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.

There will be blood

Oh yes, there will be blood when your ear is cut like the image below.

ear!

Now, if you’re like me and only took a quick glance at the image, you’re probably thinking right now “holy crap he cut his ear off!”.  Well, that isn’t the case today.  DorianVilify uploaded this image of a large gauge helix piercing he performed recently.  From the angle of the image I can’t tell if he used a punch or scalpel  to cut it out, but in either case, there was definitely a lot of blood involved.  You can get a better look at it from the side in the cartilage gallery.

It’s interesting to think of how the image of blood affects different people.  For the squeamish, this image probably creeped them out, to others this is just an average picture and nothing to be concerned with, and yet for some, this is a huge turn on.  What are your thoughts about the image itself?  Does the blood make the image stand out?  Or is it just a distraction from the ear?

Comments

40 responses to “There will be blood”

  1. Lyxzen Jetta Avatar
    Lyxzen Jetta

    It’s a weirdly beautiful picture, the blood is an amazing red, I guess for me it’s a little distracting.

  2. Lyxzen Jetta Avatar
    Lyxzen Jetta

    It’s a weirdly beautiful picture, the blood is an amazing red, I guess for me it’s a little distracting.

  3. Scott Avatar
    Scott

    I thinking it had to have been scalped because punches usually don’t spray like that, right?

  4. Scott Avatar
    Scott

    I thinking it had to have been scalped because punches usually don’t spray like that, right?

  5. MMisanthropy Avatar
    MMisanthropy

    Never too distracted by blood, always just instantly looking for the source. I honestly thought this was just another lobe scalpelling at first, hah.

  6. MMisanthropy Avatar
    MMisanthropy

    Never too distracted by blood, always just instantly looking for the source. I honestly thought this was just another lobe scalpelling at first, hah.

  7. Gillian Avatar
    Gillian

    I love the blood. Whenever i am getting modified, no matter what that mod is… i’m always disappointed if i don’t bleed enough (which i never do, because i’m always dehydrated and there’s never enough blood in my body for me to bleed like that) the last time i suspended i took asprin so i would bleed more. i love the way it feels. cere didn’t like it, though. haha

  8. Gillian Avatar
    Gillian

    I love the blood. Whenever i am getting modified, no matter what that mod is… i’m always disappointed if i don’t bleed enough (which i never do, because i’m always dehydrated and there’s never enough blood in my body for me to bleed like that) the last time i suspended i took asprin so i would bleed more. i love the way it feels. cere didn’t like it, though. haha

  9. Squinchester Avatar
    Squinchester

    i disagree, the rounded edge of the hole (the bit we can see anyway) looks like a punch. I am surprised they paused long enough to take this picture. When I had my conch punched, they had to plug the hole almost immediately to stop the bleeding.

  10. Squinchester Avatar
    Squinchester

    i disagree, the rounded edge of the hole (the bit we can see anyway) looks like a punch. I am surprised they paused long enough to take this picture. When I had my conch punched, they had to plug the hole almost immediately to stop the bleeding.

  11. Crazy Face Avatar

    yea I would say punch…and scott punches can and WILL cause sprays depending on your own body, when my cartilage was punched fuck…I sprayed up the fucking wall!!…AND we were clear of the wall by 4 fucking feet!!! haha took us ALONG time to clean that fucker down haha

  12. Crazy Face Avatar

    yea I would say punch…and scott punches can and WILL cause sprays depending on your own body, when my cartilage was punched fuck…I sprayed up the fucking wall!!…AND we were clear of the wall by 4 fucking feet!!! haha took us ALONG time to clean that fucker down haha

  13. Jake Avatar
    Jake

    I think the blood ads emotion to the image and makes it very dranatic. Also if you zoom in on the image enough you can just make out that there is some jewellery already in there.

  14. Jake Avatar
    Jake

    I think the blood ads emotion to the image and makes it very dranatic. Also if you zoom in on the image enough you can just make out that there is some jewellery already in there.

  15. Twack Avatar

    I like the way the blood flows within the picture, sort of creates a windswept hair look to it especially with the way the paper folds down on the left, which looks make the imag eof a face in profile.
    But to me it looks like there’s a plug in the freshly pierced hole, though I’m willing to say dermal punch.

  16. Twack Avatar

    I like the way the blood flows within the picture, sort of creates a windswept hair look to it especially with the way the paper folds down on the left, which looks make the imag eof a face in profile.
    But to me it looks like there’s a plug in the freshly pierced hole, though I’m willing to say dermal punch.

  17. Lauren Avatar
    Lauren

    oh wow, at first i thought it was just an ear laying there hah

  18. Lauren Avatar
    Lauren

    oh wow, at first i thought it was just an ear laying there hah

  19. jeremy Avatar
    jeremy

    looks like hotweels flames.

  20. jeremy Avatar
    jeremy

    looks like hotweels flames.

  21. JustJen Avatar

    I saw the blood before I even noticed the ear. It’s such a stand-out color and shape…

  22. JustJen Avatar

    I saw the blood before I even noticed the ear. It’s such a stand-out color and shape…

  23. merrry Avatar

    The blood got my attention, didn’t notice the ear. I’m a bleeder so seeing what appears to be large amounts of blood doesn’t bother me. I’m surprised when there’s no blood

  24. merrry Avatar

    The blood got my attention, didn’t notice the ear. I’m a bleeder so seeing what appears to be large amounts of blood doesn’t bother me. I’m surprised when there’s no blood

  25. Seeeing Red Avatar

    Hey thats my ear!

  26. Seeeing Red Avatar

    Hey thats my ear!

  27. Seeeing Red Avatar

    Also yes it was punched out, no scalped.

  28. Seeeing Red Avatar

    Also yes it was punched out, no scalped.

  29. Seeeing Red Avatar

    Also yes it was punched out, no scalped.

  30. Seeeing Red Avatar

    Also yes it was punched out, no scalped.

  31. Seeeing Red Avatar

    Also, it was punched out, not scalpelled.

  32. Seeeing Red Avatar

    Also, it was punched out, not scalpelled.

  33. Seeeing Red Avatar

    Also, it was punched out, not scalpelled.

  34. Seeeing Red Avatar

    Also, it was punched out, not scalpelled.

  35. Ace Avatar

    The punch looks awesome. I’m not a bleeder, so mine was far less satisfying.

  36. Ace Avatar

    The punch looks awesome. I’m not a bleeder, so mine was far less satisfying.

  37. Jake Avatar
    Jake

    Awesome pic

  38. Jake Avatar
    Jake

    Awesome pic

  39. skank Avatar

    It looks like a punch, and I’m sure the blood did not spray.. It was probably due to gravity from the position the client was in during the process.

  40. skank Avatar

    It looks like a punch, and I’m sure the blood did not spray.. It was probably due to gravity from the position the client was in during the process.

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