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.

All the better to see you with my dear!

I love when people get ridiculous tattoos that make everyone ask “What the hell are you gonna do when you’re 80!?”

This is no exception. I’d like to ask Matthew just what would possess him to tattoo hipster glasses on his face but really… who cares? It’s hilarious and it’s not my face!

Comments

86 responses to “All the better to see you with my dear!”

  1. Eddie Gein Avatar

    Lolol! That’s such a stupid idea. Funny for like 5 seconds, but it’s permanent!

  2. joeltron Avatar

    Sooo fucking bad ass! I wonder how well the black will hold out on his nose.

    Shame they didn’t go right behind the ear, you would think for something that facial you would shave some hair and go the extra.

    Glad it’s not my face, but I’m still glad it happened!

  3. Anthony Black Avatar

    Now there is a man committed to the funny!

  4. Da Bender Avatar
    Da Bender

    Regret much????? I think so!!!! He doesn’t even look out of his 20′s yet……

  5. Smallest Paul Avatar
    Smallest Paul

    awww man. bummer.

  6. The Lizardman Avatar

    High likelihood that this was faked (well) and/or he got paid handsomely for it as part of a marketing campaign (lots of stuff on the guys involved and their history with viral marketing has been dug up and posted other places)

  7. Diva-D Avatar
    Diva-D

    Ugh. that would be awesome if the temples went fully behind the ears…..

    but it just looks horrible and tacky. Don’t even fit the shape of his face correctly….. hurray?

  8. Lexci Million Avatar
    Lexci Million

    Lizardman, do you think so? I’ll be impressed if its fake… There’s a needle on that bar, and his skins pretty swelly, red and bleeding!

  9. sunshowers Avatar
    sunshowers

    I agree with Diva-D, the glasses aren’t even the right shape! For some reason, when he sat up I thought of Ali G.

  10. Da Bender Avatar
    Da Bender

    2nd look on youtube and I agree with The Lizard Man!!! Could be fake for sure… He doesn’t look like he is in much pain with a constant dopey smile and there is hardly any redness or swelling once it is done, no black anywhere else on his face either, usually you are smudged with ink after having any tattoo done! His face is too clean!!

    I yell FAKE!!!

  11. Ru Avatar
    Ru

    Lexci. Have you ever seen anyone give a dry run? You know… with no ink. Still bleeds and makes the skin red. I’ve seen some people in movies take a fire extinguisher to the head until it was caved in. Shit looked realistic. It make some people nauseas… But it was fake. Moooooovie magic.

  12. Ru Avatar
    Ru

    Anyway I vote fake blood and sharpie. There’s never any proof that the needle actually even touches the skin. shakey camera work AND notice how it gets REAL blurry when they zoom in on the only part of the video that would show the needle tattooing?? eh.

  13. Nae Avatar
    Nae

    I wanted to die when I saw these pictures online the other day. The blood looks like jelly and he is now making ‘there’s a needle under and inch from my eye’ faces. I’m hoping it’s a fake.

  14. Nae Avatar
    Nae

    Not* not now. The joys of posting via iPhone…

  15. Lexci Million Avatar
    Lexci Million

    Yeah, watching it again, it could be a hoax… But after some digging online I’ve seen a couple pictures of him a while later with a pretty scabby, red face.
    Definitely possible it’s a dry run, but there’s pigment in the tip… I hope it’s not a fake! It’s stupid rad.

  16. Ru Avatar
    Ru

    Also, I’m going with Ray-Ban video.

  17. theawkwardkid Avatar
    theawkwardkid

    I’ll bet he wears contacts…

  18. james Avatar
    james

    vid doesnt focus on the tattooing long enough to see if its real. keeps cutting and after each cut more is completed. i think it is just pen.

    if it is real than that is a giant fail.

  19. DTM Avatar
    DTM

    IDK the close up on the the face before it gets pretty shaky, but that’s really puffy.. and Ru correct they could have done a dry run, but there is clearly ink in the tubes reservoir.. Im hoping fake but Im believing it… and the blood in movies doesn’t look anything like real blood, but the blood on his face does have that watery plasma like look to it that you get while tattooing…
    if its a fake shame on me I guess

  20. DTM Avatar
    DTM

    I just dont get why he used a liner for the whole thing?

  21. Ru Avatar
    Ru

    Also it’s annoying me. Calm before the storm… not quiet! UGH.

  22. Stisher Avatar
    Stisher

    Might be fake… If not It’s amazing the commitment. Ray Ban… =P

  23. emi Avatar
    emi

    why would this be considered “dumber” than any other facial tattoo? if its fake, i dont get how this is supposed to get me to buy their product. if its real, im sure he thought long and hard about it before he did it. i have to say that, the end effect, it looks like a mask more than glasses. if you like glasses that much, just wear glasses?

  24. Zuul Avatar
    Zuul

    Two seconds of fun (perhaps. And just for his laughing friends )

    A pain for all his life

  25. Ru Avatar
    Ru

    “im sure he thought long and hard about it before he did it” I doubt that. I’m sure RayBan paid him (if it’s real) an arm and leg… and he sold his soul to a company just like any other nit who has tattooed any brand on themselves including cadillac, etc. although the people with cadillac tattooed on themselves are lower than this guy because well, at least this loser got paid. 😉

  26. snoogans Avatar

    Whether it’s fake or real, it didn’t even look like it was on straight when he sat up at the end. Nor did it look good. Obviously it’s not going to look like he’s wearing glasses cus they don’t have any distance from his face, it just ends up looking silly.

