In the IAM: Learning Piercings forum the question was brought up by Meg:
What is the most challenging piercing procedure you guys have done to date, and why?
It took me a minute to think through them all and then it dawned upon me, that by far, the most difficult piercings I had ever performed were the few uvula piercings I did back in the day. Are these piercings a good idea? Absolutely not. But after hearing Jon Cobb’s explanation, I was drawn into the concept of this piercing and did a few.
There had [to be] the fundamental drive for getting it in the first place. If it’s a stupid human trick, I’ll leave that to Letterman. I was driven to have the uvula because it reflected the mind. When you put a pair of forceps on a uvula, it feels like you’ve grabbed the center of the mass of the inside of your head — if you cough up a piece of rice and it sits in the back of your sinus passage, you understand that spot. Psychologically, it feels like you’re getting the center of your head pierced. That is so live, so real, and the risk inherant only added to the psychological imperative, and I was just driven to have it. Again, not a rational action, but that’s not the point. The technical aspects were just a necessity, but of course I tweaked and got into that. But it was never the motivation. It was never enough. Do you need it? Is it supposed to be there? Yes, then we’re going for it.
Jon Cobb- 1997
While, I no longer do these piercings piercing Sara & Erki from La Mosca Tattoo & Piercing, Mataro ( Barcelona) do and they were kind enough to submit this image to BME.
Comments
58 responses to “A reflection of the mind”
hi, i am Erki, who made and pircng the picture (uvula) with sara.
. the uvula pircing, for me it is not feasible, we did a friend who wanted it for a moment for a photo will be removed within 2 minutes
. do not understand why that was not nice not to yield to photo bme, since I put on my iam and also went up to the bme, if you can not find it on my iam (erki)
one saluudos
Erki
hi, i am Erki, who made and pircng the picture (uvula) with sara.
. the uvula pircing, for me it is not feasible, we did a friend who wanted it for a moment for a photo will be removed within 2 minutes
. do not understand why that was not nice not to yield to photo bme, since I put on my iam and also went up to the bme, if you can not find it on my iam (erki)
one saluudos
Erki
sorry, these commentaries i am writingi for the mistake in this forum, I write in another forum and I it put here for the mistake, the commentaries 28 and 29,
I excuse
Erki
sorry, these commentaries i am writingi for the mistake in this forum, I write in another forum and I it put here for the mistake, the commentaries 28 and 29,
I excuse
Erki
Honeyfanny, help! I have been trying to find someone to preform this piercing for ages and no one will. Where are you?
Honeyfanny, help! I have been trying to find someone to preform this piercing for ages and no one will. Where are you?
Really cool. But painful. And need to have a flashlight in a pocket to show this somebody…
Really cool. But painful. And need to have a flashlight in a pocket to show this somebody…