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Highbret? Nasal-to-Oral Piercing

Hobosteve (previously: measure of a man) has odd piercings to match his odd tattoos, with this highly unusual “oral-nasal” piercing that goes from inside his nose to under his lip, like a “highbret” or something. It was done for him by Steve at Somatic in Long Beach.

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67 responses to “Highbret? Nasal-to-Oral Piercing”

  1. hailstorm1375 Avatar
    hailstorm1375

    Wow very original!

  2. deadlypoison Avatar

    seriously… OUCH!? they do look very very cool though!

  3. deadlypoison Avatar

    and yes they should be called steves!

  4. AshPlant Avatar
    AshPlant

    Aaah somebody help me I have the squicks like NEVER before!

    Is that weird of me? To blase right over every genital torture Shannon can throw at us, and feel like I want to curl up and squeal at something like this?

    Oh, and ‘antenna piercing’ gets my vote. Just…please don’t show me them 🙁

  5. Ellie Avatar
    Ellie

    Oh wow.
    That is..neat.

  6. eric Avatar
    eric

    I did one on my self about a year ago. I like using the name “ime” for it because I was the only one who knew about it and it was done just for myself.

  7. Christian Avatar
    Christian

    As silly as it may sound, I’m thinking in the near future people are going to try and pierce through bone. Solid bone. Or drill tiny holes for piercings to go through them. Wait and see.

    Those piercings up there make my nose tickle.

  8. Sarahfina Avatar

    Fucking ouch!!! But amazing. 😀 Makes me want to sneeze.

  9. Sarahfina Avatar

    Fucking ouch!!! But amazing. 😀 Makes me want to sneeze.

  10. [iam] angelicfruitcake [/iam] Avatar
    [iam] angelicfruitcake [/iam]

    .54

    …I totally agree! Can’t get my head around actually piercing that either!

  11. Elizabeth Avatar

    pleae read comment #48.

  12. snakelady1956 Avatar
    snakelady1956

    I think they should be called the “Luis”.

  13. Luis Leal Avatar

    My ego isn’t so big to think they should be named after me. The only piercing that comes to mind that’s named after a person is a Monroe, and she was a celeb, I’m just a regular Joe.

    Most are labeled for their anatomical place, ear, septum etc. I think this part of the face is called labionasal, so maybe it should be the labionasal piercing, or translabionasal.

  14. Meredith Avatar
  15. Meredith Avatar

    Luis: Don’t forget the Christina and the Madison!

  16. Jonny Stoker Avatar
    Jonny Stoker

    Hey there. I have these piercings, a pair. I got them done in January 2010. I already have vertical lowbrets and was feeling round for somewhere else to pierce, and found there. My piercer from Durham said yeah why not, and we arranged a time. They didn’t hurt – at all. I had PTFE bars put through which are great to play with. I’ve had them over a year and I love them. I thought I was the first to get them, but obviously not. I’m 19 and want loads more!

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