, make sure that you keep the sharp edge of the #15 pointed away from you and cut away from yourself.