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.

I want to be the bad guy.

I spoke with Emilio about his most recent facial sculpting endeavor. It’s reminiscent of the work Steve Haworth performed on The Stalking Cat in 2001. While Cat’s procedure was more of a septum relocation/removal, Cain’s procedure includes significant removal of his nostrils and his septum. Look for more photos in the next BME update and hopefully I’ll post some healed photos once they’re submitted.

Says Emilio (edited for clarity):

My friend Cain from Bogota, Colombia, was waiting a long time to modify his physical appearance. So last year, I took a trip to Bogota and saw, when I met Cain, he had a very hard, rough appearance; even with no modifications, he impressed me. He told me he wanted to look more evil, you know, like the devil itself, and to pay tribute to the name Cain.

I started by giving him silicone horns, and had to take a few trips there for make them bigger — our goal is 2-inch horns, and to eventually add another set of 1.5-inch horns, manufactured by Steve Haworth. Cain was really happy with the work I did and wanted to go to the next step: making his nose like the bad guy from Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Lord Voldemort, but with a very personal touch.

When I came home to Caracas, my big friend Cesar Gonzalez (a plastic surgeon, specialized in nose reconstruction) and I had a very long conversation about Cain’s situation. When I went back to Colombia for a tattoo convention, I did the procedure on him — he was more than pleased, and very soon you will see the result. I want to give thanks to BME, and a special thanks to Lukas Zpira for helping me a long time ago to make my first step into the modification world.

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As indicated by Emilio, only a trained professional should attempt this procedure and even then, there are serious risks to consider as it is definitely an advanced body modification! Don’t try this at home!

Comments

154 responses to “I want to be the bad guy.”

  1. Melf Avatar
    Melf

    Oh my.

  2. Mike Moore Avatar

    intense!!! in a good way:)

  3. LillyTree Avatar
    LillyTree

    *Very* curious as to what the healed result will look like! Please, do keep us posted.

  4. ParaPlugs Avatar

    Emilio has more intense pictures on his page, they’re great.

  5. Evan Avatar
    Evan

    Hardfuckingcore

  6. Rafa Gnomo Avatar

    Wowwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww

    niceeeeeeeeeee *-*

    i love \o

    congratulations, EMilio =)

  7. Treehopr Avatar
    Treehopr

    That’s wild! I REALLY like the outcome. The shape of it is very interesting and surprisingly not as weird as the text made it sound. I can’t wait to see what it looks like all healed.

  8. jenn Avatar
    jenn

    amazing, simply.

  9. Briggitte Avatar

    I saw this on his blog a little while ago he has some really intense pictures of the actual procedure. Very interesting I can say for sure that it must have been very painful having gone through a nose reconstruction myself.

  10. china Avatar

    hard modification. But the result is very nice. i want to see the result after.

  11. Jennifer Avatar

    that’s insane! I love it. can’t wait to see it healed 🙂

  12. Xochi Avatar

    i’d be sort of curious to know what his spouse or romantic partner (if he has one) thinks about his transformation. and if he is single, whether his appearance is a concern for him as far as dating.

  13. Lizface Avatar
    Lizface

    One step towards the april fools day prank being reality! I wanna see it healed already – I hate posts like this cause im so impatient

  14. rich Avatar
    rich

    isn’t that dangerous? won’t it affect his breathing?

  15. Smurf666 Avatar
    Smurf666

    ” Don’t try this at home!”

    Damn it.

  16. Smurf666 Avatar
    Smurf666

    Anyone want to buy some silicone horns and a scalpel?

  17. BettyAtlas Avatar

    I can’t wait to see this healed.

  18. Tsarik Avatar

    its too bad that all of the “horns” people implant just like weird tits on their forehead.

    other than that. this guy looks freakin’ badass. can’t wait to see the nose healed.

  19. Warborn Avatar
    Warborn

    he looks high as fuck

  20. jessica Avatar
    jessica

    tsarik, now that you mention it. . they do kind of look like boobs. :\
    either way, that nose recon. is pretty fuckin’ rad.

  21. Jake Avatar
    Jake

    too bad horns like that cant erupt through the skin… like a transdermal on the scale of inches.

  22. VOMIT Avatar

    His nose is totally freaking me out, I’m not sure why, it just does. I’d like to see pictures of it healed though.

  23. peter lustig Avatar
    peter lustig

    badass 😀

  24. Sedusmeplz Avatar

    Amazing. I was just looking at pictures of this guy the other day.

    I love updates like these!!!

  25. itsmoerly Avatar
    itsmoerly

    Sooooooooooooooooooooo kewl *-*
    It came out amazingly.
    When I saw the cut lines and I heard the term “the bad guy from harry potter” my brain went straight to oh noez but I’m very impressed with the outcome.

