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. elnois Avatar
    elnois

    i’ve just gone right off my banana milkshake…

  2. Kai Avatar
    Kai

    I can’t even imagine how that would smell.

  3. BabyShaker4000 Avatar

    Makes me want a bagel.

  4. justin Avatar

    wtf clean ur shit

  5. mackenzie Avatar
    mackenzie

    Actually…it looks kind of tasty. Like a nice custard or something. 😉

  6. Jen Avatar

    Heh it looks all bubbly and fermenting. There are probably new lifeforms being created in that!

  7. square Avatar
    square

    I can’t the grimace off my face..
    that is truly the most disgusting thing I have ever seen.
    I need to go vomit now.

  8. Warren Avatar

    I wonder if James STILL has the smell floating around his shop?

    I remember a time I had a girl come in with pretty excessive ear cheese, nothing as bad as what’s shown though…But the smell she omitted from her ears, I nearly passed out.

    I don’t know how he managed to deal with this type of client AND take a picture of the jewelry…

    YUCK!

  9. trinityva Avatar
    trinityva

    Um. Whoa. I can imagine not being totally religious about cleaning, but ye gods, what in the hell is that?

  10. blatherbants Avatar
    blatherbants

    The piercer who removed this must have been wearing an entire jar of Vaporub under his nose to be able to stomach this… (seriously, this better be a Halloween prank!) My faith in the human race took a major blow when I saw this. …I really question the sanity of the people around this guy though!

  11. maddox Avatar
    maddox

    goddamn* lucky day, no smell broadcast over the internet.

  12. namnlavs Avatar
    namnlavs

    i wonder how long time it took (or maybe i’ll better don’t know :P)

  13. Isis pt Avatar

    truly disguting :/

  14. Lilee Avatar
    Lilee

    I just threw up. I’ve been feeling sick all morning, but this put me over the edge. I clean my plugs several times a day. I thought mine smelled funny. But I would die if I had to be near someone with plugs like these. Seriously disgusting.

  15. katti Avatar
    katti

    I can watch people cutting their nuts off and eating them with salsa, but this is TERRIBLE.

  16. RuinsOfDecay Avatar
    RuinsOfDecay

    dude.. i never even got a smidget of ear cheese on any plugs.. so that just makes me want to vomit.. i mean youd think when they take it out some of it would slide off or that you would see it while the plug was in lol

  17. ummjon Avatar

    i think i’m in that category of people who have the urge to know just what this smells like.

    one of those smells that are so horrid that you have to keep smelling them, I’d imagine.

    regardless, its pretty freakin gross.

  18. Reedee Avatar
    Reedee

    Let me guess: the preson with this jewelery had an infection or alergic reaction of some sort?
    Then it ain’t *that* strange for the jewelery to get that nasty pretty fast. But if wearer didn’t have any of the above, well than he just need a shower I guess.

  19. helen Avatar

    i really wish i hadnt seen that. ive just eaten.
    i thought my tunnels were bad after a couple of days. there is only one word for that RANK!!

  20. Sitara Avatar
    Sitara

    That’s possibly the first and only picture thats been posted on ModBlog that’s completely grossed me out *shudders*

  21. psychonaut Avatar
    psychonaut

    sucks to say.. but being a piercer, you see WAY WORSE than this… next time it happens i’ll take a picture….

  22. goomy Avatar

    I wonder how they managed to take that out

  23. Jonathan Piercing Avatar

    Brave practicioner….fucking customer.

  24. Sarah Avatar
    Sarah

    Vomit-inducing, indeed. Add me to the ‘I just dry heaved’ club. x_x

  25. Leana Avatar

    at a quick glance … before reading the comment … I THOUGHT IT WAS AN OREO!!!!
    hah
    GROSSS!

  26. gretta Avatar

    that is foul. who does that?

  27. z Avatar
    z

    I was okay until I heard a commercial for crackers and cheese, and then started imagining someone chowing down on that. . .

  28. Caroline Avatar
    Caroline

    Happy Halloween everyone… *shudders*

  29. PaleCheekedAngel Avatar
    PaleCheekedAngel

    I just thew up a little… in my mouth.

  30. LossIsYou Avatar

    I work landscaping and clean my plugs every other or every three days.

    The dust makes my ears weep sometimes, and I thought it gets pretty gross. I don’t think I have ever seen them that bad.

  31. paleblue Avatar

    THANKS FOR RAPING MY BRAIN

  32. ghoul_poon Avatar

    I’m pretty curious as to how it would smell..but I’m just gross like that.

  33. uuu Avatar
    uuu

    uuurk! I didn’t think it was possible for a piercing to get that dirty

  34. REVOLT! Avatar
    REVOLT!

    how the fuck can you let ear cheese build up like that?
    FUCKING GROSS

  35. Addy E. Avatar

    Good Lord!

    Now, I’ve gone a day or two without taking my plugs out to clean them… and even that smell grosses me out… but can you imagine what this must be like!?

    Really, Im going to hop in the shower right now.. ughh.

  36. Amy Avatar
    Amy

    Oh god! *gags* That is just awful. How the hell can anyone let that happen? :S I clean my plugs everyday…oh gawd I think I’m gonna dry heave again!

  37. EternalLife Avatar

    That is disgusting. My ears start to feel sore if I leave them a couple of days, so I have no idea how anyone can let then get that bad.

  38. K Avatar
    K

    OMG!! I can smell the fucker all the way over here ….

  39. mimibeth Avatar
    mimibeth

    i can’t even begin to imagine the smell…

  40. HaloMiles Avatar
    HaloMiles

    Dear me. I thought I had bad ear cheese, but at least I clean my tunnels everyday. That’s just beyond disgusting. How can anyone let their ears get that bad?

  41. kellytron Avatar

    hahahahahahahahaha. I’m not gonna lie, I just wash my ears when they start smelling, and more than one I have wiped the cheese off and put it on my co-workers if they fart or wipe boogers on me (we are VERY professional), but it’s never gotten that bad. I don’t see how it could, like, physically where did it all go…and that’s probably just the tip of the iceburg of what was really there.

  42. Shutterbug Avatar

    I kinda of want to look at it again, but I think that would prevent me from enjoying cheese. Ever again.

  43. SickGirl13 Avatar

    OMFG!!!
    ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww!!!

  44. NeutronLIAR Avatar

    Wow, I once went up about 5mm in a week on my left lobe [yeah too quick I know, I didn’t know any better] because it wasn’t causing any pain…until a few days later and my lobe swelled up twice the size. Didn’t take the tunnel out for about a week and that was NOTHING compared to THIS!

    I get paranoid about my lobes and clean my tunnels in the shower every night. My ears feel all icky if I don’t, and how that guy could let his ears get like that is far beyond me :/

  45. Sorcha Avatar
    Sorcha

    I actually threw up in my mouth.
    Then I read the comments.
    And some of them made me throw up in my mouth again.
    Grilled cheese?
    Seriously guys.

  46. JKM Avatar
    JKM

    this one seriously needs to be in the “click for the uncensored version” category!

  47. Karen Avatar
    Karen

    ugh eating oatmeal here =/

  48. Sarah Avatar

    wooooooowwww

    c’mon! some of that would have to wash away in the shower! ughhh that’s horrific!

    i bet the smell knocked them out!

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