I just posted an interview with Toph about his amazing stretched piercings, which include a nearly 2″ lip plate. Click through the picture rm bmeto read the interview now, and then come on back to comment or discuss it here.
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830 responses to “Interview with Toph”
i dont get y so many people even threw out this whole fuckin community cant agknowledge that, yes, standards have been set as a generalization for the general public cuz the general public has no fuckin clue about their bodies. so generalizations like streaching each 3 months AT minimum is for those who dont know. its not something that ALL must fallow cuz thats defined law.
were all different, plain and simple. we all heal differently, thats y pauly can take on whatever fuckin project n then another like 2 days later. we all react to things differently and we all streach differently. FLAT FUCKIN OUT! no one is like anyone else, so all that comes threw in all this hatred towards all these people speaking out is jealousy or ignorance. both in most cases
i dont get y so many people even threw out this whole fuckin community cant agknowledge that, yes, standards have been set as a generalization for the general public cuz the general public has no fuckin clue about their bodies. so generalizations like streaching each 3 months AT minimum is for those who dont know. its not something that ALL must fallow cuz thats defined law.
were all different, plain and simple. we all heal differently, thats y pauly can take on whatever fuckin project n then another like 2 days later. we all react to things differently and we all streach differently. FLAT FUCKIN OUT! no one is like anyone else, so all that comes threw in all this hatred towards all these people speaking out is jealousy or ignorance. both in most cases
OVER 400 COMMENTS!!! ITS THE MODBLOG ENTRY THAT DOESN’T DIE!
in response to the post above me. about 3 months is the amount of time it takes for collegen to adequetely build back up in the tissue after a stretch. it helps prevent scarring and the tissue becoming weak. yes, you can stretch faster-but its not recommended because of the risk of tissue damage that could occur. those jacked up nostrils and severe swelling in the pic comment in #366 (or you can even refer to his lateset video blog and see the scarring is back) and the scarring he keeps having to remove from his lip are all signs of …STRETCHING TOO QUICKLY…stretching isn’t supposed to be tramatic-and that scarring and severe swelling are signs of trama.
its not my place or anyone else’s to tell toph how to live his life, or judge him by his appearance. and the welfare debates are a bit stupid. But obviously, these piercings are important to him-enough so that he’s sacraficed his marriage & family and social acceptance for them. so he should be encouraged to take better care of them. ESPECIALLY BY A WEB SITE THAT CENTERS AROUND MODIFICATION-AND CHOSE TO FEATURE HIS PICS AND STORY.
i’m not saying he shouldn’t of been featured. this is obviously interesting enough that over 400 people felt compelled to comment. but it would of been a much more informative piece if he (as well as the poster) been more forth coming about all the scarring he’s endured along the way. let people know that going so quick had alot of disadvantages, maybe inform the readers how he approached each scarring challenge… instead of defending his ‘amazing stretching abilities’ when those actually trained to know better, step in and point out the obvious.
obviously we all have a love for modification and have conflicting ideas on how we think it should evole, and different reasons and methods for protecting it. but ultimately we all have the same goal-it’s preservation. one thing i’ve noticed over the years that has done nothing but good for it is INFORMATION.
Toph, i wish you luck on your journey…i do hope you take care of your piercings and possibly consider that SOME of these comments were merely just concerned individuals and professionals who just want to see you not destroy your piercings, when its obvious they are very important to you.
OVER 400 COMMENTS!!! ITS THE MODBLOG ENTRY THAT DOESN’T DIE!
in response to the post above me. about 3 months is the amount of time it takes for collegen to adequetely build back up in the tissue after a stretch. it helps prevent scarring and the tissue becoming weak. yes, you can stretch faster-but its not recommended because of the risk of tissue damage that could occur. those jacked up nostrils and severe swelling in the pic comment in #366 (or you can even refer to his lateset video blog and see the scarring is back) and the scarring he keeps having to remove from his lip are all signs of …STRETCHING TOO QUICKLY…stretching isn’t supposed to be tramatic-and that scarring and severe swelling are signs of trama.
