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.

Dermal Anchor Eyes

These dermal anchor mermaid eyes are pretty funny… Because of their temporary nature versus the permanent nature of a tattoo, I’m not sure that I’d choose this combination of piercing/implant with tattooing, but I’ll bet it causes lots of double takes. These were done by Jef Saunders at Rockstar Body Piercing in Providence, RI on iam:VioletLips.

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14 responses to “Dermal Anchor Eyes”

  1. an0nymous_vamp1re Avatar

    Now that looks really cool.

  2. trailerparkray Avatar

    how hard are those to get out, as opposed to subdermal implants? i was wonder what the chance of damage occuring to a tattoo was, both on implant and extract. i’m thinking about doing somthing like this my self cause it alwasy turns out so damn cool looking 🙂

    btw, anyone know where you can order these online, or would i need to get some from some one who does the implants. i’d like to try to implant my own.

  3. goomy Avatar

    I like the idea, but not very much how it turned out

  4. PrinceSSButterFlyKiSSes Avatar
    PrinceSSButterFlyKiSSes

    weird, because i thought the idea sounded a little different, but i love how it came out.

  5. msmetalsmith Avatar
    msmetalsmith

    Jef is so wonderful!

  6. obsidian_wings Avatar
    obsidian_wings

    Not my cup of tea, its a pretty neat idea though

  7. Smallfry Avatar
    Smallfry

    It makes her look posessed. Plus, I’m just sketch about the dermal anchors thing since my experience went so badly.

  8. trinityva Avatar
    trinityva

    What happened to you, Smallfry?

  9. Smallfry Avatar
    Smallfry

    They were done a bit crooked, they never set right, I had to get them scalpeled out of my face, and the jewelry the guy who supposedly invented it used was all sorts of jagged and nasty. Fun times. Hoepfully the jewelry and the technique has improved now…

  10. Shauncey Fury Avatar

    iit’d look better if you did big googly eye dermal implants so when you moved the eyes went all googly. Hahaha. Googly.

  11. Melissa Avatar

    this is a photo of me, and i did eventually have to take the jewlery out because one of them rejected. however its been about a month and i have litttle to no scarring and i would happily get it done again.

  12. wish_I_were_a_dragon... Avatar

    that looks kool :-P… they look almost 3D on my monitor. tis odd… but anyway not the point. shame you had to take them out. they look good 🙂

  13. lala Avatar
    lala

    that looks pretty cool…

  14. Ken Avatar

    I just got two dermal implants put into my arm yesterday to add some bling to an old tattoo!!! The outcome is just what I wanted. 🙂 I love them and will be getting quite a few more. And I even have a tattoo design in the works that will incorporate many implants throughout the tattoo. My piercer did a fantastic job and has a lot of experience with this new procedure. I cant wait to get more done. I submitted a photo to the site so be sure to look for it here. Peace to all who love the art of body modification and tattooing!!!

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