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.

My hump, my hump, my lovely helix bumps

These ear ridge implants were done by Dominick at Starlight Tattoo in Belleville, NJ, using three 5mm Teflon balls.

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19 responses to “My hump, my hump, my lovely helix bumps”

  1. jamie double Avatar

    really like this

  2. snaps Avatar
    snaps

    these are so cute! SO CUTE! i’m sorry if these are on a boy but they are so sweet and adorable.

  3. Rexxi Avatar
    Rexxi

    I’m wondering if anyone knows how old these are or if anyone else has ever done implants on the helix like this. I like these a lot and would love to know how successful they are as an implant. Any complications? Rate of rejections?

  4. Stvrmzeit Avatar

    Really cute! 🙂

  5. Stephen Avatar
    Stephen

    #3 You stole my question 😛

    i was thinking the same thing. They look great, i wouldn’t mind doing something like that but i would worry about they tightish/thinish nature of the skin on the helix of the ear.

  6. VOMIT Avatar
    VOMIT

    lol at the title.

    That looks like it would hurt like a bitch, but I totally dig them.

  7. sleepwalker Avatar
    sleepwalker

    I wonder if implants on the top of the ear could be a less invasive way of achieving the pointed ear look. These look really cool.

  8. cassidy Avatar
    cassidy

    I was wondering about the rejection rate as well.
    any body know?

    I’m also incredibly curious as to pricing/rejection rates of implants as a general whole.

  9. K Avatar

    Haha that’s what the scars on the back of my ears look like!

  10. Badine Avatar
    Badine

    If a helix can hold implants then maybe my bony chicken chest can hold dermal achors. This pic gives me hope!

  11. Bubblez Avatar

    I never even contemplated this but what an awesome idea and they do look extremely cute *wants to poke them*

  12. Minigoth1 Avatar
    Minigoth1

    If I had that I’d forget about it and try to pop it as if it was a zit or something.

  13. serenity Avatar

    That is awesome! 😀

  14. Alottagutsalittlevision Avatar
    Alottagutsalittlevision

    sweet!

  15. Eplefe Avatar

    That is so totally cute. XD

  16. Unfurl Avatar

    Beautiful!

  17. silvereden Avatar
    silvereden

    wow, those are so clean they look almost natural, like they just grew that way. i love seeing ear-mod projects.

  18. cirrin Avatar
    cirrin

    Wow, that’s really neat!

  19. Maggot Avatar
    Maggot

    Reaaaaaally aesthetically pleasing.
    They look great!

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