its not my place or anyone else’s to tell toph how to live his life, or judge him by his appearance. and the welfare debates are a bit stupid. But obviously, these piercings are important to him-enough so that he’s sacraficed his marriage & family and social acceptance for them. so he should be encouraged to take better care of them. ESPECIALLY BY A WEB SITE THAT CENTERS AROUND MODIFICATION-AND CHOSE TO FEATURE HIS PICS AND STORY.
i’m not saying he shouldn’t of been featured. this is obviously interesting enough that over 400 people felt compelled to comment. but it would of been a much more informative piece if he (as well as the poster) been more forth coming about all the scarring he’s endured along the way. let people know that going so quick had alot of disadvantages, maybe inform the readers how he approached each scarring challenge… instead of defending his ‘amazing stretching abilities’ when those actually trained to know better, step in and point out the obvious.
obviously we all have a love for modification and have conflicting ideas on how we think it should evole, and different reasons and methods for protecting it. but ultimately we all have the same goal-it’s preservation. one thing i’ve noticed over the years that has done nothing but good for it is INFORMATION.
Toph, i wish you luck on your journey…i do hope you take care of your piercings and possibly consider that SOME of these comments were merely just concerned individuals and professionals who just want to see you not destroy your piercings, when its obvious they are very important to you.
oops! mad typos…didn’t proof read
oops! mad typos…didn’t proof read
My personal opinion is he’s rather sexy 🙂 He’s not stretching other peoples piercings. Its HIS face not yours, I dont know why people feel the need to bitch so much. Its not even like hes telling others to stretch that quickly just stating what he has done. BME is mean to be a community for friends not a place to judge others based on what they choose to do with their own body.
My personal opinion is he’s rather sexy 🙂 He’s not stretching other peoples piercings. Its HIS face not yours, I dont know why people feel the need to bitch so much. Its not even like hes telling others to stretch that quickly just stating what he has done. BME is mean to be a community for friends not a place to judge others based on what they choose to do with their own body.
i love listening to him talk about his life on his youtube page. he’s a really interesting character.
i love listening to him talk about his life on his youtube page. he’s a really interesting character.
Rachel is 100% right.
I respect Toph a lot and love his iam and youtube.
I am abit sad that he is taking a break from iam.
I guess he was annoyed by many people on here.
I would like to hear from you on here or youtube very soon.
I posted on your latest youtube video about the nostrils without jewelry.
Rachel is 100% right.
I respect Toph a lot and love his iam and youtube.
I am abit sad that he is taking a break from iam.
I guess he was annoyed by many people on here.
I would like to hear from you on here or youtube very soon.
I posted on your latest youtube video about the nostrils without jewelry.
toph some suggestions for mod friendly work opportunities:
basically search out something w/out customer interaction.
without training:
warehouse work (fed ex, grocery distributors, etc)
call centers
stockboy
line cook
if you get training:
lab technician
IT guy (back end)
welding
toph some suggestions for mod friendly work opportunities:
basically search out something w/out customer interaction.
without training:
warehouse work (fed ex, grocery distributors, etc)
call centers
stockboy
line cook
if you get training:
lab technician
IT guy (back end)
welding
forgive me if this has already been said, there’s 400+ posts here and I don’t really have the patience to read them all
I can’t understand why this man is being praised for stretching so fast when the average person would be very much put down for it?
and you say that his stretches are fine, when he mentions having to cut off scar tissue from his lip, when if he’s stretched slowly this wouldn’t have occured in the first place. He also mentions having no problems with his tongue apart from blood! since when is it considered healthy for stretches to bleed?
I’m sorry if for some reason you disagree with me, but those do not seem like signs of a healthy stretch at all
forgive me if this has already been said, there’s 400+ posts here and I don’t really have the patience to read them all
I can’t understand why this man is being praised for stretching so fast when the average person would be very much put down for it?
and you say that his stretches are fine, when he mentions having to cut off scar tissue from his lip, when if he’s stretched slowly this wouldn’t have occured in the first place. He also mentions having no problems with his tongue apart from blood! since when is it considered healthy for stretches to bleed?
