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This is ridiculous. An vacuum and steam autoclave, ethyl oxide gas or gamma radiation are the ONLY ways to sterilize instruments safely. NEVER let anyone scar you if they held the blade over a flame or boiled it. Blades should NEVER be reused!
While I quite agree with you, scarification is almost by definition something that is carried out in non-sterile environments. However, it may even be possible to follow the advice given above in such circumstances. As for autoclave and other modern methods of sterilization that you mention, they are not even found in many health facilities, and don’t always work, due to lack of training, supplies, power, etc.