What better way to see if your piercing is causing tooth damage or gum recession that wearing an eyelet so you can see for yourself?
The information submitted with this pic was a bit confusing. I attempted to message Tyler on IAM, but he hasn’t gotten back to me, nor has he updated since 2008. Anyhow, this pic was just too good not to feature so I will leave the readers with the same explanation I got with it.
Probably, this picture was taken on the lecture “Don’t do it!” and illustrates the common mistake of young bodmod people: don’t put ear plugs into your lip!
Ruslan “Deform” is piercing student in Tattoo Factory studio, Moscow, Russia. Tyler teaches him how he should do piercings and how should not.
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64 responses to “Keep an eye out for gum recession”
i think if it were a better fit (say oval, not round, and proper jewerly) this could be pretty freaky and neat looking for regular wear…i think the same idea for some big stretched cheeks would also be awesome, but probably wouldnt work too well.
That’s awesome!))))))))))))))) I like it!)))
Incredible, makes me want one just for the awesome factor
such a twist on your mind to see that
totally like it, great work!
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I love the look and concept; I would love to see video to see the internal movements when talking. I wonder if anyone has tried an actual open eyelet in a large lip piercing like this. Yes, very impractical, but surely someone somewhere has given it a go and tried. Where’s that hard hitting news, Modblog? haha
woah
Haha, if you go on eatliver.com (one of those funny picture sites) and click on the picture at the end of the last update, the comments on there are ridiculous. Everyone’s saying stuff like “OMG fake” “ttly photoshopped”. Silly billies.
And 49, that Etienne Dumont is awesome, like a walking piece of art. =]
this looks super neat.
Sorry, that is the most vile disgusting thing i have ever seen anyone do to themselves. Talk about self-hatred!
Shame, he’s so cute aside from that plug :/
What a grusome but soemwhat fascinating look!! Lots of discussion as to whether this is a male or female, indded a somewhat androgenous person though with a perverse sense of self loathing to mutilate him/herself like this!! So from what’s been siad, I understand this is like a perspex window on/in the chin! My question is Why?????
To everyone thinking this is a man, it isn’t. it’s a young woman. It is a clear plug that is in her lip. And just a few notes for those who think it’s photoshop… look around the plug at the irritation. While a photoshop guru may be able to make it look that good, most wouldn’t just to put a pic of someone’s piercing. And the top teeth being show through isn’t that far fetched. There really isn’t a lot of gum under your bottom teeth and a lot of people’s top teeth are covered slightly by their bottom lip. If you were to add, let’s just say, a large clear plug, then it will push the bottom lip even further up to show more of the top teeth.
See how white her gums already are? She has Leukoplakia. An irritation of of the gums, which over time, can result in oral cancer. Most smokers get this from baking the insides of their mouths and the lack of oxygen to the oral tissues. But it can also be caused by poor dental care, lack of flossing and brushing as well as not massaging the gums with a soft bristle brush. Also notice that between her teeth, there is a yellowish plaque. So already you can tell that she does not take the greatest care of her teeth.