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. Noadi Avatar

    Wow, I have a very strong stomach, nothing here or on the main bme site has ever made me gag, I helped gut a deer carcass last week and that didn’t make me gag, I have pet goats and chickens and they don’t smell too sweet, however this managed to make me gag. Good job Shannon.

  2. Noadi Avatar

    Correction, I just puked.

  3. kittykat666 Avatar
    kittykat666

    ew.

  4. Angel Avatar
    Angel

    *shivers* I was fine until I started reading the comments, now I think I shall be sick.

  5. blue Avatar

    haha could have that on toast 😛

  6. stephanie Avatar
    stephanie

    i kind of really wish i could have been there to see the guy or girl with these ears….

  7. Horatio Avatar
    Horatio

    Ear cheese… it tastes just like it smells: delicious!

    But is it suitable for vegans?

  8. obsidian_wings Avatar
    obsidian_wings

    lmao!

  9. [iam]Snoogans[/iam] Avatar
    [iam]Snoogans[/iam]

    According to Wizzer’s site, they were replaced with some 1/2″ plugs, so unless they stretched up that day, they are 1/2″

    and once again. ew.

  10. Snoogans Avatar
    Snoogans

    … also i don’t know how to do fancy links to my IAM page but oh well haha.

  11. Klem Avatar

    Hell yeah….that is freakin’ nasty…I just wonder how long it took o build that much stink…and how it is possible not to feel your lobe itching and stinking….

  12. Emily Avatar
    Emily

    What the hell… you must’ve been able smell him from a mile. I can just imagine the noise when he took it out…. ‘shcloop!”

  13. DustinSmith Avatar

    James dose beautiful work. He is an amazing surface piercer. Yea that ear is pretty funky aswell.

  14. stompyboy Avatar
    stompyboy

    Okay, aside from being really disgusting, wasn’t that uncomfortable? I know if I get the slightest bit of cheese on my plugs, my ears start to itch. A few times in the summer they’ve gotten a bit nasty and it made my ears HURT. Funk like that can actually cause your flesh to rot… how did they manage to let it get that bad? Ugh.

  15. Max Avatar

    i just puked on my keyboard……

  16. matt Avatar
    matt

    that must have stunk up the whole room
    christ

  17. TristaniA Avatar

    Damn.. And I thought MY tunnels were’nt clean….

  18. Michael Avatar
  19. kitten Avatar

    eww. the pictures you pixelate don’t disturb me and this does. eww. eww. eww.

  20. Vanessa Avatar

    haha!! that was seriously the most disgusting thing I’ve seen on modblog.

  21. Emily Avatar
    Emily

    This should be pixelated!

  22. Kevin Avatar
    Kevin

    Oh my God. This is actually so weird because just today I was wondering “How cheesey can a plug get if you stop washing it?” Apparently very. Man, that’s so weird.

  23. lawratalulabel Avatar
    lawratalulabel

    *yacks in a bag and gives it to whom so ever has such a cheesy cheesy piece of body jewellery*

  24. James Wisniewski Avatar

    Just a bit more info, the jewelry pictured is 1/2“ diameter and a good majority of the cheese that was there, remained on the lobe. So this is just a sample for ya.
    I pretended like I was cleaning up the jewelry and took a quick couple of photos.
    Any yes, I did gag, and even swished my mouth with Tech2000 before putting on my facemask to remove them.

  25. StillHereSXE Avatar
    StillHereSXE

    If that particular client was able to let his/her lobes get that dirty, how is it that he/she even knew to do something about it? I mean, how did that person know there was a problem? They’re obviously not concerned enough with the cleanliness of their piercings let alone taking initiative and cleaning them.

  26. Krynn Avatar
    Krynn

    I do not even want to think about how those lobes looked?

    *shudders*

  27. bodmodBetty Avatar

    There is NO WAY that this is real!

  28. James Wisniewski Avatar

    Oh Ya, I forgot to post that this wasn`t a guy, it was a woman….

  29. audente Avatar
    audente

    I can’t seem to stop coming back to this picture.
    It haunts my dreams.
    All that funk, I am revulsed by it, and yet I can’t look away…

    I’m going to go out on a limb and say that the woman that this came from was probably sportin’ some gnarly hippy dreads to boot. It just seems to make more sense that way.

  30. Wicked Avatar

    oh ew. How could they get like that??

  31. commonwealth Avatar

    how the fuck is that even possible
    doesnt that shit itch man?
    i mean if i dont clean mine like every few days it drives me insane!!
    ugh
    yuuuucckkk

  32. corinne Avatar
    corinne

    I stop eating. it’s disgusting

  33. wickedpleasures Avatar
    wickedpleasures

    That. Is. Gross.
    That makes me wonder if I should clean my ears MORE than five times a week.

  34. Southern Belle Avatar
    Southern Belle

    Jeez.

    A) This person should switch to organics… at least they wouldn’t be quite as bad then… I mean, if they insist on not cleaning their plugs.

    B) I really want to smell it. Bad.

    C) What are you guys doing eating AND looking at modblog? I mean… it’s modblog.

  35. idlelicious Avatar
    idlelicious

    that’s seriously not that bad. it’s gross enough, but it’s not as bad as some of the things i’ve seen on the old rotten.com website, or more frequently here :]

  36. chuggs Avatar
    chuggs

    OK, this example is really bad, but it didn’t make me want to gag or anything.

    The real scary thing is that I actually quite like the smell as they are gunking up a little….. Obviously I’m a ‘special’ sort of person! 🙂

  37. Sugar Avatar
    Sugar

    That is frippin’ FOUL!

  38. monica Avatar

    My lord. That’s the only pic here so far that has made me feel sick.

  39. terry Avatar

    Ha wonder what it tastes like?

  40. Anthony Avatar
    Anthony

    mmm someone has been growing some good cheese!

  41. Breanne Avatar
    Breanne

    I can’t even imagine how incrediably bad that would smell…seriously ew.

  42. stacey Avatar
    stacey

    fucking lol

  43. bil Avatar
    bil

    …so incredibly, indescribably foul

    …yet I can’t look away.

    …and I kinda wanna smell it.

    [PS:-don’t EVEN! I’d bet dollars-to-donuts that 90% of YOU ALL do as well!]

  44. Mandee Avatar
    Mandee

    Holy….that is gnarley in the worst way.
    In a way I wonder how that guy/girl must have stunk..
    But I’m glad I don’t know.
    Nachos and Cheese to enjoy with a movie
    Is now officially history until I can stop gagging!

    -Shudder-
    Nasty…

  45. Ro Avatar

    I wonder how they smell too.
    & yes, the licking comment made me wretch a little.

  46. Kelseyyy Avatar
    Kelseyyy

    Ick. I think I’m gonna go clean my tunnels with peroxide for an hour or so…

  47. Yom Avatar
    Yom

    I bet you can smell it from the second you enter the room. How long must that of been in? Bleugh.

  48. MissAmbrose Avatar

    Oh, fuck. I have such a cat iron tummy, but this picture almost defeated

    That is just horrible

  49. MissAmbrose Avatar

    And I’d had a nice dinner tonight and all 🙁

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