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.

Bandit-Aaaah.

I actually stumbled across these photos of IAM: xbanditax performing with Psycho Cyborgs (after the break) when I was researching another post, and thought they were pretty, and hot, and thought-provoking and pretty..

Read on for a few more, but a friendly warning, they do get a little gory and bloody! Seriously, if you have a weak stomach just have a cup of tea instead (I’m not joking)..

xbanditax, smelling the roses.

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Comments

126 responses to “Bandit-Aaaah.”

  1. hammerhead Avatar
    hammerhead

    Yeah, having any knowledge of anatomy and physiology is not a good thing in such a context. Ignorance is bliss, as some would say.
    I’m looking forward to see her getting pregnant and developing nice, fulminant mastitis, due to skewering-retalted scar tissue blocking milk ducts. In such cases it is quite typical to see the abscess formation – and guess what: healing of them oftenly involves surgical means, which means nice, deep cutting to ensure proper drainage – and that is the kind of pictures that I eager to see here.
    As to what was pulled out in the video – it’s quite obvious it was not an organ of any kind; I suppose that they have used sterile latex glove, which properly folded and bloodstained may look quite shocking when pulled out from a deep cut. But that’s not my point. My point is that contetn like this, although it may give boner to someone, pushes the boundaries far more, than I would expect, and I suppose it is only a question of time to see some blissfull (I mean ignoratn) kid, with no idea about the way human body works, wanting to be featured on a Modblog and opening one of his body cavities, trying to eviscerate him/herself with no anaesthesia, but with a set of cameras to document the event.
    When a similar content was featured on BMEzine, it contained a very clear message: don’t do it at home, it is potentially dangerous. This entry lacks even this kind of statement. For your own safety, I suggest you should consider this.

  2. hammerhead Avatar
    hammerhead

    Yeah, having any knowledge of anatomy and physiology is not a good thing in such a context. Ignorance is bliss, as some would say.
    I’m looking forward to see her getting pregnant and developing nice, fulminant mastitis, due to skewering-retalted scar tissue blocking milk ducts. In such cases it is quite typical to see the abscess formation – and guess what: healing of them oftenly involves surgical means, which means nice, deep cutting to ensure proper drainage – and that is the kind of pictures that I eager to see here.
    As to what was pulled out in the video – it’s quite obvious it was not an organ of any kind; I suppose that they have used sterile latex glove, which properly folded and bloodstained may look quite shocking when pulled out from a deep cut. But that’s not my point. My point is that contetn like this, although it may give boner to someone, pushes the boundaries far more, than I would expect, and I suppose it is only a question of time to see some blissfull (I mean ignoratn) kid, with no idea about the way human body works, wanting to be featured on a Modblog and opening one of his body cavities, trying to eviscerate him/herself with no anaesthesia, but with a set of cameras to document the event.
    When a similar content was featured on BMEzine, it contained a very clear message: don’t do it at home, it is potentially dangerous. This entry lacks even this kind of statement. For your own safety, I suggest you should consider this.

  3. xbanditax Avatar

    the stomach was cut twice by samppa, once for the videoclip and once for the tokyo show.
    we did it without anasthetics.
    he cut it, elevated the skin, then inserted a fake baby ( about 10cm in lenght) for the purpose of it being pulled out later so it would look as it was actually being cut out. afterwards he sutured it with 9 or 10 stitches. healed perfectly well, never had any problems with it.

  4. xbanditax Avatar

    the stomach was cut twice by samppa, once for the videoclip and once for the tokyo show.
    we did it without anasthetics.
    he cut it, elevated the skin, then inserted a fake baby ( about 10cm in lenght) for the purpose of it being pulled out later so it would look as it was actually being cut out. afterwards he sutured it with 9 or 10 stitches. healed perfectly well, never had any problems with it.

  5. anametamystik Avatar

    Until we hear back from Bandita herself or Samppa himself, I’m not going to speculate even further about what appears to me to be highly likely to be either a real evisceration or a very good illusion combined with a very real and deep cut.

    I highly doubt that Bandita would have fake body parts implanted in her for being repeatedly cut open, but I would not dismiss that as impossible.

  6. anametamystik Avatar

    Until we hear back from Bandita herself or Samppa himself, I’m not going to speculate even further about what appears to me to be highly likely to be either a real evisceration or a very good illusion combined with a very real and deep cut.

    I highly doubt that Bandita would have fake body parts implanted in her for being repeatedly cut open, but I would not dismiss that as impossible.

  7. anametamystik Avatar

    So, it’s all in the skin, just like any other implant?

    You must heal remarkably quickly.

  8. anametamystik Avatar

    So, it’s all in the skin, just like any other implant?

    You must heal remarkably quickly.

  9. Gwen Avatar
    Gwen

    No idea what that was, I just know I totally loved it!! Wowo, I couldtn dare ever to do something like that, if I barely survive to a 1.5 inch surface… Way to go grl!! That was totally hot!!

  10. Gwen Avatar
    Gwen

    No idea what that was, I just know I totally loved it!! Wowo, I couldtn dare ever to do something like that, if I barely survive to a 1.5 inch surface… Way to go grl!! That was totally hot!!

  11. snakelady1956 Avatar
    snakelady1956

    Definitely NOT my thing!!! I have too many scars as it is!!!

