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.

Deep Chest Piercing Update


We last posted about these deep chest piercings by Roland at Visavajara in Freiburg, Germany, about a month ago when they were fresh, and here we have an update after four weeks of healing or so. The piercings definitely look a little angry around the edges, but this is not an easy procedure to heal. Nice to see he’s stuck with it, though, and I’m sure we’re all curious to see if they can heal to the point that they can be worn “permanently.” Another shot, after the jump.

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252 responses to “Deep Chest Piercing Update”

  1. Noah Matteson Avatar
    Noah Matteson

    forget who invented what and just be happy we have it. hey hendrix was in the army and airborne. and i’m army airborne. so i have something in common with the late great man. may he rest in peace. and how did we get into the international invention pissing contest? just be happy we all have a way to communicate with people that we would no other way have way to talk to. i was born and raised in so cal, and am in georgia for the army, and still i’m able to talk to you all regardless of what we like to say to each other or not. just be happy we exist.

  2. Noah Matteson Avatar
    Noah Matteson

    forget who invented what and just be happy we have it. hey hendrix was in the army and airborne. and i’m army airborne. so i have something in common with the late great man. may he rest in peace. and how did we get into the international invention pissing contest? just be happy we all have a way to communicate with people that we would no other way have way to talk to. i was born and raised in so cal, and am in georgia for the army, and still i’m able to talk to you all regardless of what we like to say to each other or not. just be happy we exist.

  3. Noah Matteson Avatar
    Noah Matteson

    forget who invented what and just be happy we have it. hey hendrix was in the army and airborne. and i’m army airborne. so i have something in common with the late great man. may he rest in peace. and how did we get into the international invention pissing contest? just be happy we all have a way to communicate with people that we would no other way have way to talk to. i was born and raised in so cal, and am in georgia for the army, and still i’m able to talk to you all regardless of what we like to say to each other or not. just be happy we exist.

  4. Noah Matteson Avatar
    Noah Matteson

    forget who invented what and just be happy we have it. hey hendrix was in the army and airborne. and i’m army airborne. so i have something in common with the late great man. may he rest in peace. and how did we get into the international invention pissing contest? just be happy we all have a way to communicate with people that we would no other way have way to talk to. i was born and raised in so cal, and am in georgia for the army, and still i’m able to talk to you all regardless of what we like to say to each other or not. just be happy we exist.

  5. Stormchaser Avatar

    Indeed it looks a bit angry. Now…. That is something completely normal after that time. healing will take a year or two, and most of the time befoe it will look angry. Healing tissue, fresh skin, scar tissue formation = red. i still have some doubts about the constant pressure on the skin, but the large gouge seem to do the trick – to cause tissue stretching instead of moving.

    Now…. it’s a matter of patience… patience… more patience… much more patience. And of care. There will be good times, there will be sore times, but all in all there will be a slow healing trend.
    It looks very much like my back piercings did, 1 month after I got them (smaller gauge, “only” 5mm, but almost the same length. And time did the job…

  6. Stormchaser Avatar

    Indeed it looks a bit angry. Now…. That is something completely normal after that time. healing will take a year or two, and most of the time befoe it will look angry. Healing tissue, fresh skin, scar tissue formation = red. i still have some doubts about the constant pressure on the skin, but the large gouge seem to do the trick – to cause tissue stretching instead of moving.

    Now…. it’s a matter of patience… patience… more patience… much more patience. And of care. There will be good times, there will be sore times, but all in all there will be a slow healing trend.
    It looks very much like my back piercings did, 1 month after I got them (smaller gauge, “only” 5mm, but almost the same length. And time did the job…

  7. Stormchaser Avatar

    Indeed it looks a bit angry. Now…. That is something completely normal after that time. healing will take a year or two, and most of the time befoe it will look angry. Healing tissue, fresh skin, scar tissue formation = red. i still have some doubts about the constant pressure on the skin, but the large gouge seem to do the trick – to cause tissue stretching instead of moving.

    Now…. it’s a matter of patience… patience… more patience… much more patience. And of care. There will be good times, there will be sore times, but all in all there will be a slow healing trend.
    It looks very much like my back piercings did, 1 month after I got them (smaller gauge, “only” 5mm, but almost the same length. And time did the job…

  8. Stormchaser Avatar

    Indeed it looks a bit angry. Now…. That is something completely normal after that time. healing will take a year or two, and most of the time befoe it will look angry. Healing tissue, fresh skin, scar tissue formation = red. i still have some doubts about the constant pressure on the skin, but the large gouge seem to do the trick – to cause tissue stretching instead of moving.

