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”
it looks weird seing closed mouth and the peron’s teeth at the same time(expect for dentures of course)
That is… interesting.
I wonder, can he talk with his mouth closed now?
that shit is interesting
It’s like a zombie… a really human-like, modified zombie….
So amazing. LOVE IT!
haha. pretty sure that’s a clear acrylic plug, not an eyelet, but it’s awesome.
that almost doesnt look real. could it be a really good image on a plug?
I’ve got a 00ga clear glass labret at the moment. Sure it doesn’t provide as free view to my teeth as that one, but it’s still nice as hell. =))
yeah, that don’t look real, you can see the top teeth and clearly her top teeth are higher up….I think it’s a sham.
First of all if that’s a man he has a remarkable lack of facial hair. Second, if that’s an open ear plug then the drool must be a nightmare. Third, while it’s interesting in a novelty way, this is really unattractive. I wouldn’t want to eat a meal sitting across from someone with something like this.
This is really neat. She is very pretty, nice contrast against the hard core mod. At first I thought it went straight through, but on closer inspection realized it was a clear plug. It must be like watching clothes in a dryer when she eats. =)
to Furnace:
this’s not a girl. Ruslan is the boy name.
#8, I am pretty sure that “pretty” girl is a guy. 🙂
But awesome picture, quite interesting at least.
I saw this in the galleries a few days ago. Is it just me or do the teeth make it look like a fake? Seems to me like the teeth should be higher given the position of the lips….
im worried about the teeth. the gum looks very eroded away.
@Goat I believe the reason this looks “fake” is because the lip is distorted upwards from the jewelry. If you imagine the lip lower in it’s more natural position the teeth line up as they should.
@emi, I agree 100%.
i doubt thats fake. it looks like a clear acrylic/glass plug. the distortion you see is from the lip not being at a 90* angle with the teeth, more like “/” and doing the glass of water refraction thingy.
if its fake, its damn good. but if you look closely at the bottom, you can see its resting and even stretching gum on the jawline.
haha that looks wicked creepy seeing his teeth like that! I too think its a clear plug, not an eyelet, but I could be wrong.
I want to see video of him eating.
I’ve seen custom lip jewelry like this before (there an IAM member who makes it). Looks very awesome.
I don’t usually like lip plugs, but this is awesome!
I am pretty sure it is a clear plug as well on closer inspection.
this isn’t an eyelet .. it’s like it has been said before just a clear acrilic plug , anyone know etienne dumont ? he’s a france or swiss guy with colorfull maori face and 1 horn implant ? well he has a fucking huge labret i geuss it’s around 30 to 40mm … well he ALWAYS wears a clear plug in it , and that gives the same effect as with this guy ..
btw anyone clever enough ot think about the fact that if it was a steel eyelet that you would’ve seen a silver coloured side in the left angle of his labret , but now you can only see some inside skin of his lip with the impression of something CLEAR pressed against it …
also if it was a regular eyelet he would’ve dript spit like hell …
pretty positive its a clear plug.
but wouldn’t it be neat if it was an acrylic plug with an x-ray scan printed on the front, rather then just clear “look-at-my-yellow-teeth” plug?
I call bullshit. Inspect the photo closer.
kinda reminds you of your mortality in a way – which is both freaky and necessary…check the ‘knowing’ look in his eyes.
What’re you calling bullshit about…
What’re you calling bullshit about…
Interesting concept to say the least. But it does indeed look like a sham, you cant even see the opposite side of the plug (Side inside his / here / its mouth)
*It’s not a fake
*It’s not an eyelet. It’s either a labret or a plug
*It’s a guy
*Gums look bad
Right-click, saved! This is awesome. At first I thought the jewelry had teeth painted on it, but I was pleasantly surprised.
http://www.trendhunter.com/images/phpthumbnails/37615_2_468.jpeg
@ 32 that guy looks hell awesome!
hahah @ one horn!
heres a little test for all the people saying its fake and theres too much top teeth:
close your mouth (i know, hard for some…) normally, like if you were at rest and press the top of your bottom lip. ill bet you feel your upper teeth.and with a plug that big, it forces the bottom lip even further up. so if hes standing with mouth closed normally, then its showing just as it should. if he kept turning <<< to the left in the pic, youd see the plug sitting like \ in his face hence why you cant see the top of the inside of the lip or plug.
also, yea its a guy (albeit a pretty one. a member of hanson maybe? mmbop?), yes its a clear plug.
I was looking at the inside of the left side of what is said to be a clear plug. It just doesn’t look like there’s any depth on the actual side of the ‘plug’, or that it’s been photoshopped.
I don’t think that looks good
So want to PS a moustache over his lips.
Hahah I love this jewellery!!!!
Is gum erosion ever attractive?
Hahaha, wow.
Is it bad I have this urge to try and watch her eat with it in so I can laugh at her?
i doon’t thiiink soooo.
Looks real to me. Also there’s an Adam’s apple…youse have not been to ‘how to tell a tranny before u touch her penis’ class…
Disturbs me very much..
But still pretty aweseome
@ 36 offcourse you can’t see any depth of the plug , cause it’s a clear plug !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
but just slighlty take moment to actually think you can’t see the depth of the plug , but what can you see in depth ? right the inside of his lipe that’s pressing against the plug/labret piece …
so al of you people also have a look at the picture on comment NR 33 he has the same thing !!!!
hahaha i did this briefly when i was 17mm and took it out it looks funny for the first few hours and then you realise how unsuitable it is for the gums.
Not just gingival recession issues, also looks to me like some poor oral hygiene- I can see calculus from here (I’m a dental student…). It is however, a very interesting look!
i’d say its real, hopfully its a glass labret plug, not some cheapshit plastic ear plug
This is kind of freaking me out a bit, like in a zombie kind of way. its a cool contrast between his calm expression and teeth showing, in a scary way! lol
vini said “this isn’t an eyelet .. it’s like it has been said before just a clear acrilic plug , anyone know etienne dumont ? he’s a france or swiss guy with colorfull maori face and 1 horn implant ? well he has a fucking huge labret i geuss it’s around 30 to 40mm … well he ALWAYS wears a clear plug in it , and that gives the same effect as with this guy ..”
If you are interested there aresome great images of Etienne Dumont which can be seen here;
http://www.krisal.com/pages/arch_dumont09.htm
Sorry Sean, I was in Italy, on APTPI conf, so I was impossible to check modblog!
It’s better to e-mail me!