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.

Earlobes Be Gone!

As you can see in the before-and-after below, like so many people these days (seriously, I see so many people removing their stretched earlobes every day now), Pen Di’Panda decided he’d had enough. A couple more somewhat disconcerting photos of his taking a pair of scissors to his lobes continue after the break!

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Comments

102 responses to “Earlobes Be Gone!”

  1. Amy Avatar
    Amy

    The second picture and the last picture are fucking SEXY. Oh my.

  2. Neon Avatar
    Neon

    Poor lobies!

  3. MRT Avatar
    MRT

    I find the photos to be very sexy. Just wondering what the lobe will look like afterwards though.

    Also, I noticed that the outer edge seemed to not bleed much, whereas the inner one gushes. Interesting.

  4. b4youreyes Avatar

    I wonder what made him want to get rid of his stretched lobes

  5. Lk Avatar
    Lk

    that’s DIY!
    lol

  6. cardboardfrog Avatar
    cardboardfrog

    the removed lobes actually look really cool, is there any history of that as a chosen mod?

  7. Lil Miss Strange Avatar
    Lil Miss Strange

    i love my big lobes to much to like this,sorry!

  8. deadite_666 Avatar

    *GASP @ scissors!*

  9. deadlypoison Avatar

    @ Pen Di’Panda: are you worried about once its healed and not having a “normal” looking ear lobe? my cousin had the bottom of one of his ear lobes bit off by a large dog and i think it looks a bit like yours will do LOL.
    Love your chest tattoo BTW looks amazing.

  10. Lananaroux Avatar
    Lananaroux

    Wow I would have bled so much more than this. I love it when people get all “omg health issues” over diy stuff, seriously, you’ve never done anything stupid in your bathroom with sharp objects before?

  11. Mixxi Avatar

    I wonder if when this guy started stretching his ears with the intention of cutting his lobes off.. Hmm.

  12. TheLexPest Avatar
    TheLexPest

    #60 – No.

  13. MRT Avatar
    MRT

    Well, I went and looked at these pictures again today and have come to a conclusion. He is still absolutely gorgeous with and without the ear lobe. Just less for anyone lucky enough to nibble on.

  14. soz Avatar
    soz

    wow, he’s hott!

  15. its-raining-blood Avatar
    its-raining-blood

    Am I right when I say that Ikea scissors do have some use?

  16. possessed Avatar

    Wow, I would not have the self-control for that! Seems like scissors like that would be a lot more painful than a sharper blade would be, but he looks pretty happy!

    And, btw, the second picture and the last picture are totally hot.

  17. gillian gamine Avatar

    good god, that’s pretty amazing considering that the earlobe is really heavy on nerves, especially in dudes. my question, did he box up the cut-off earlobe and give it to a prositute named rachel, or paint an impressionistic portrait of himself with a bandaged head?

  18. kang Avatar
    kang

    his earlobes looked quite healthy too…

  19. Tom For Real Avatar
    Tom For Real

    van gogh jokes…hehehe

  20. kelly Avatar

    id love to have seen him keep that piece hanging and pierce a nice ladder all the way up it with tiny barbells:) haha you could swivel your head and have tiny propellers twirl around

  21. David Avatar

    That guy has got balls of gigantic proportions!!

  22. Megan Avatar
    Megan

    I would definitely use sissors, even they aren’t sharper. The difficulty of cutting it with a scalpel on yourself would be quite high I’d think (I have enough trouble just putting a bar in a hole in my ears!) I am sort of a bit squicked out by this though…think its the pic where I can actually see it being done!

  23. cyber_android Avatar

    I stretched my lobe and intend on having it removed, I wanted the experience of stretching but removal has always been my long term goal.

  24. Lauren Avatar
    Lauren

    It worries me that i find that last pic hot!!

  25. CrimsonKiss Avatar
    CrimsonKiss

    I love the cheeky grin and thumbs up! I’d have thought a scalpel would have been a cleaner and less painful cut.

  26. Pen Di'Panda Avatar

    @59. I’m totally not worried about what it’ll look like. I’ve already done this once before to my right ear, I just neglected to get any pictures taken of it that particular time.

    I think it looks totally ok.