    Now…. it’s a matter of patience… patience… more patience… much more patience. And of care. There will be good times, there will be sore times, but all in all there will be a slow healing trend.
    It looks very much like my back piercings did, 1 month after I got them (smaller gauge, “only” 5mm, but almost the same length. And time did the job…

  9. Stormchaser Avatar

    yttrx: Hey you’re not up to date huh? There is quite a number of deep chests out there, since some 3, 4 years. Most of them healed, some of them given up.

  10. Stormchaser Avatar

    yttrx: Hey you’re not up to date huh? There is quite a number of deep chests out there, since some 3, 4 years. Most of them healed, some of them given up.

  11. Stormchaser Avatar

    yttrx: Hey you’re not up to date huh? There is quite a number of deep chests out there, since some 3, 4 years. Most of them healed, some of them given up.

  12. Stormchaser Avatar

    yttrx: Hey you’re not up to date huh? There is quite a number of deep chests out there, since some 3, 4 years. Most of them healed, some of them given up.

  13. katy prost Avatar

    I’m going to sneak into his bed and turn that cross or t upside down.

  14. katy prost Avatar

    I’m going to sneak into his bed and turn that cross or t upside down.

  15. katy prost Avatar

    I’m going to sneak into his bed and turn that cross or t upside down.

  16. katy prost Avatar

    I’m going to sneak into his bed and turn that cross or t upside down.

  17. Jay Avatar
    Jay

    Is there any photos of the piercing in progress?
    Not because I want to try this myself, but I’d love to see how they went about doing this.

  18. Jay Avatar
    Jay

    Is there any photos of the piercing in progress?
    Not because I want to try this myself, but I’d love to see how they went about doing this.

  19. Jay Avatar
    Jay

    Is there any photos of the piercing in progress?
    Not because I want to try this myself, but I’d love to see how they went about doing this.

  20. Jay Avatar
    Jay

    Is there any photos of the piercing in progress?
    Not because I want to try this myself, but I’d love to see how they went about doing this.

  21. Tranque Avatar
    Tranque

    My vote is no…it looks as if it’s unstable, and I wouldn’t bet on a long life.:/

    It’s interesting, but even if it did heal up perfectly, I don’t know that I would want to keep it. I can only imagine how it would respond to little bumps, rubs, clothing, snags, et cetera.

    How’s it holding up in that department, eh?

  22. Tranque Avatar
    Tranque

    My vote is no…it looks as if it’s unstable, and I wouldn’t bet on a long life.:/

    It’s interesting, but even if it did heal up perfectly, I don’t know that I would want to keep it. I can only imagine how it would respond to little bumps, rubs, clothing, snags, et cetera.

    How’s it holding up in that department, eh?

  23. Tranque Avatar
    Tranque

    My vote is no…it looks as if it’s unstable, and I wouldn’t bet on a long life.:/

    It’s interesting, but even if it did heal up perfectly, I don’t know that I would want to keep it. I can only imagine how it would respond to little bumps, rubs, clothing, snags, et cetera.

    How’s it holding up in that department, eh?

  24. Tranque Avatar
    Tranque

    My vote is no…it looks as if it’s unstable, and I wouldn’t bet on a long life.:/

    It’s interesting, but even if it did heal up perfectly, I don’t know that I would want to keep it. I can only imagine how it would respond to little bumps, rubs, clothing, snags, et cetera.

    How’s it holding up in that department, eh?

  25. bertany Avatar

    Sooo much respect for anyone who could stick to it for that long!
    No sleeping on your belly or moving your arms around very much, I’d assume.
    …but wouldn’t wearing a shirt look weird & be uncomfortable?

  26. bertany Avatar

    Sooo much respect for anyone who could stick to it for that long!
    No sleeping on your belly or moving your arms around very much, I’d assume.
    …but wouldn’t wearing a shirt look weird & be uncomfortable?

  27. bertany Avatar

    Sooo much respect for anyone who could stick to it for that long!
    No sleeping on your belly or moving your arms around very much, I’d assume.
    …but wouldn’t wearing a shirt look weird & be uncomfortable?

  28. bertany Avatar

    Sooo much respect for anyone who could stick to it for that long!
    No sleeping on your belly or moving your arms around very much, I’d assume.
    …but wouldn’t wearing a shirt look weird & be uncomfortable?

  29. Kat Avatar
    Kat

    Has anyone else noticed the seeming downward arrow shaped marks around both of his boobies?

    🙂

  30. Kat Avatar
    Kat

    Has anyone else noticed the seeming downward arrow shaped marks around both of his boobies?

    🙂

  31. Kat Avatar
    Kat

    Has anyone else noticed the seeming downward arrow shaped marks around both of his boobies?

