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.

DIY Finger Amputation

Alex is a voluntary LAK, RAK, and RBE amputee* and is now also stubbing the fingers on his right hand (I mentioned the interviews a few days ago but if you want to know more, for starters read this interview with my late friend Chaz about voluntary amputationyou may also want to read this to see what kind of guy he was before you judge him and other voluntary amputees). He used ice to do the initial DIY anesthesia and then cleanly chopped it off. There was almost no bleeding, but definitely lots of pain. Click on through if you want to see the remainders.

That reminds me, if you want to see a free video of a DIY amputation, view the final Uvatiarru trailer (yeah, the movie is still in its ultra-extended production cycle, sorry).

* Left above the knee, right above the knee, and right below the elbow.

Comments

868 responses to “DIY Finger Amputation”

  1. Erebiel Avatar
    Erebiel

    Fukkin’ idiot…

  2. Erebiel Avatar
    Erebiel

    Fukkin’ idiot…

  3. John Avatar
    John

    Maybe you people should do some research: people who have BIID actually show different brain chemistry and such in scans… it’s a mental issue, but how can we solve it when the brain is the root of the problem? Therefore, amputation may be the answer for someone who suffers with BIID – for them to truely identify with his/her own body and feel complete in life. Why is this wrong, yet you can go and get tattoos, piercings, brandings and plastic surgery?

    Seriously people, stop the ignorance with mental disorders and illness.

  4. John Avatar
    John

    Maybe you people should do some research: people who have BIID actually show different brain chemistry and such in scans… it’s a mental issue, but how can we solve it when the brain is the root of the problem? Therefore, amputation may be the answer for someone who suffers with BIID – for them to truely identify with his/her own body and feel complete in life. Why is this wrong, yet you can go and get tattoos, piercings, brandings and plastic surgery?

    Seriously people, stop the ignorance with mental disorders and illness.

  5. John Avatar
    John

    Maybe you people should do some research: people who have BIID actually show different brain chemistry and such in scans… it’s a mental issue, but how can we solve it when the brain is the root of the problem? Therefore, amputation may be the answer for someone who suffers with BIID – for them to truely identify with his/her own body and feel complete in life. Why is this wrong, yet you can go and get tattoos, piercings, brandings and plastic surgery?

    Seriously people, stop the ignorance with mental disorders and illness.

  6. John Avatar
    John

    Maybe you people should do some research: people who have BIID actually show different brain chemistry and such in scans… it’s a mental issue, but how can we solve it when the brain is the root of the problem? Therefore, amputation may be the answer for someone who suffers with BIID – for them to truely identify with his/her own body and feel complete in life. Why is this wrong, yet you can go and get tattoos, piercings, brandings and plastic surgery?

    Seriously people, stop the ignorance with mental disorders and illness.

  7. Daryl Avatar
    Daryl

    On November 21st of 2009. I had an accident which took off my middle finger and thumb. My family was unfortunate enough to have been a witness to and having to assist in lifesaving procedures that followed. I was working on my ultralight aircraft and the motor mounts broke loose causing me to get caught in the prop.

    When I first read this article and the post it was hard to contain my emotion. At first I was filled with hatred for him, getting rid of a body part I would pay millions to get back. And to say there is no pain is insane to say the least. It is unbelievable pain, even if the damage is not extensive. There are so many nerves in the fingers.

    What bothers me the most is that his wife or friend or whatever significant other has to shower him, zip his pants open his cereal. All the things that seem small that we take for granted. I know because I lived it.

    I hated and I mean HATED having to ask my wife to zip my pants in the morning, to wash the other side of my body because I couldn’t do it while I was healing. Open the cereal, the medicine bottle, the soda bottles, etc etc etc etc etc.

    I felt bad about it because my lack of safety consciousness caused the accident and I had caused my wife and kids to have to witness a horrific event and have to be my nurse maids and helpers for something that I some how felt responsible for.

    How someone could put there loved ones in that position voluntarily is beyond me. And there is no medical way that he was able to amputate and not have a lot of swelling and healing time which would have incapacitated him to a point where he would need someone elses assistance. Meaning basically that he makes someone else responsible for making sure his needs are met.

