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.

A Knife in the Ear

Lane scalpels Greg’s* lobes.

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* – Who happens to be a piercing apprentice at Dragon FX in Alberta.

Comments

21 responses to “A Knife in the Ear”

  1. Kelli Avatar
    Kelli

    I don’t know how you find these songs.

  2. Jen Avatar
    Jen

    Ouch ouch ouch.

  3. Ligo Avatar

    Wow, it didn’t even bleed! I think that’s the cleanest, easiest ear scalpelling I’ve ever seen.

    And is that The Bravery I hear?

  4. Pol Avatar
    Pol

    awesome! Lane makes it look like a piece of cake – it almost seems painless.

  5. swirly Avatar
    swirly

    did i see those clamps fully locked down??

    if so its no wonder there was no blood!

  6. Derek Avatar
    Derek

    Yeah, closing the clamps all the way down…definitely unnecessary and overly traumatic to the tissue.

  7. pete Avatar
    pete

    even if the clamps were locked, it was hard to see how far they were locked, or even if they had been locked they may have beeen altered to have elss pressure when closed.

  8. Tyler Integrity Avatar

    Wow I can fully say I am not excited for that.

  9. Auryn Avatar

    Appropriate song!

    Yeah so now I know I never want to scalpel…ever. Oh well, I like the fact I am au natural as far as my lobes go (with the amount of scalpeling these days it is becoming a rarity.)

  10. Nikkins Avatar

    I’m laughing at the song choice and cringing a little at the actual video.

  11. Matt Avatar
    Matt

    CONGRATULATIONS SHANNON FOR BEING BOING BOINGED!!!

    that should get the modblog and bmezine some more hits in the future. keep it up!

  12. allen Avatar
    allen

    Almost makes me want to get it done, I just cant stand the thought of scalpel+ear or any part of the body for that fact.
    I love the final comment in the video

  13. BlueStar Avatar

    No taper, double flared jewellery…

  14. cica Avatar
    cica

    Double flared jewelry? I don’t think so.
    I can clearly see them putting on an o-ring afterwards…

  15. xPUREx Avatar
    xPUREx

    Why would it matter hot traumatic the clamps are on a piece of tissue that’s being removed?

  16. Lane Jensen Avatar

    Roo “you rock man”, that was the perfect song. I would never place the instrument on tissue I wasn’t already removing. Locking it provided a firm hold while I was cutting around it. I’ll posted pictures this week of the progress, other than being a little dry they appear healed already.

  17. Megan Avatar

    BlueStar, it was definitely not double flared jewelery. As cica said, you could clearly see him putting on an o-ring after scalpelling the second lobe.

    And, I loved this video ^^

  18. mmmaybebaby Avatar

    Why was the tissue actually removed? I’m guessing there was a previous blowout?

  19. BlueStar Avatar

    Oh okay, I didn’t see the o-rings… my bad.

  20. psychonaut Avatar

    quick, efficient, precise, and very well executed.

    good job!

  21. Greg Avatar
    Greg

    Hey thank you for posting this video of me getting my ears cut, just a few things i would like to clear up in the description, my name is Greg not Gary and I am a body piercer not a tattoo apprentice the like will take you to another guy named Greg that works @ Dragon FX who is a tattoo apprentice. Thank you and no it didn’t hurt!

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