    🙂

  32. Kat Avatar
    Kat

    Has anyone else noticed the seeming downward arrow shaped marks around both of his boobies?

    🙂

  33. Rehan Avatar
    Rehan

    @22 Jimi Hendrix wasn’t recognized by the US public untill he went to engla nd and came back! you guys all thought he was a nut job untill the english welcomed his talent! the us hasn’t invented anything usefull, and all the advances were made by defected european scientists

    The piercings seem brutal, skin grafts?

  34. Rehan Avatar
    Rehan

    @22 Jimi Hendrix wasn’t recognized by the US public untill he went to engla nd and came back! you guys all thought he was a nut job untill the english welcomed his talent! the us hasn’t invented anything usefull, and all the advances were made by defected european scientists

    The piercings seem brutal, skin grafts?

  35. Rehan Avatar
    Rehan

    @22 Jimi Hendrix wasn’t recognized by the US public untill he went to engla nd and came back! you guys all thought he was a nut job untill the english welcomed his talent! the us hasn’t invented anything usefull, and all the advances were made by defected european scientists

    The piercings seem brutal, skin grafts?

  36. Rehan Avatar
    Rehan

    @22 Jimi Hendrix wasn’t recognized by the US public untill he went to engla nd and came back! you guys all thought he was a nut job untill the english welcomed his talent! the us hasn’t invented anything usefull, and all the advances were made by defected european scientists

    The piercings seem brutal, skin grafts?

  37. jenn Avatar
    jenn

    All I can think is how much those look like they itch like crazy.
    And I’m Canadian, and I use mm/dd/yyyy. Mostly because I’ve yet to meet more than 5 people who say “It’s the 3rd of february, 2009″, while everybody else I’ve ever heard says “february 3rd, 2009″. Even the government forms I process at work as for the date in mm/dd/yyyy format.

  38. jenn Avatar
    jenn

    All I can think is how much those look like they itch like crazy.
    And I’m Canadian, and I use mm/dd/yyyy. Mostly because I’ve yet to meet more than 5 people who say “It’s the 3rd of february, 2009″, while everybody else I’ve ever heard says “february 3rd, 2009″. Even the government forms I process at work as for the date in mm/dd/yyyy format.

  39. jenn Avatar
    jenn

    All I can think is how much those look like they itch like crazy.
    And I’m Canadian, and I use mm/dd/yyyy. Mostly because I’ve yet to meet more than 5 people who say “It’s the 3rd of february, 2009″, while everybody else I’ve ever heard says “february 3rd, 2009″. Even the government forms I process at work as for the date in mm/dd/yyyy format.

  40. jenn Avatar
    jenn

    All I can think is how much those look like they itch like crazy.
    And I’m Canadian, and I use mm/dd/yyyy. Mostly because I’ve yet to meet more than 5 people who say “It’s the 3rd of february, 2009″, while everybody else I’ve ever heard says “february 3rd, 2009″. Even the government forms I process at work as for the date in mm/dd/yyyy format.

  41. john.ainley Avatar

    The US also invented chairs. People think Jesus did, but it was us. We also invented the sun, and salt. You’re welcome.

  42. john.ainley Avatar

    The US also invented chairs. People think Jesus did, but it was us. We also invented the sun, and salt. You’re welcome.

  43. john.ainley Avatar

    The US also invented chairs. People think Jesus did, but it was us. We also invented the sun, and salt. You’re welcome.

  44. john.ainley Avatar

    The US also invented chairs. People think Jesus did, but it was us. We also invented the sun, and salt. You’re welcome.

  45. funkylamb Avatar
    funkylamb

    Jenn:

    I really think this is culture-based in that most people you know phrase dates that way because your notation demands it.
    Most people I know say “it’s the third of February” and our date system is dd/mm/yyyy.

  46. funkylamb Avatar
    funkylamb

    Jenn:

    I really think this is culture-based in that most people you know phrase dates that way because your notation demands it.
    Most people I know say “it’s the third of February” and our date system is dd/mm/yyyy.

  47. funkylamb Avatar
    funkylamb

    Jenn:

    I really think this is culture-based in that most people you know phrase dates that way because your notation demands it.
    Most people I know say “it’s the third of February” and our date system is dd/mm/yyyy.

  48. funkylamb Avatar
    funkylamb

    Jenn:

    I really think this is culture-based in that most people you know phrase dates that way because your notation demands it.
    Most people I know say “it’s the third of February” and our date system is dd/mm/yyyy.

  49. bob Avatar
    bob

    i wanna see how well these are healing please post an updated update

  50. bob Avatar
    bob

    i wanna see how well these are healing please post an updated update

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