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You seem to forget that she used to use her cutting as an artistic device. She posted many images with cut-marks - sometimes more and sometimes less apparent. So obviously her intend was to show them. I am a bit at loss to judge what the motivator is; trying to draw attention to her person or to complete her art? She certainly often found a way to achieve both.
Example here:
http://community.livejournal.com/selfportraits/4901325.html
I believe the image to the left went with this...