    It is the height of selfishness being only surpassed by suicide which I feel may be the ultimate in selfish acts. These types of actions cause others to be affected sometimes more so than the person to which the are occuring.

    Body modification for the most part doesn’t affect your loved ones to a great degree. (maybe occasional stares etc) but not to a point where they have to give you assistance. This however I wouldn’t classify as part of the body modification lifestyle. This is a sickness of the mind and needs some serious therapy!!!

    Hey bud! If you don’t want your fingers man keep em on Ice I’d love to have them!!!!!! Miss mine every day!!

  8. Daryl Avatar
    Daryl

    On November 21st of 2009. I had an accident which took off my middle finger and thumb. My family was unfortunate enough to have been a witness to and having to assist in lifesaving procedures that followed. I was working on my ultralight aircraft and the motor mounts broke loose causing me to get caught in the prop.

    When I first read this article and the post it was hard to contain my emotion. At first I was filled with hatred for him, getting rid of a body part I would pay millions to get back. And to say there is no pain is insane to say the least. It is unbelievable pain, even if the damage is not extensive. There are so many nerves in the fingers.

    What bothers me the most is that his wife or friend or whatever significant other has to shower him, zip his pants open his cereal. All the things that seem small that we take for granted. I know because I lived it.

    I hated and I mean HATED having to ask my wife to zip my pants in the morning, to wash the other side of my body because I couldn’t do it while I was healing. Open the cereal, the medicine bottle, the soda bottles, etc etc etc etc etc.

    I felt bad about it because my lack of safety consciousness caused the accident and I had caused my wife and kids to have to witness a horrific event and have to be my nurse maids and helpers for something that I some how felt responsible for.

    How someone could put there loved ones in that position voluntarily is beyond me. And there is no medical way that he was able to amputate and not have a lot of swelling and healing time which would have incapacitated him to a point where he would need someone elses assistance. Meaning basically that he makes someone else responsible for making sure his needs are met.

    It is the height of selfishness being only surpassed by suicide which I feel may be the ultimate in selfish acts. These types of actions cause others to be affected sometimes more so than the person to which the are occuring.

    Body modification for the most part doesn’t affect your loved ones to a great degree. (maybe occasional stares etc) but not to a point where they have to give you assistance. This however I wouldn’t classify as part of the body modification lifestyle. This is a sickness of the mind and needs some serious therapy!!!

    Hey bud! If you don’t want your fingers man keep em on Ice I’d love to have them!!!!!! Miss mine every day!!

  9. Daryl Avatar
    Daryl

    On November 21st of 2009. I had an accident which took off my middle finger and thumb. My family was unfortunate enough to have been a witness to and having to assist in lifesaving procedures that followed. I was working on my ultralight aircraft and the motor mounts broke loose causing me to get caught in the prop.

    When I first read this article and the post it was hard to contain my emotion. At first I was filled with hatred for him, getting rid of a body part I would pay millions to get back. And to say there is no pain is insane to say the least. It is unbelievable pain, even if the damage is not extensive. There are so many nerves in the fingers.

    What bothers me the most is that his wife or friend or whatever significant other has to shower him, zip his pants open his cereal. All the things that seem small that we take for granted. I know because I lived it.

    I hated and I mean HATED having to ask my wife to zip my pants in the morning, to wash the other side of my body because I couldn’t do it while I was healing. Open the cereal, the medicine bottle, the soda bottles, etc etc etc etc etc.

    I felt bad about it because my lack of safety consciousness caused the accident and I had caused my wife and kids to have to witness a horrific event and have to be my nurse maids and helpers for something that I some how felt responsible for.

    How someone could put there loved ones in that position voluntarily is beyond me. And there is no medical way that he was able to amputate and not have a lot of swelling and healing time which would have incapacitated him to a point where he would need someone elses assistance. Meaning basically that he makes someone else responsible for making sure his needs are met.

    It is the height of selfishness being only surpassed by suicide which I feel may be the ultimate in selfish acts. These types of actions cause others to be affected sometimes more so than the person to which the are occuring.

