By Anonymous · July 05, 2006 · 0 comments
For a while now, I have wanted a scar done, one right there on my face. It seemed, and still seems now, to be the most lovely design I could think of. A simple cut, following the outer curve of my left eye, but not so close that extensive keloiding would block my vision. Extending down from the bottom of it, in the center, a straight line across the better part of my cheek, with a slight curve to it. Another line extending from the corner of my eye, and one further cut, from the top center, going up my ...
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By Anonymous · July 05, 2006 · 0 comments
It was log ago, very log ago that I saw my first suspension on TV, when there was an excellent documentation about India and it's culture and about the culture of standing pain by the simple force of will. Now, the aim of these fakirs is to by mentally free, to go to trance without any drugs and last but not least to do things, which seem to be impossible. Hanging on threads (not hooks in that case) pulled thorough the skin, we would call it superman or coma and both were shown. I forgot this documentation then, despite ...
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By Anonymous · July 05, 2006 · 0 comments
I was sitting around at my computer not doing much when I started to get the urge to do a play piercing. I have done several play piercings in the past. My favorite one was a corset on my calf. I had been looking at chest corset play piercings recently and was consumed by the thought of doing my own. I talked about it with one of my friends and decided I would go ahead and do it. I had eaten recently and wasn't tired so I thought I was in pretty good shape. I got my materials together in ...
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By Anonymous · July 05, 2006 · 0 comments
I have always had a fascination with hurting myself. I was always the kid who picked at scabs, bit my nails until they bled, punched myself, I was bulimic at one point, a drug addict at another I basically did everything in my power to destroy myself. The first time I cut myself, I used scissors and I was 12. I don't know why I chose to do it, but I was fascinated with the pain. I had been diagnosed with depression when I was 8 years old and the idea to cut myself just came to me one ...
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By MillieB · June 28, 2006 · 0 comments
I had spoken to Tanya about doing some play piercing with her at some point and we decided on Tuesday 27th June (today).I arrived at Metal Guru at 11am, hung out and had a giggle but my nervous were playing war with me today. I wasn't scared, I was terrified. I love getting pierced and trying new things but this was different, my reasons were personal, no-one other than who was there ever needed to no I'd done it. I actually did it mainly for the experience, another part for a sense of release and another part for escape. Sitting ...
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By Anonymous · June 21, 2006 · 0 comments
My friends were planning a cottage party with a slew of IAMers for the May long weekend and there had been some talk of play piercing. Jason, although modified, has a fear of needles. He asked if I would put a few in him before our big weekend so that he could get used to it. I agreed to help him and filled him in on the details. I usually use 25ga 1.5" hypodermic needles, except for shows and photoshoots where we tend to use 22gs needles because the grey hubs don't stand out as much as the bright blue ...
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By Anonymous · June 21, 2006 · 0 comments
A couple of weeks ago, my piercer, Britt posted some amazing pictures on his myspace page. I further investigated and found out he was exploring an art called play piercings. Of course at this point I was already in....in my head I was there doing it already. It was just so beautiful I had to be a part of it. Britt was working on this project for his portfolio and how cool would it be to be in someone's portfolio?! How cool to be a piece of living art. I messaged Britt and told him I was very interested in ...
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By Caroline June · June 21, 2006 · 0 comments
Self injury from a minor's point of view. Initially, I'd like to ask you to read this with open eyes, an open mind and an open heart. I'm fully aware of the stereotypes brought upon teenagers through self injury and I'd just like to show my side of the story, if you will allow me to. Skip back to summer 2003. I was in Ibiza in the blistering heat and sitting in the pool where a girl, similar age to me was shyly smiling at me. My mother noticed, my step dad noticed and so they managed to persuade me ...
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By Anonymous · June 21, 2006 · 0 comments
Although we have one performance under our belt, our next performance was to be dramatically different. Our first performance was at a private party and we did everything from the piercing to the removal of hooks on stage. All up we were on stage for three hours. For our second performance, our Hellfire club debut, we were required to have all hooks in and perform for the duration of fifteen minutes. This time around they didn't want to see the piercing or the removal of hooks, just the actual pulling and suspension. We all got to the shop around ten ...
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By Fuzzybeast-1 · June 21, 2006 · 0 comments
I know that this is a somewhat odd experience and to tell the truth I'm not sure exactly why I decided to do this to myself... I guess wonky methods of self-medication runs in my family (my brother was known to pick his poison ivy rashes open and pour salt in them, or cut off warts with his pocket knife when he was young). The weather was perfect in my area last night and slept with my window open. I didn't bother putting the screen up in my window and needless to say I woke up covered in mosquito bites ...
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