  27. Snap Dragon Avatar

    Damn I know when I had my lobes scalped from 5/8″-1″ it felt like my ears were being ripped from my head and I arced my body up from the table I was laying on in agony, and that was done with a sharp scalpel.

    I can’t even imagine how that would feel with a pair of scissors!

    I wonder if he used an anesthetic?.?.

  28. Rexxi Avatar
    Rexxi

    Shannon… someone… anyone… what the heck is the “Splinter” technique??? never heard of it…

  29. Bob Avatar
    Bob

    Like OMG, the viscosity on blood is way off.

    Kidding aside, quite a gutsy DIY. Hope it turns out well.

  30. Helen Avatar
    Helen

    Ouch!And with scissors!
    Fucking cool pics tho.
    You pretty much did what my mother has been threatening to do for years =P

  31. brandenlouis Avatar

    when i’m done with my earlobes, they’re going this exact same way. maybe an exacto knife instead, but i’m doing them. i don’t understand the cleanliness problem, i’m sure he knows what his body is capable of stopping.

  32. deadlypoison Avatar

    @ Pen Di’Panda: fair do’s to you, the more i look at it the more i like the aesthetics 😀 i hope it heals well for you!

  33. andrea Avatar
    andrea

    oh maaaaaan that last pic…your neck looks so beautiful and long and the blood just completes it 😮

  34. Z Avatar
    Z

    While I love the blood on this, I’m feeling some serious sympathy pains in my ears. Gotta know… how’d it feel?

    cardboardfrog – I’ve seen earlobe removal not related to stretched ears before. Typically those wanting the animal type ear. Lobe-free and pointed.

  35. Sassie_L Avatar

    #31 lindsey, I agree. And then I felt wrong for just looking and thinking “mmmmmm hot” and not actually looking at the other photos properly.

  36. emi_d Avatar
    emi_d

    i didnt feel wrong about it at all, cause thats all i was thinking..

  37. Anatomie Avatar

    Oh…FUCK.

    He is incredible.

  38. PuncturedPrincess Avatar

    At first I thought he was doing it for shits and giggles, but I see in one of the pics where he’s got one side cut and the other part still attached to his ear, there’s a bit of lobe death going on. Like how it’s funky looking in the middle? It would have to be done sooner or later I think. As for the DIY, if you can take it man, props to you!

  39. rings Avatar
    rings

    FUCKIN HARD TO THE CORE DUDE

  40. Nicole Avatar
    Nicole

    Omg , coool

  41. Lilee Avatar
    Lilee

    I would probably fuck him right here and now given the opportunity. *nods*

  42. kafer Avatar
    kafer

    that was kinda dumb… he could get an serious infection by doing that, not to mention the scar that will appear with time. a plastic surgeon is very handy when u want to fix that… oh well, fuck it. its no my ear.

  43. Cathee Avatar
    Cathee

    oh my god.. whatthefuck! why would you cut your earlobe off?!?!!?!?!?

  44. carofline Avatar
    carofline

    What’s the spilinter technique?

    I think the ear looked awesome without the lobe!
    Makes me want to do that myself in a couple of years, and make the top(cartilage) really pointy, like an elf 😀

  45. Starling Avatar
    Starling

    Ouch?!!?

    And I’m also wondering what that splinter technique is!

  46. Phendraana Avatar
    Phendraana

    Why the hell did I click on this?!

    The stupid shit people do is just unbelievable.

  47. Lex Avatar
    Lex

    OH GOD WHAT IS HE DOING don’t do that

  48. anthony Avatar
    anthony

    Yeah I did this yesterday with a fresh pair of hair cutting scissors…it works as long as you hold some gauze over the wound till it stops bleeding and then cauterize the open wound. It really sucks with no pain relief meds…but looks much better than a huge floppy torn earlobe 🙂

  49. anthony Avatar
    anthony

    as long as you sanitize everything and cauterize the wound after you snip it and let it stop bleeding(it’ll take about 40 minutes to an hour) there is no chance for infection…unless you’re a jackass that can’t leave the messed up ear alone until its healed

  50. Maddii Avatar
    Maddii

    WHY. WOMEN NEED EARLOBES TO NIBBLE ON!

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