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Pendant Piercing

Steve Truitt at Stay Gold Tattoo and Body Modification in Albuquerque did this piercing back in May (it’s fresh in these pictures) using an in and out barbell (like a surface staple bar but with a few extra bends) so that the customer could attach his pendant to the centre of his chest.

Comments

24 responses to “Pendant Piercing”

  1. Halo Avatar
    Halo

    That is really neat! It makes me want to try something like that. 🙂

  2. Halo Avatar
    Halo

    That is really neat! It makes me want to try something like that. 🙂

  3. wish_I_were_a_dragon... Avatar

    thats a clever lil idea 😛

    I guess the pendant would cause extra problems with healing though.. ?

  4. wish_I_were_a_dragon... Avatar

    thats a clever lil idea 😛

    I guess the pendant would cause extra problems with healing though.. ?

  5. moddoctor Avatar

    This is the future. Permanent jewelry implants. I’m convinced of it. There are smart folks on iam that are working on making such things a reality rather than the tenuous surface piercing and dermal anchors of today. They are coming. They won’t be $35 stainless jobs either. There will be Goretex and metal binding proteins and stuff involved but while expensive, such implants won’t be leaving either.

  6. moddoctor Avatar

    This is the future. Permanent jewelry implants. I’m convinced of it. There are smart folks on iam that are working on making such things a reality rather than the tenuous surface piercing and dermal anchors of today. They are coming. They won’t be $35 stainless jobs either. There will be Goretex and metal binding proteins and stuff involved but while expensive, such implants won’t be leaving either.

  7. mia more Avatar

    i think that’s prety stupid 🙁

  8. mia more Avatar

    i think that’s prety stupid 🙁

  9. stainless Avatar

    This was also done knowing it would be temporary. The guy it’s on was leaving to be in the military about 6 months from when this was done. It did stay in and was healing just fine at that point when he took it out. The pendant was very lightweight as well, so it would have minimal effect on irritating the piercing.

  10. stainless Avatar

    This was also done knowing it would be temporary. The guy it’s on was leaving to be in the military about 6 months from when this was done. It did stay in and was healing just fine at that point when he took it out. The pendant was very lightweight as well, so it would have minimal effect on irritating the piercing.

  11. Verno Avatar

    Oh!! That Steve is good at sticking things to the general population don’t..ya think? Keep up the good work…Buddy

  12. Verno Avatar

    Oh!! That Steve is good at sticking things to the general population don’t..ya think? Keep up the good work…Buddy

  13. lala Avatar
    lala

    Is he a slave?

    Cause he has a collar on…

    Just wondering.

  14. lala Avatar
    lala

    Is he a slave?

    Cause he has a collar on…

    Just wondering.

  15. Zar Avatar
    Zar

    he can be my slave anyday

  16. Zar Avatar
    Zar

    he can be my slave anyday

  17. Billy Fury Avatar
    Billy Fury

    I dont know what I like more, the dog collar or the shaven chest!

  18. Billy Fury Avatar
    Billy Fury

    I dont know what I like more, the dog collar or the shaven chest!

  19. Em Avatar
    Em

    I just about don’t take my dog collar off in bed, and I’m not a sexual slave or dominatrix… I just like spikes.
    “There will be Goretex and metal binding proteins and stuff involved but while expensive, such implants won’t be leaving either.”
    I hope it’ll be soon!

  20. Em Avatar
    Em

    I just about don’t take my dog collar off in bed, and I’m not a sexual slave or dominatrix… I just like spikes.
    “There will be Goretex and metal binding proteins and stuff involved but while expensive, such implants won’t be leaving either.”
    I hope it’ll be soon!

  21. violentjayne24 Avatar
    violentjayne24

    ok… this might be a stupid question … but are the 4 indentations around the new pendant piercing … scars from 2 previous peircings?

  22. violentjayne24 Avatar
    violentjayne24

    ok… this might be a stupid question … but are the 4 indentations around the new pendant piercing … scars from 2 previous peircings?

  23. fondofu Avatar
    fondofu

    Go on BREATHE!!!!

  24. fondofu Avatar
    fondofu

    Go on BREATHE!!!!

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