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.

The grossest picture I’ll ever post?

This horrific ear cheese build up is from a customer of James Wisiewski at Body Electric in Hollywood, CA that really needs to pay a little more attention to cleanliness. Seriously, this is the most vomit-inducing picture I think I’ve posted. So gross.

EDIT/UPDATE: Highly recommended see also: Nasty, nasty clients

Comments

231 responses to “The grossest picture I’ll ever post?”

  1. Tim Avatar

    That… Is nasty.

  2. Narcissius Avatar
    Narcissius

    Really, ew… That’s Insane! The person who wore this really should consult someone about Hygiene… Damn!..

  3. La Negra Avatar
    La Negra

    its real? i cant belive..just to see it..some puaj smell come to my nose..

  4. Critter Avatar
    Critter

    That is /just/ ga-nasty…

  5. Super Muffin Avatar
    Super Muffin

    That’s sick!

  6. Valon Avatar

    how could someone seriously allow themselves to get that dirty. were the crusty gutter punks?

  7. amy Avatar

    that is so gross!
    i clean my plugs every day… i have no idea how you could not notice that happening :S

  8. Enid Avatar
    Enid

    Oh my freaking GOD i’m going to go throw up now.

  9. Neon Charge Eclipse Avatar

    I caqn honestly say I have a lead lined stomach, but that – I swear I dry heaved…

  10. Silverflame Avatar

    damn, shannon! and i was having a nice breakfast too!

  11. whalex Avatar
    whalex

    i wanna give it just a little sniff… you know, just to know

  12. ellyboo Avatar
    ellyboo

    that is, without a doubt the grossest picture you’ve ever posted… as in, i completly lost my appetite and have an urge the go clean my plugs until they sparkle, but excellent job on grossing everyone out ^-^

  13. smurf Avatar

    That is absolutely vile. I am so glad I already finished eating this morning.

  14. ross Avatar
    ross

    shannon… when i first started reading bme and eventually modblog a few months back, pictures with blood in them and pierced dicks used to REALLY creep me out… but not i can look at any picture or video you post without feeling remotley squeemish… untill today that is!! you have restored my faith in bme’s ability to shock me!

    HAHAHAHAHA, i really need to get an IAM set-up, but i have no credit card 🙁

  15. Allahkat Avatar

    I literally dry heaved. As in like, my stomach made that urky flipping noise and everything.
    Just thinking about it again made me flap my hands.

  16. Erin Moser Avatar
    Erin Moser

    EW!! sick. I can just picture Jim trying to hold the puke back..

  17. Lori Avatar

    Yeah, I just vomited into my mouth a little.

  18. CajunChefClay Avatar

    That is fucking nasty! How did the guy NOT smell it? ew ew ew ew ew ew, I am going to be haunted by that now…

  19. jOELTRON Avatar

    Oh man, I can bet that smells like moldy sebum……. HOT!

  20. alice Avatar

    wow- its GROSS

  21. Michael Avatar
    Michael

    I just got kind of hungry. I think I will make a grilled cheese.

  22. Smallfry Avatar
    Smallfry

    Um… What the hell?! How can you not notice that crap?! I think of everything on MobBlog, this freaks me out the most. I guess I just have hygeine issues.

  23. wish_I_were_a_dragon... Avatar

    shit – that must have been an intentional experiment. no fffffffffffffecking way could that have been accidentally missed???! that be horrid!

  24. Verena Avatar

    eeeeeeeww!

    i actually stoped eating…that is so gross

    i can imagine the smell…. i meen how the hell did people stay next to thsi guy ;/

    damn

  25. moddoctor Avatar

    Wow. That’s serious jewelry neglect. it’s remarkable the number of people who won’t do aftercare for their piercings.

  26. Kustom Chris Avatar

    Way to make my gag reflex kick in the first thing in the morning….YUCK! There goes those breakfast plans.

  27. Modificatory Avatar
    Modificatory

    I refuse to believe that someone can be that vile and disgusting. His poor ears!! 🙁

  28. Dabih Avatar
    Dabih

    Eww, I’m really about to throw up now. My stomach…

  29. blackberry Avatar
    blackberry

    How long were they in before he took them out?

  30. Kat Avatar
    Kat

    Gag reflex in overdrive right now. *shudder*

  31. dee Avatar

    eeewh I was just cleaning and oiling my plugs as I saw that!

    How could they not notice the smell,and the leakage….it must have been dripping down their neck!

  32. Suuz Avatar

    ew.

    i can’t eat my dinner now.

  33. catsey Avatar
    catsey

    You know how right before you puke, your eyes and mouth water…yeah, I’m there right now. That is fucking gross.

  34. elasticrock Avatar
    elasticrock

    Mmm… delicious…

  35. aglet Avatar

    Anyone who allows their plugs to get that nasty should be made to lick them clean.

  36. RustY Avatar

    Nope… did nothing to me…
    Does take some trying to get it that bad tho..

  37. CreativeNonFiction Avatar

    I was doing fine til 35 when it was suggested they be licked, that squicked me a little.

  38. zusanna Avatar

    i was doing fine until 31.. now i’m a little woozy

  39. joca Avatar
    joca

    I wonder how it smells

  40. ash Avatar
    ash

    wow, thats actually horrific.

  41. VonBourbon Avatar

    I’m curious about the size of that plug… just to put the volume of ear-cheese into context.

    Yummy.

  42. Krynn Avatar
    Krynn

    Thanks…I was about to have dinner.

    WAS :/

  43. jay prince Avatar
    jay prince

    everybody within a 10 meter radius must have been saying “what is that stink?!” he/she must have been one of “those guys” who wont even take their plugs out without having a piercer there to help them.

  44. Randy Avatar
    Randy

    Yep, I will take the video of a hatchet to the nuts anyday over a picture of THAT again.

  45. AshPlant Avatar
    AshPlant

    Is it corroding the plug there, or is that just what it looks like?

  46. Tom Avatar
    Tom

    I dont get it. I didnt move the slightest bit. It did nothing for me. Whats everyone so iffy about?

  47. toast Avatar

    40 / Von Bourbon – I’ll hazard a guess at 3/4″, assuming the length is around the 15mm mark. From that, I’m thinking there’s about as much ear cheese on that as you’d get porridge sticking if you dipped the tip of your thumb in a bowl of it. I really really hope someone reads this as they’re eating porridge now 🙂

    I can only imagine they put this in as stretching jewellery – in a fresh stretch it could be a bit of a bitch to get out with those flares, and fresh stretches seem to gunk up more.

    Whatever, it’s all hypothetical, I just want to know how long it took!!

  48. Psychedelic_Max Avatar

    I think that just regular shower wouldhave clean a good part of that. So I hope it was a homeless earplug.

    And I noticed it was easier for me to see a guy cutting his ball off with an axe than seeing something like that… I can almost smell it! GROSS!

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