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“The search within”

Written by

Shannon Larratt

Nice color modulation — check out the alternating colors of the hubs. For those that aren’t into play piercing, the hub colors are indicators of the gauge of the needle, so Juan Manuel Burgos (Buenos Aires, Argentina) was alternating gauges as he facilitated this ritual.

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15 responses to ““The search within””

  1. an0nymous_vamp1re Avatar
    an0nymous_vamp1re

    Beautiful.

    I know the hubs represent the different gauges, but which gauges are those?

  2. SNR Avatar
    SNR

    Stunning, both photo and body. I think the green ones are 21ga….

  3. The Ego Avatar
    The Ego

    Can you believe that boy!!
    But this is a good birthday present for him here on the modblog!
    Happy Birthday Wildskin!

  4. Tommy Avatar
    Tommy

    Oooh, Wild Skin’s!

    22 years old now, Juan!

  5. Verena Avatar
    Verena

    that looked amazing!
    congrats and kisses to Juan!

    😀

  6. Ninha Avatar
    Ninha

    Juan made modblog!! YAY!!

    Great job!

  7. fearandloathing Avatar
    fearandloathing

    i dont know if its universal across countries, but id agree with green being 21ga, and blue 23ga. not sure about yellow, maybe 25?.. 22ga here is black/grey..

    very pretty. looks like angry clavicles though.. and the top navel dont look too happy but that might just be the pic

  8. aglet Avatar
    aglet

    Oh, lovely.. playpiercing is one of my very favourite things to do and to look at.

  9. K Avatar
    K

    o.0 Hey look its me! AWSOME! Thanks Shannon!!…. It was an awsome experience! and of course as always Mr. Wild SKin did a fucking great job! he is an excelent piercer! and friend!Gracias pendex!! big time gracias! haha …galleta?

    fearandloathing: Its he picture playing silly tricks on you…Both navel piercings are about 5 years old and happy.
    But your also right! the clavicles are giving me a bit of a hard time but they are still in process healing and accomodation so they will look angry some days.

  10. Sarah Avatar
    Sarah

    The blue ones are 25ga I think.

  11. Wild SKin Avatar
    Wild SKin

    thnx everyone for da comments. it was a really nice experience. well….green caps are for 18ga needles, blue ones for 21g and yellow ones for 23g needles.
    …and yes…i had an amazing birthday celebration…and this just makes the cheerry of da cake 😉 thnx shannon for considering my things over here 🙂

  12. wish_I_were_a_dragon... Avatar
    wish_I_were_a_dragon…

    wow colourful 🙂 it goes nicely with the tattoo as well =)

  13. Amy Avatar
    Amy

    Looks great!

  14. Max Avatar
    Max

    could have looked a lot nicer with a little more planning…..and smaller dots for markings…..
    good start though……keep up the good work…..

  15. jessica Avatar
    jessica

    so hot… soooooo hotttttt

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