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Cutting is cutting, be it skin, muscle or hair.  Yes, you can cut David's hair.  It will act just like any other minor injury.  It would last long enough for him to turn to his ghost form and back.  It would not be a serious enough injury to FORCE him into ghost form.
Plastic surgery would likewise be undone at his next ghosting.  That might or might not be a serious enough alteration to force him into ghost form at sunset.  That would depend on the severity of the operation.
Do please note that magical means of form alteration always lead to a forced ghosting, whereas physical means do not.  Only a severe physical injury would force-ghost David.  Even major injuries only force him to follow his "natural cycle" (that is, ghost at night, solid by day).  Minor injuries will not force either of these things, but are more easily dealt with by fading to ghost form and back.
Eric Storm
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Cool, thanks for the response. I don't know why I'm so curious about such silly things, but it's nice to have answers anyway.
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That I have made you wonder even irrelevant things about my characters is a compliment.  Thank you.
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Wait but hair is dead thus not a injury. Admittedly all of David is dead. But there are areas of the human boy that are dead like hair, nails and believe it or enamel on teeth.
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You cannot think of David's body as a human body.  As you note, ALL of it is dead.  It IS an injury, because David's body no longer differentiates between "living, growing tissue" and "dead tissue".  It is ALL "undead tissue", and its form is immutable on anything more than an exceedingly temporary scale.  Do anything to alter that form, and it is an injury.  Might not be a terribly uncomfortable injury, but an injury, nonetheless.
Likewise, there is little point in David cutting his fingernails.
Eric Storm
PS:  Why would I find it odd that something called "enamel" - a term we use to talk about paint - is dead?
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Eric you skipped some chapters. Went from October to February
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Um.. I think you posted the wrong chapter!! Title on selection list says chapter 6, but headder says chapter 9 February.
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PANIC!!!
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Eric, I think you posted the wrong PRM chapter. February is in the November slot.
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I am carefully not reading.. 
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fathertyme wrote:
I am carefully not reading..
I didn't read the second title, but my first thought was   ~~~~~Removed spoiler~~~~~~~~~
Non spoiler version: "Um why did he switch what he was focusing on for direct study before he finished the previous thing.... OH!"
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Eric, thank you for showing us that you are not perfect.
Saying that, even with the mix-up I really appreciated being able to read SOMETHING new for Woodward after the really long and crappy day of work I just had. Thank you from the bottom of my heart for the early update no matter the cost!
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I' confused, at first I thought it was just the wrong month put in the title, but it seems to me that info. is missing.  read above feedback.  the chapter was good but confusing.
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In the words of Anakin / Vader NNNOOOOOOOOOOOoooooo. Take these powers of divination away.
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If I were to read this now, then a couple months from now I'll be disappointed when I have to wait 2 months for something new....
just like I refuse to peak on my Christmas presents, I have the willpower not to read this chapter
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I just have one word.
FUCK.  
I have uploaded the CORRECT chapter now.
FUCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  
Eric Storm
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PS:  No, I will NOT post March's chapter when I'm supposed to be posting February's now.  If you don't want to be waiting TWO months, I'd advise not reading the chapter you just saw.
Eric Storm
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IBSwimmin wrote:
Eric, thank you for showing us that you are not perfect.
Saying that, even with the mix-up I really appreciated being able to read SOMETHING new for Woodward after the really long and crappy day of work I just had. Thank you from the bottom of my heart for the early update no matter the cost!
Glad this improved someone's day, because it destroyed mine.
Eric Storm
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Oh wow...ok then, that ending kinda took me by a big surprise lol. Without getting into any spoilers (and it's hard not to and say anything about this chapter) I'm just gonna say (again) Wow...great chapter Eric, this year is getting exciting!!
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You probably didn't read the "right" chapter 6. Might want to go back and check. There was a "posting error".
I repeat: 
FUCK.
Eric Storm
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Another good chapter. The intrigue is still building and I'm looking forward to the rest of the case.
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Great chapter as always.
Keep up the good work Eric. And I'm sure we can all forgive you for the slip up. 😛
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Another great chapter. With all the fuel getting added to the fire I'm sure we are in for some explosive action coming up.
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Anyone who has read the chapter 9 in error please don't post spoilers or talk about what has happened in open forum. If you do Eric will likely delete the post anyway and or may suspend your access to PRM or even to your account.(not that I speak for him just what I suspect will happen if you do)
Eric accidents happen, something like this was bound to happen eventually. Good work on the chapter(s) 
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All I can say is that I apologize to those who have had the story ruined for them by revealing the story out of sequence.  I also apologize for the now two-month wait you'll have between August and October without new reading material from this universe.  Apparently I'm getting stupid as I get older.
Eric Storm
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