  27. k Avatar
    k

    well, I just hope he never actually HAS to wear glasses or they wont mesh properly, think itll limit the dates he gets?

  28. Will Avatar
    Will

    Facial tattoos fascinate me and maybe one day I’ll have the balls to get some ink on my own face. If this is genuine I admire the guy’s committment, but I don’t much like the design. I hope it’s fake.

  29. Jamie James Avatar
    Jamie James

    Oh no… I’m glad that’s not my face.. I think he thought it would come out a lot cooler than it did / :

  30. Jesse H Avatar
    Jesse H

    makes him look like crappy super hero. like maybe a sidekick or something.

  31. Anthony Black Avatar

    It looks more fitting in the pictures. Getting your face tattooed is no picnic, To get dry lined just for fun would really suck haha.He has pretty extensive tattoo work, and the dude seems really happy about it, so I’m happy for him if its real!

  32. Anthony Black Avatar

    Let me also add if he ever gets tired of it he could turn it into a cool blackwork piece like this!

    http://www.vanishingtattoo.com/tattoo_museum/images/marquesan_facial_tattoos.jpg

  33. Stephanie Avatar
    Stephanie

    What an idiot.

  34. k Avatar
    k

    Quite frankly I’m waiting for him to say due to a language barrier and falling asleep he didn’t know he was getting fifty some odd stars on his face..no wait that was the last idiot who hadn’t had buyer’s remorse yet, adrenaline is why a lot of people are able to do a lot of things that suck after about 10 minutes

  35. fitch Avatar
    fitch

    he now looks like the ham burglar for all eternity!

  36. varevinc Avatar

    i had a closer look and it isn’t fake i believed so first but having a closer look from 0:50 to 0:55 on the timmer and when you press pause ,you can definitly see blood comming out of the wound … too bad for him

  37. Gizmo Avatar
    Gizmo

    You guys are hatin this dude… Fact is, if it wasn’t for me seeing this today, I probabally would have killed myself with boredem… Hooray for st00pids on teh interwebz.

  38. Gurthanthaclops Avatar
    Gurthanthaclops

    Scenester for life…..

  39. swoon Avatar

    hahahahaha, that is too fucking good.

  40. h3llc4t Avatar
    h3llc4t

    I hope RayBan paid him really well for doing this.

  41. kate Avatar
    kate

    probably better than cadilliac paid paulyd

  42. steven kelly Avatar

    i love that you called them “hipster” glasses.

  43. kate Avatar
    kate

    Maybe we’re all just missing the obvious point, maybe he’s a huge corey hart fan and wants us all to know he wears his sunglasses at night so he can so he can..I forget the rest but I’m sure he’ll know the words soon enough?

  44. Smallest Paul Avatar
    Smallest Paul

    No dry wipe, VERY clean gloves in every shot… I’m bummed I didn’t catch it first…

  45. Awful Avatar
    Awful

    Looks dumb, sorry.

  46. not that Jen Avatar
    not that Jen

    It used to be that BME would publish something crazy and then all the other blogs would copy BME. Now it’s BME doing the copying? I don’t come to BME for old news, and fake news at that, and fake news that fooled the BME “modification experts” at that.

    Lexci and Lily are an embarassment. Bring back Rachel!!!

    Why do I bother? If the new BME likes anything more than lame posts, it’s censoring comments. Boo!

Latest Tattoo, Piercing, and Body Modification News

  • Twelve Points to the Sky
    There’s a particular kind of magic that happens at your first big suspension gathering when you arrive with nerves, an open heart, and the quiet hope of flight. Guided by the encouragement of mentor Lynn Loheide and driven by the quiet confidence of belonging, Alex… Read more: Twelve Points to the Sky
  • Ontario SusCon 2025
    In March 2025, BME attended the Ontario Suspension Convention in Hamilton, hosted by the Kevin Donaghy and the Ontario Suspension Collective. We had the pleasure to take part and help document the event, but also run a booth to sell a bunch of old (but… Read more: Ontario SusCon 2025
  • Welcome Back to Body Modification Ezine
    Dear BME Community, We’ve been gone far too long, but BME is back to give people a voice, a space, a community. With time everything evolves, and BME may be different than you remember. Our goal is to stay true to Shannon and Rachel’s values… Read more: Welcome Back to Body Modification Ezine
  • BME Social Media
    Word of mouth has been our method of reuniting the community, and it has brought a substantial amount of us together. I am inspired by your loyalty and I want to remind more people of BME’s existence. In 2020 we gained control over @bmezine on… Read more: BME Social Media
  • BMEShop
    Despite the hurricanes in 2015 which destroyed almost all of what Rachel owned, she managed to save the original inventory from BME. We have relisted some of the stock on BMEShop.com with the hopes you may be interested.  Our first drop includes a selection of… Read more: BMEShop
  • Rachel Larratt 1980-2022
    Unfortunately, when we lost some of the ModBlog content, it included the post about Rachel’s passing. (Original Post) Rachel passed away on June 22, 2022. She died in her sleep. Even now, it’s extremely difficult to write this post. Rachel meant so much to so… Read more: Rachel Larratt 1980-2022