  26. the milkmaid Avatar

    seems like a bad idea to me.
    i hope it all heals well and he doesn’t end up losing his nose entirely.

  27. isaweasel! Avatar
    isaweasel!

    dude’s gotta be extra careful with the boogers now.

  28. MikeD Avatar
    MikeD

    It looks just as he wanted it to look. Before I read it, I thought to myself “Woah, that looks like the harry potter dude” Haha. I am really curious to see how it turns out. Keep us posted!!

  29. aww...shucks Avatar
    aww…shucks

    kinda makes that eyelid microdermal seem a little tame.

    i agree with the milkmaid, i hope he doesn’t lose his nose from this.

  30. Serenity Avatar

    Now that’s some modblog worthy shit right there.. Looks amazing, I am superexcited to see the results from this once it has started healing..

  31. Rachel Avatar

    I don’t think he’ll lose his nose from this. I’m interested to see how the skin around his nostrils heals. It doesn’t look like it’s entirely sutured closed but it’s also hard to tell from the photos.

  32. wyrd Avatar
    wyrd

    when i see mods like this i know body modification is a true art. i would love to see how far can we go with it

  33. boner Avatar
    boner

    lord of the rings sh*t O_o @[email protected]

  34. The Lizardman Avatar

    Very interested in seeing the healing and seeing / hearing more on the procedure. Looks to be a damn fine piece of work

  35. F Avatar
    F

    He reminds me of a guy with a gorilla’s nose and tits on his forehead…

  36. bucket of bunnies Avatar
    bucket of bunnies

    Wow. he certainly is achieving the effect he wanted!

  37. knifefight Avatar

    can’t wait to see the healed result, that must have hurt like a bitch. props to this guy!

  38. w Avatar
    w

    all my life i wish to have a normal nose like his original one. his modified nose looks like what i’m currently having. hmm~

  39. H Avatar
    H

    I don’t normally say negative things about heavy modification, but I really find this to be a horrible idea and also find it physically unattractive, almost making his face look like that of a burn victim. I believe everyone has the right to modify themselves however they wish, and congrats if he is happy with it… I just hope that he doesn’t end up having apnea episodes or something along those lines. It just seems very dangerous and I’m really surprised that someone other than a plastic surgeon finds himself qualified enough to work on reconstruction to this degree. I know you can say this about almost every heavy modificaion, but isn’t this just so obviously practicing medicine without a license? We’re not talking about a split penis that you can easily hide.

  40. Kitty Demon Avatar

    Oh my god, this is simply amazing! I love the work, I can’t wait to see the finished results!

  41. jumpsheol Avatar
    jumpsheol

    hooooooooly shiiiiiiiiiiiit that’s fucking inssaaaaaane

  42. Milgram Avatar
    Milgram

    It’s not often we see a truly new mod…I saw this on Emilio’s page a few days ago and knew it was only a matter of time before it showed up here. I can’t wait to see how it heals–best of luck to Cain in healing. Can’t wait to see how it turns out!

  43. humdeladrum Avatar
    humdeladrum

    odd, once it’s healed i hope he doesnt end up looking like a lego head man … you know with the flat nose n’ all.

    Also as someone said above his horns are a little boob-like, more like the udders of a cow really, squeeze for tasty milk?

  44. CC Avatar

    That’s amazing. It must have been incredibly painful to have done and then to go through the healing process.
    I cannot wait to see healed pictures!

  45. phoenixxx Avatar

    after looking at this several times i JUST noticed that the tip is sewn to his philtrum. i’m wondering if it will heal completely, or always feel like it’s pulling back to it’s original position.

    while i worry about infection/illness from having a wider open “nostril” (that’s what they’re there for…), i’m at least glad it’s a heavy mod artist doing it on someone who is deep into heavy mods not just some piercer doing it on some kid who wants to look cool.

  46. anthony doom Avatar

    what a commitment! its always wonderful to see people following wild whims and doing things theyve always wanted to!

  47. Courtney! Avatar

    I really like this.

  48. Jon P Avatar
    Jon P

    I can’t believe no one is taking a cue from the milkmaid and raising the issue that this is so much more intensive than the eyelid microdermal. adult consent aside, this could go very very wrong and i’d definitely like to see how it heals.

    it just goes to show that you’re only applauded on modblog is you’re in the ‘IN’ crowd.

  49. Jon P Avatar
    Jon P

    I just can’t get over the face this is basically plastic surgery and Emilio probably isn’t qualified to do it. Lucky it wasn’t done in the States or Canada or anywhere in the First World, hahaha.

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