A black-and-white photo of a person mid-air in a Superman-style body suspension pose, supported by multiple hooks in their back and legs, smiling joyfully toward the camera. They are suspended horizontally in a large indoor space with high ceilings and visible rigging. A group of onlookers—some seated, some standing—watch with expressions of admiration, amusement, and support. The atmosphere is lively and communal, capturing a moment of shared experience and transformation.

Chin up!

A few weeks back at the Philly Tattoo Convention I had the chance to take some photos for Mandic of his chin scarification piece.  This cutting by Brian was a pretty bloody affair.

Oh, you want to see the pictures of the cutting?  Just keep on reading.

This is about three quarters of the way through the cutting, and also the time that the bleeding was at its worst.  The top and bottom parts of the scar and had already been peeled away, and what remained was a stretch of skin right along the tip of his chin.

The tiny hands (well, tinier than Brian’s) belong to Dyscordic, who was assisting.

Finally, here’s how the scar looked just before it was wrapped up.

You can see even more photos of this cutting in the skin removal scarification gallery.

Oh, and you can definitely expect to see this as a follow-up post once it has healed a little more.

Comments

24 responses to “Chin up!”

  1. mfing jedi Avatar
    mfing jedi

    thats gonna be one gnarley scab. I <3 brian decker though, he is the best of the best.

  2. Valoren Avatar

    looks great!

  3. Hannam Avatar
    Hannam

    Holy crap. That takes some bawls.

  4. Lizzy Avatar

    I look forward to seeing it healed!

    …also, I always end up reading modblog when I’m eating. Is it bad I can look at stuff like this and not lose my appetite? lol

  5. Lucas Avatar
    Lucas

    That looks so gnarly!!!

  6. Rachie Tartz Avatar

    I’m so jealous!

  7. ugly cat Avatar
    ugly cat

    how deep is it on his neck?

  8. zacklove Avatar
    zacklove

    @7
    it is most likely the same depth as the rest of the removal, it looks like it is deeper because blood is pooling more on one side in the photo

  9. Sean Philips Avatar

    Looks great buddy, but I gotta say it be even radder if you carried it down your whole torso. You’d have a built in racing stripe, it would be amazing!

  10. Brian Avatar

    I think the hardest part of that whole thing was trying to not make Alan laugh.

  11. grimely Avatar

    CRUCIAL!

    and the ‘mad sin’ tee finalizes the crush.

    <3,

    em

  12. Mandic Avatar

    Brian, you didn’t try very hard at that…

  13. rivetlicker Avatar
    rivetlicker

    anyone that has been on bme for at least a few years knows that is way to deep for that area.
    feel bad for the guy

  14. Shoe Avatar
    Shoe

    im sure the end result will look amazing, and im all for extreme mods, but i just can’t cope with that second pic! its like Brian’s peeling away layers of your face! arrrrgh 🙂

  15. Lyxzen Jetta Avatar
    Lyxzen Jetta

    Wow amazing!

  16. Nathan Green Avatar

    @rivetlicker I am pretty sure Brian knows what he is doing…..

  17. Mandic Avatar

    I am confused as to how everyone is judging depth here. It is an odd angle looking down at the underside of my chin. The cut became very wide under my chin, due to the skin. When he removed the flesh the cut just widened out and separated.

    I promise you it is healing up nicely. I should be taking some follow-up healing shots tonight. It is coming up on 4 weeks of heal time(this friday). And the only thing I can report is the scar tissue is of course very tight.

  18. peteD3 Avatar
    peteD3

    wait, this was done at a convention?
    like tattoo convention?

  19. Rob Avatar

    @peteD3: Yep, the Philly convention last month.

    @rivetlicker: As someone who was standing a foot away, I can tell you that is wasn’t anywhere close to being too deep. The amount of blood, plus the angle of the shot makes it seem like it is, but Brian knows what he’s doing.

  20. andraealynne Avatar

    Oh, wow.
    I’m not squeamish at all but the first couple pictures of all the blood made me dry-heave a bit. I can’t wait to see healed photos, I can bet it is going to look AWESOME.

  21. Jessica Avatar
    Jessica

    That is so frickin’ gnarly and awesome!

  22. oniana Avatar

    no wonder you were so drippy

  23. oniana Avatar

    also: brian, buy yer ladyfriend some baby gloves will ya. hehe.

  24. Krista Avatar
    Krista

    That must have hurt like a mofo

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