  12. snakelady1956 Avatar
    snakelady1956

    Definitely NOT my thing!!! I have too many scars as it is!!!

  13. ALLandNothing Avatar
    ALLandNothing

    You just have to love how these discussions grow and grow with speculations, and then in the end it turns out it was just a large implant, therefore, a larger incision. It couldn’t have been an organ anyways, because you would have to cut through muscle layers. Also, #49, I’m pretty sure that they have a good knowledge of anatomy, and are well aware of the risks. All in all crazy performance.

  14. ALLandNothing Avatar
    ALLandNothing

    You just have to love how these discussions grow and grow with speculations, and then in the end it turns out it was just a large implant, therefore, a larger incision. It couldn’t have been an organ anyways, because you would have to cut through muscle layers. Also, #49, I’m pretty sure that they have a good knowledge of anatomy, and are well aware of the risks. All in all crazy performance.

  15. hammerhead Avatar
    hammerhead

    @57: I’m sure those guys do know something about anatomy and do have some idea about how surgical procedures look like – it’s obvious for me, as I’m a doctor. But most of the people commenting here, as well as a vast majority of modblog readers don’t know anatomy well enough to try to duplicate such a performance. It might not be easy to reach peritoneum, but if you are lucky/unlucky enough – you can do it. The same goes for pleura. I can easily imagine some attention whore dying out of pneumothorax when trying to produce a material for a great modblog entry. The same goes for accidential damage of large arteries, which might be the case when you mess around with sharp tools in inguinal region, or causing peritonitis.
    That being sad, I believe that as long as Psycho Cyborgs know what they are doing, and subject of their performance agree to participate in this voluntary, it’s fine, as long as “don’t do this at home” statement is still around.

  16. hammerhead Avatar
    hammerhead

    @57: I’m sure those guys do know something about anatomy and do have some idea about how surgical procedures look like – it’s obvious for me, as I’m a doctor. But most of the people commenting here, as well as a vast majority of modblog readers don’t know anatomy well enough to try to duplicate such a performance. It might not be easy to reach peritoneum, but if you are lucky/unlucky enough – you can do it. The same goes for pleura. I can easily imagine some attention whore dying out of pneumothorax when trying to produce a material for a great modblog entry. The same goes for accidential damage of large arteries, which might be the case when you mess around with sharp tools in inguinal region, or causing peritonitis.
    That being sad, I believe that as long as Psycho Cyborgs know what they are doing, and subject of their performance agree to participate in this voluntary, it’s fine, as long as “don’t do this at home” statement is still around.

  17. HereKittyKitty Avatar
    HereKittyKitty

    I’d think stitches were needed for the cut in the pic.

    But its the BOOBIES that give me a twinge in my stomach Ow ow ow yet I can’t look away…and I’m actually envious that she can have mind over matter like that…and I wish I could do that but I know I can’t.

  18. HereKittyKitty Avatar
    HereKittyKitty

    I’d think stitches were needed for the cut in the pic.

    But its the BOOBIES that give me a twinge in my stomach Ow ow ow yet I can’t look away…and I’m actually envious that she can have mind over matter like that…and I wish I could do that but I know I can’t.

  19. Kandy Avatar
    Kandy

    OMG that video was wild!

  20. Kandy Avatar
    Kandy

    OMG that video was wild!

  21. liz Avatar
    liz

    i think i see her kidneys popping out…

  22. liz Avatar
    liz

    i think i see her kidneys popping out…

  23. Cathee Avatar
    Cathee

    That doesn’t look healthy…

  24. Cathee Avatar
    Cathee

    That doesn’t look healthy…

  25. ReinerWerner Avatar
    ReinerWerner

    Whatever the thoughts on what was pulled out of Bandita’s gut and the risks that have been discussed so far, the performance itself remains mind-boggling … I keep being amazed about what Bandita can take and how she pushes out her boundaries. She has an incredibly high pain treshold and the “operations” that eventhough they seem executed with proper knowledge, the whole procedure still look rather iffy to the unwitting spectator. Well that being said, I admire Bandita’s dedication to her mods and the groundbreaking perfomances during her shows. The skewering of women’s breasts being a rather familiar sight to those enjoying that part of the SM scene, leaving the (sometimes deep) cutting and scarification to be a whole new spectator experience. Even going through such lengths as repeat cutting and suturing of the same wound for a second show … Bandita is not for the faint hearted, so much is clear!

  26. ReinerWerner Avatar
    ReinerWerner

    Whatever the thoughts on what was pulled out of Bandita’s gut and the risks that have been discussed so far, the performance itself remains mind-boggling … I keep being amazed about what Bandita can take and how she pushes out her boundaries. She has an incredibly high pain treshold and the “operations” that eventhough they seem executed with proper knowledge, the whole procedure still look rather iffy to the unwitting spectator. Well that being said, I admire Bandita’s dedication to her mods and the groundbreaking perfomances during her shows. The skewering of women’s breasts being a rather familiar sight to those enjoying that part of the SM scene, leaving the (sometimes deep) cutting and scarification to be a whole new spectator experience. Even going through such lengths as repeat cutting and suturing of the same wound for a second show … Bandita is not for the faint hearted, so much is clear!

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