there could be found all the body modification sub-cultures living in or near ardens suburb : from the los angelino who , although nostalgic for punk , was working towards a similarly anarchic new order involving radical piercing , scarring or branding , which the owners proudly flaunted like religious stigmata ; to the plastic surgeon who carved and chiseled the no longer perky californian girls ( with a husbands money ) into something more resembling a barbie doll ; to the tattooed , self-designed , living canvases .