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.

Italians

Brenno Alberti out of Bodyfactory.it from Trieste, Italy sent in a whack of photos to update his portfolio. Italy is on the top of my list of places to visit. They were super awesome hosts the last time I was there and I can’t wait to go back. More scarification photos to come tomorrow. Today is a pretty busy day.

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21 responses to “Italians”

  1. Alvaro Avatar
    Alvaro

    pretty big and a lot of skin removed, awesome

  2. Alvaro Avatar
    Alvaro

    looks like cow meat

  3. cristiano Avatar
    cristiano

    Go Italians!

  4. audente Avatar
    audente

    @#2 – we’re all meat, man

  5. alix Avatar
    alix

    I’d love to see how this heals — the texture now is amazing, I hope it doesn’t lose that.

  6. sam Avatar
    sam

    ouchhhh!

  7. Efix Roy Avatar

    Interesting project, I’d really like to see it healed as the crosshatching is very special. will probably bring a very interesting and different texture once healed and aged.

  8. Brittney Avatar
    Brittney

    That looks like it hurts… A LOT.
    – gotta love the scab that’s going to create though 😛

  9. micol aka fokina Avatar

    BRAVISSIMO!!
    Il migliore.

  10. EllenSpour Avatar
    EllenSpour

    That looks both fantastic and agonising. It’s making my fingernails curl 😀

    Hope he shares some healed shots once it’s done – The crosshatching should look insane!

  11. kc Avatar
    kc

    holy shit this is by far the coolest mod i have ever seen its guna b gorgeous when it heals dwamn

  12. Shaun Avatar
    Shaun

    its kinda surprising that the skin left in the middle of the cutting doesnt just fall off, especially the small circle.

  13. Leilani Rose Avatar

    Skin has filliments which keeps it attached. Im really curious to see this healed.

  14. Ben Avatar

    That’s gotta hurt.
    Looks good though, hope we see some healed photos

  15. Bob Avatar
    Bob

    That looks nasty.

  16. Brenno Alberti - solidtube Avatar

    Well actually i already have some pics of the “healed” product on my fb, and will post in iam soon.. Despite to the fact that i like this one piece (no matter how it would heals), i already knew that it wasnt gonna create such an incredible X-hatching effect in that specific area. Customer was informed about it and agreed to proceed like i planned anyway. Its interesting to see how much scarification is still such an open field of research for so many of us, and there are so many different ways to perceive a scarification..besides i personally think that the vote that matters in the end is the one of the owner of the piece.
    *I am happy to see these many comments ( no matter the contents..).

  17. tallish_noodles Avatar

    I’m REALLY REALLY keen to see what this looks like healed 😀 😀

  18. Lady Flame Thrower Avatar
    Lady Flame Thrower

    italians do it better XD

  19. Jumpino Avatar

    I dont think this will heal to a pretty white. I see keloids in the future, although I hope I’m wrong.

  20. Caleigh Green Avatar

    This is so interesting.

  21. Piercerdan Avatar

    I too am curious to see this healed.

    My worry is that it may be too much scarring to comfortably live with across that area, i could be wrong tho as everyones comfort is different. I just think back to a chest piece i did and it made it kinda hard for the girl to stretch out for the first couple months.

    Good luck tho, the fresh pic looks cool.

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