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.

Public Service Announcement

Attention; LOGMAN94

The inside of your philtrum, should NOT look like this.

Thanks, your friends at BMEzine.com

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In all honesty, I imagine that LOGMAN94, was submitting this picture to show how bad it looked. However, since it didn’t mention anything about the piercing being problematic in the description and I couldn’t find him on IAM, I figure I best put this warning up………just in case.

Comments

29 responses to “Public Service Announcement”

  1. beans Avatar

    not knowing how old the piercing is in this pic, it looks like they nicked a vein. Same thing happened to me, i didn’t die, the piercing didn’t fuck up, it’s all good.

  2. Lori St.Leone Avatar

    My first philtrum piercing bruised up like a champion and looked not too dissimilar! It settled down and was fine after a few days, though!

  3. Dion Avatar
    Dion

    Ouch.. that just makes me think of my fat bruised lips… 🙂 time heals all lol

  4. nikk Avatar

    thats some nasty ass shit

  5. Robyn Avatar
    Robyn

    My philtrum looked like that after it was pierced. My upper lip was also swollen for about 3 days. Nothing to worry about. I never had problems with my piercing and I was super crushed when I decided to retire it.

  6. RH Avatar
    RH

    Ouch…

    You should leave this kind of warning on all the bacony lobes posted here too, perhaps :/

  7. LoveHatesYou Avatar
    LoveHatesYou

    ouch.. that looks pretty bad

  8. LOGMAN94 Avatar
    LOGMAN94

    that was after about 3 days of being pierced, it’s now out and I re pierced a jestrum a few weeks later.

  9. candace Avatar

    What’s a jestrum?

  10. LOGMAN94 Avatar
    LOGMAN94

    vertical medusa

  11. carebearjizz Avatar

    What exactly is that? That’s kinda what mine looked like after I had it the first time. I’m not sure if it looks like that now, seriously doubt it, but it neverrrrrrr got that big. Just a tad larger than the post.

  12. LOGMAN94 Avatar
    LOGMAN94

    that had a 12mm swell bar in it, and it was pulling through. there was an amazing amount of blood when it was removed.

  13. kyl Avatar
    kyl

    mine looked like that when i first had my labret done, plus some purple in there too. healed up fine after a week.

  14. nerd BOSS Avatar
    nerd BOSS

    mine dont look like that and i stretched mine it looks bruised

  15. Caleigh Green Avatar

    Thats going to heal fine.

  16. Botexty Avatar

    my middle labret looked like that when it was first done too, with my lip swelling up so much it was resting on my chin for three days. now it’s 7 years later and i don’t think i’ve had a problem with it. sometimes, piercings just freak the fuck out when you first get them done, then they get over it.

  17. HJP Avatar
    HJP

    I had a huge purple bruise on the outside of my lip and chin when I had my vertica labret done a few years back. It was a black and blue chin for about 1 week, and when I had it pierced I could feel the blood vessel pop as it was done. Everything healed fine and no problems.

  18. Krystal Avatar
    Krystal

    in all honesty, it just looks like a freshly pierced medusa. Mine looked like that too. And so has everyone else’s Ive ever seen.

  19. Valerie Avatar

    I also had this when I got my Medusa pierced. It wasn’t nice, i can tell you.

  20. UC13 Avatar

    LMMFAO!!!….at least the bruise is on the inside of the lip ……looks like someone got way too rough with the hemostats to me…..lip flesh is pretty resiliant tho……with the right jewelry & proper aftercare…..they’ll heal up just fine 🙂

  21. MissCherry Avatar
    MissCherry

    is this bruising from clamps or what?

  22. nexizydrate Avatar

    …mine looks like that too. i got it on saturday, 12mm long labret, no embedding but BRUISED!!!

    for once my friends were not lying when they said “oh yeah – that’ll hurt…alot!”

  23. PiercedEm Avatar
    PiercedEm

    Reading his comments especially # 13 he obviously knew that something wasn’t right.
    I hope that his Jestrum healed well.

  24. LOGMAN94 Avatar
    LOGMAN94

    jestrum healed perfectly, and really quick.
    there’s photos of it somewhere in the galleries.

  25. babytrees Avatar
    babytrees

    My philtrum piercing was worse than that. It was practically black for a week. Inside and out. And it only just went away. (It was pierced four weeks ago) The swelling lasted for a week and a half. And as of right now, it looks and feels healed even though it’s far from.

  26. Opiate Avatar

    Mine did that as well. There was also a shit tonne of ulceration as well. I babied it and a few weeks later it was fine 🙂 a year later and it’s healthy and happy 🙂

  27. Real Chanty Avatar

    an ulcer? appetizing.

  28. Alexa Avatar
    Alexa

    Honestly, it looks bruised and like they nicked a vein. Like everyone else says. What strikes me, is how tight the jewelry looks. There’s almost a crater where the jewelry is placed. It shouldn’t be that tight. It looks as if his lip will swallow it once he relaxes it.

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