    Body modification for the most part doesn’t affect your loved ones to a great degree. (maybe occasional stares etc) but not to a point where they have to give you assistance. This however I wouldn’t classify as part of the body modification lifestyle. This is a sickness of the mind and needs some serious therapy!!!

    Hey bud! If you don’t want your fingers man keep em on Ice I’d love to have them!!!!!! Miss mine every day!!

  10. Daryl Avatar
    Daryl

    On November 21st of 2009. I had an accident which took off my middle finger and thumb. My family was unfortunate enough to have been a witness to and having to assist in lifesaving procedures that followed. I was working on my ultralight aircraft and the motor mounts broke loose causing me to get caught in the prop.

    When I first read this article and the post it was hard to contain my emotion. At first I was filled with hatred for him, getting rid of a body part I would pay millions to get back. And to say there is no pain is insane to say the least. It is unbelievable pain, even if the damage is not extensive. There are so many nerves in the fingers.

    What bothers me the most is that his wife or friend or whatever significant other has to shower him, zip his pants open his cereal. All the things that seem small that we take for granted. I know because I lived it.

    I hated and I mean HATED having to ask my wife to zip my pants in the morning, to wash the other side of my body because I couldn’t do it while I was healing. Open the cereal, the medicine bottle, the soda bottles, etc etc etc etc etc.

    I felt bad about it because my lack of safety consciousness caused the accident and I had caused my wife and kids to have to witness a horrific event and have to be my nurse maids and helpers for something that I some how felt responsible for.

    How someone could put there loved ones in that position voluntarily is beyond me. And there is no medical way that he was able to amputate and not have a lot of swelling and healing time which would have incapacitated him to a point where he would need someone elses assistance. Meaning basically that he makes someone else responsible for making sure his needs are met.

    It is the height of selfishness being only surpassed by suicide which I feel may be the ultimate in selfish acts. These types of actions cause others to be affected sometimes more so than the person to which the are occuring.

    Body modification for the most part doesn’t affect your loved ones to a great degree. (maybe occasional stares etc) but not to a point where they have to give you assistance. This however I wouldn’t classify as part of the body modification lifestyle. This is a sickness of the mind and needs some serious therapy!!!

    Hey bud! If you don’t want your fingers man keep em on Ice I’d love to have them!!!!!! Miss mine every day!!

  11. ZephyrTriton Avatar
    ZephyrTriton

    I wonder if there are ways of professionally getting these sorts of procedures done so one wouldn’t have to do it themselves and could be in the comfort of a hospital or something similar.

  12. ZephyrTriton Avatar
    ZephyrTriton

    I wonder if there are ways of professionally getting these sorts of procedures done so one wouldn’t have to do it themselves and could be in the comfort of a hospital or something similar.

  13. ZephyrTriton Avatar
    ZephyrTriton

    I wonder if there are ways of professionally getting these sorts of procedures done so one wouldn’t have to do it themselves and could be in the comfort of a hospital or something similar.

  14. ZephyrTriton Avatar
    ZephyrTriton

    I wonder if there are ways of professionally getting these sorts of procedures done so one wouldn’t have to do it themselves and could be in the comfort of a hospital or something similar.

  15. Madi Avatar
    Madi

    That is an amazingly clean cut. I’ve thought of doing my ring finger on my right hand exactly at the same point but I figured I’d be hacking away at it and it’d be a mess. Idk what you mean about no blood cause that towel below his hand is soaked in blood.

  16. Madi Avatar
    Madi

    That is an amazingly clean cut. I’ve thought of doing my ring finger on my right hand exactly at the same point but I figured I’d be hacking away at it and it’d be a mess. Idk what you mean about no blood cause that towel below his hand is soaked in blood.

  17. Madi Avatar
    Madi

    That is an amazingly clean cut. I’ve thought of doing my ring finger on my right hand exactly at the same point but I figured I’d be hacking away at it and it’d be a mess. Idk what you mean about no blood cause that towel below his hand is soaked in blood.

  18. Madi Avatar
    Madi

    That is an amazingly clean cut. I’ve thought of doing my ring finger on my right hand exactly at the same point but I figured I’d be hacking away at it and it’d be a mess. Idk what you mean about no blood cause that towel below his hand is soaked in blood.

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