Ameliorate Scarification

Directions: improve, or ameliorate the sentence below, in red. There are two missing commas.

Scarification although practiced less today is a special African form of body art that involves scarring the skin that still exists in Africa and other parts of the world. 

Suggested Answer:
Scarification, although practiced less today, is a special African form of body art that involves scarring the skin that still exists in Africa and other parts of the world.