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.

Toe is where the heart is..

Skin removal by Martin Page whilst he was on the road in Peru.

Comments

32 responses to “Toe is where the heart is..”

  1. kristen182 Avatar
    kristen182

    owwwwwwwie!!!
    my feet/toes are WAY too sensitive for that!
    but still totally cute.
    for some reason i imagine it has a higher chance of getting infected since its the bottom of a foot, compared to a skin removal elsewhere… but i guess if you dont walk around barefoot, you’re ok 😉 lol

  2. BARF Avatar
  3. katy prost Avatar
    katy prost

    this is great! i hope it heals good but for some reason i think it’ll heal over and leave almost nothing behind.. i have a thing for heart related tattoos, scars, implants etc. so i hope it heals good and leaves a beautiful scar behind!

  4. bradly Avatar
    bradly

    think its a bad spot askin 4 infection

  5. The Lizardman Avatar

    I’d like to see some procedurals and/or alternative shots – the skin on the bottom of the feet varies a great deal from most other parts of the body and depth of removal will be a big issue here. Also, some healed pics when available would be nice too.

    I can’t imagine it was a very fun procedure or that healing will be much of a joy but more power to them for enduring it to get what they want.

  6. RooRaaah Crumbs Avatar

    The Lizardman – I’ve just sent Martin a message, but as it was does “on the road” I’m not hopeful.

    You never know though..

  7. Kitty Demon Avatar

    Ow, made my foot shake. I love it though, hope it heals well!

  8. V Avatar

    I had a hard enough time healing a tattoo while traveling, let alone something like that…yeouch.

  9. marc Avatar

    ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww, omgwtfbbq. what a picture!

  10. Melody Avatar
    Melody

    I bet it didn’t really hurt at all and won’t be much of a pain to heal. I’ve done similar just messing around. There probably won’t be any sort of real scar left though.

  11. Mr. Mister Avatar
    Mr. Mister

    I don’t think there will be much of a scar left due to the fact that the toe print will eventually develop again. I have quite a few unintentional scars on my fingertips and the fingerprints, which did come back, prevent me from really seeing the scars that I have on them. hope that it does leave a noticeable scar though.

  12. The Lizardman Avatar

    Melody, the reason you don’t have any scar left is likely the same reason you didnt think it hurt that much – you didn’t go deep enough.

    Similar things happen with fingertip and underside toe tattoo attempts where people think it wasn’t bad at all and thats because the skin is thicker and tougher and they aren’t penetrating enough – the results end up being very poor. When you do get in deep enough to make something happen, you can feel the difference and it is intense. With my feet callouses (sp?) I could cut off skin thick enough to be a serious wound anywhere else but likely not even draw blood there – thank you barefoot living and years of martial arts toughening them up 🙂

  13. bradly Avatar
    bradly

    11 whatever dude u have no idea what so ever what pain sum one else feels and dosnt she might cut her toe off with a yard clipper and not feel it and who caresabout ur barefoot livingand martail arts traing ur a freeak in a zoo go back to makin silly ass faces of urself and maybe ill throw u sum peanuts if u do a few summersualts….

  14. bradly Avatar
    bradly

    Are you religious or spiritual?
    No. I do not adhere to or believe in any faith or supernatural views of reality and I would rather not hear about yours, thank you.posted by slizardman
    ur drummmer than u look i wouldnt pay u to start up my barbieQ with ur so called fereak show u give evry1 here a bad image and no one likes u or ur point of views…so stop posting here no one wants to hearabout ur idiatic thoughts//

  15. Candice Avatar
    Candice

    bradly don’t be mean to the lizardman 🙁

  16. bradly Avatar
    bradly

    16 im notbeing mean me being mean means u wouldnt see it because this communiste site moderates my thoughts but if that was ur way of intaiing contact which u will hopefully lead to sum sex between us than thats cool say what u want just send sumnaked pics b4 u come over…

  17. FuckingClassy Avatar

    Ouch.
    Someone isn’t walking properly for awhile.
    I like it though. 🙂
    Simple and sweet.
    Would make for a cute tattoo.

  18. The Lizardman Avatar

    You are a very bad excuse for a troll Bradly – but at least you read my FAQ, although quoting it it here is odd.

    Please try harder.

    And I like peanuts – I will gladly do a somesault for some, thanks.

  19. Ben Avatar

    :S

    Yeeeeeeep I couldn’t do that…. My feet hurt just looking at it.

  20. Candice Avatar
    Candice

    you first, bradly

  21. Squig Avatar

    good luck on the healing!

  22. Hanargh Avatar

    Bradly – there is probably a very good reason “this site moderates your thoughts”.

  23. Anthony Avatar

    Ouch and it wont scar, duh duh dumb

  24. d___________d Avatar

    Mui bueno el trabajo de mi amigo Martin.
    Exitos en todo.

  25. Kim Avatar
    Kim

    I have scars from burns on my hands, and thats no where near the same as removing the top layers of skin. I bet this will scar somewhat, but not to the extent it would elsewhere.

    Although I think this is very cute, I can’t even imagine someone coming at my foot with a scalpal. Liquid nitrogen was bad enough, and i whine when I get a blister from my shoe :/

  26. Uraniumhobo Avatar

    lol lizardman you cack me up

    as for the toe scar i like it and hope it heals well, cant see wait to see how it turnes out

  27. Viking's Valkyrie Avatar
    Viking’s Valkyrie

    If It’s deep enough I think it will scar nicely.

  28. Cmosat Avatar
    Cmosat

    One word for this: OUUCCHH!!!!!, lol

  29. SnapDragon Avatar

    not to many pictures on here make me cringe but for some reason this one did.

  30. sazmatazz Avatar
    sazmatazz

    ooo this is one of those things that makes my legs feel wobbly!

  31. Rosée Avatar
    Rosée

    My toes twitched at the sight of this. Ouch!
    I too would love to see this healed.

    Someone needs to point bradly in the direction of the “spellcheck” function.

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