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 lobe piercings match…

…even if the ears do not. Jennivere at Mink Ink in Kingman, AZ did this set of lobe piercings, one on a severely damage ear, using a pair of 12ga lobe rings.

Comments

21 responses to “The lobe piercings match…”

  1. fuus Avatar
    fuus

    Is that a damaged ear? I can’t imagine how an injury could cause that. It looks like the guy was born that way.

  2. wickedgame6 Avatar

    He might have been burned or was in a car crash, it can be so many possibilities. but the piercings look good. It may be my eyes but those look bigger than 12′s.

  3. derkaiser Avatar

    looks like a 10 or 8 ga..

  4. Cristina Avatar

    It looks like something that happened in an accident, if you look, you can see scarring around the back of his head that matches the scar tissue around what’s left of his ear. Either way, the piercings look really nice.

  5. wickedgame6 Avatar

    derkaiser-Glad I’m not the only one who noticed that :]

  6. Emily Avatar
    Emily

    looks like something banged into the side of his head really bad, and crushed some stuff… im just guessing though cause of the scar tissue that i can see. I think the piercings look bigger.. i’d guess around a 10g ish

  7. manini Avatar

    I think it’s awesome that instead of hiding the disfigurement he chooses to be himself.

    She did a good job it looks beautiful.

  8. Marina Avatar
    Marina

    I think it looks like 12g, in fact I just looked in the mirror and my 12g CBRs look exactly like that.
    And I agree with 7. It’s great.

  9. Ghobian Avatar

    He was hit and dragged by a car as a toddler and had to have ribs removed and put in his skull. He’s a really neat guy. I don’t know if you guys remember the smeared nipple guy, but that’s actually his brother and totally unrelated accidents. They’re 12g. He has pretty small ears. You can barely tell when he wears a hat. Thank you guys.

  10. gillian gamine Avatar

    the first thing i noticed were the lovely shiny rings, they really seemed to stand out in these pictures.

  11. Lydia Avatar

    Agreed with #7

  12. Mess Avatar

    beautiful ^_^

  13. Lunar Avatar
    Lunar

    I wonder how it looks with a front view !

  14. TheWomanMonster Avatar
    TheWomanMonster

    All I noticed what the shiny rings too.
    I bet they’re symetrical from the front aren’t they?

  15. Halo Avatar
    Halo

    People taking something “bad” with their bodies and doing something wonderful with it is what makes me proud to be modded in some form. They look great! 🙂

  16. Petrolboy Avatar
    Petrolboy

    Hmm… What’re lobe rings? Haha.

    I really like it, piercings in spite of whatever happened. Right on brother!

  17. Vern Avatar

    I have a pretty bad case of CMT(charcot marie tooth), no it has nothing to do with my teeth. for more info: http://www.charcot-marie-tooth.org

    Anyways, i just had my leg tattooed, and it was pretty painful because of my cmt. It was quite an experience, involuntary twitching, and delayed pain where the biggest “whoa”s.

    The delayed pain with the tattoo was intense. i felt the needles going into me without the pain at first. very weird to say the least.

  18. Vern Avatar

    oh, i decided to tell my story because i was inspired by him.

  19. bluepen Avatar
    bluepen

    I would love to see a view from the front. What I can see of his face is intriguing!

  20. Kat Avatar
    Kat

    dude, that’s my brother too!!!!!

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