I’m sorry if for some reason you disagree with me, but those do not seem like signs of a healthy stretch at all
yeah blood, cause i sorta scapled my tongue every step .. wierd how it bled huh ?
yeah blood, cause i sorta scapled my tongue every step .. wierd how it bled huh ?
Toph, I can imagine that scalpelling to 6mm one day and then stretching to 9 the next would actually also cause your tongue to bleed? as making a day old wound larger should
and I see you have no justification for the scar tissue
I didn’t mean my most to sound like a personal attack, but its just the idea that these were posted as healthy stretches when clearly they are not, as healthy stretches shouldn’t have such problems
Toph, I can imagine that scalpelling to 6mm one day and then stretching to 9 the next would actually also cause your tongue to bleed? as making a day old wound larger should
and I see you have no justification for the scar tissue
I didn’t mean my most to sound like a personal attack, but its just the idea that these were posted as healthy stretches when clearly they are not, as healthy stretches shouldn’t have such problems
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not most, sorry
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not most, sorry
I don’t understand why people feel the need to be mean to someone they don’t know. It obviously makes him happy and that’s all that matters. If it makes someone happy to jog through a suburban community naked dragging a red wagon with a giant inflatable penis in it, then more power to ‘em. You don’t have to agree with someone in order to accept them, especially when what they’re doing has no effect on you what-so-ever.
I don’t understand why people feel the need to be mean to someone they don’t know. It obviously makes him happy and that’s all that matters. If it makes someone happy to jog through a suburban community naked dragging a red wagon with a giant inflatable penis in it, then more power to ‘em. You don’t have to agree with someone in order to accept them, especially when what they’re doing has no effect on you what-so-ever.
yh he has gone up really fast fair enuff to him he did it fast with few problems nothing wrong with that i found the whole mods for his wife thing a bit extreme like iv only been with my gf 10 mounths but if she told me 2 take my mods out id just say ill go smaller and no bigger like i said 2 her il lgo no bigger then 30mm but i no shed never leave me if i went bigger but for that women 2 be his wife he must of been with her a few years
i think thats a bad its not me bein mean i just can relate to the mods or me thing but my gf doesent seem 2 mind its just i love my gf so much it worrys me 2 loose her but man some gd mods
yh he has gone up really fast fair enuff to him he did it fast with few problems nothing wrong with that i found the whole mods for his wife thing a bit extreme like iv only been with my gf 10 mounths but if she told me 2 take my mods out id just say ill go smaller and no bigger like i said 2 her il lgo no bigger then 30mm but i no shed never leave me if i went bigger but for that women 2 be his wife he must of been with her a few years
i think thats a bad its not me bein mean i just can relate to the mods or me thing but my gf doesent seem 2 mind its just i love my gf so much it worrys me 2 loose her but man some gd mods
what happened to “The TophMeister” modblog entry?
It just disappeared for some reason.
what happened to “The TophMeister” modblog entry?
It just disappeared for some reason.
Depends on your body, but you can stretch faster then that, this is going to sound stupid but I stretched and downsized fast, so I knew I stretched easily. I went swimming in a creek with a newly stretch ear (bad idea) and it got infected. I took out the jewelry and it went from 1″ down to 8g in about 12 hours. So I knew I stretched easy, once it healed I was back up to 28mm in 3 weeks 😀
Stupid I know, but it works for me, I have healthier ears then my friend who has taken 2 years to get to 22mm
Depends on your body, but you can stretch faster then that, this is going to sound stupid but I stretched and downsized fast, so I knew I stretched easily. I went swimming in a creek with a newly stretch ear (bad idea) and it got infected. I took out the jewelry and it went from 1″ down to 8g in about 12 hours. So I knew I stretched easy, once it healed I was back up to 28mm in 3 weeks 😀
Stupid I know, but it works for me, I have healthier ears then my friend who has taken 2 years to get to 22mm