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.

Older and Better


Greetings, ModBloggers! Let’s begin our Wednesday smorgasbord with this shot of “Mr. Lees Boat,” if that is his real name, featuring some brand new circular facial scarification work by the great Iestyn (lots more). As always, we’ll be very curious to see how these suckers heal, but between his jewelry and new scars, ’tis a fine theme emerging.

(Cutting by Iestyn at Diamond Jack’s in London, England.)

See more in Absolute Scarification By Iestyn (Scarification)

Comments

25 responses to “Older and Better”

  1. Sam Avatar
    Sam

    his lobes are mental

  2. spookybeck Avatar
    spookybeck

    once it heals, I think it’ll be interesting. for the now however, ouch.

  3. Perdita Avatar

    that scarification look über painful, but i feel they will look awesome when healed.

  4. Jake Avatar
    Jake

    lots of little circles all over, from the ends of his transdermals to the assorted balls and cones on his standard-ish gauge facial piercings, to the scars, the big labret plug… yes. definitely lots of circles. not to mention the pupils/irises thing.

  5. Alice Avatar

    Boat race = face
    It’s cockney rhyming slang.

    Nice one, our kid!

  6. Ohm-ega Avatar
    Ohm-ega

    fuckin’ brutal!!! one of the best works of body mods I have ever saw

  7. Nik Avatar
    Nik

    wow : )

    but… how do you make ” holes ” like this??

  8. swoon Avatar

    those cuts look so fucking deep.
    i really want to see how these heal up!

  9. Aviram Avatar
    Aviram

    using dermal punch ? i bet,
    looks awesome. totally cool.
    love that stretched labret.

  10. bex Avatar
    bex

    his ears look great, i know they’re not the focus but i really like them.

  11. dean farrar Avatar
    dean farrar

    what a mess

  12. matt Avatar

    Nice job, even work
    Gratz
    (Y)

  13. Tranque Avatar
    Tranque

    Wow. The (punches, I assume?) look really deep. Almost as if they were straight to the skull, hah.o.o

  14. EmmJay Avatar

    Those poor microdermals look so angry.

  15. deadite_666 Avatar

    Those dermals are fucking gross!

  16. Diva Avatar
    Diva

    Those aren’t microdermals! Subdermals!

    Love the scarification. Circles are very complimentary and simple!

    His ears gross me out. I can’t figure out what is with is lobe, and the giant metal taper in the conch is scary.

  17. Alice Avatar

    nope, you’re both wrong. Transdermals.

  18. Briny Deep Avatar
    Briny Deep

    all i can think of is “melon baller.”

  19. Dimruthien Avatar

    Is that a taper in his conch? =S

  20. Syohh Avatar
    Syohh

    like the lip plate

  21. lauren Avatar
    lauren

    i think id take sleeping pills and sleep for a few days after having that done it looks so painful!!!!

  22. blackroses Avatar

    looks amazingly cool!

  23. cookie Avatar
    cookie

    Oh it looks so good blah blah really? those transdermals are dick and if anyone else is interested in some half ass holes on their face I have a paper punch right here

  24. press_corpse Avatar
    press_corpse

    Can anyone explain to me whats going on with the ear? is the conch dermal punched and then the lobe cut? idk. .:/

  25. Madi Avatar
    Madi

    I absolutely love these. I really want to do something very similar, but I believe I should fill more of my body with mods before I move to my face. Even tho I think these healed will be not very noticeable. I’ll add it to my bucket list for now.

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