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.

6 pictures worth 6 thousand words

A friend of mine sent me these procedural pics of a subdermal implant he did. He prefers to remain anonymous, which for procedures of questionable legality, such as subdermal implants, I whole heartedly recommend.

These pictures do a great job of showing the procedure step by step, from the marking to the suturing and each step in between. Procedural pics are a great way to see the actual procedure that was done to you as well as to share the steps with people who may be interested in the same mod. So next time you are getting a mod, whether it be subdermal implants or a simple piercing ask the artist if he/she minds photos being taken and if they are cool with it have a friend document the experience. Of course, submitting these pics to BME to share with the community would be a great next step!

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To see all six procedural pictures in order, keep on keeping on.

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Comments

28 responses to “6 pictures worth 6 thousand words”

  1. PiercedEm Avatar
    PiercedEm

    Thank you for sharing these pics with us! You usually only see the end result of such mods.
    What i don’t truely understand though is the legality side of things.
    So it is legal for people to get cosmetic proceedures such as breast, cheek, bicep, and ass implants but it’s not legal to get something like this done? Or is it the legality of who is allowed to use such medical equipment such as scalpels etc?
    Over here scalpels are readily available in the chemist (drug store). So theoretically if i had the equipment, would i be breaking the law if i did such a proceedure on myself?

  2. PiercedEm Avatar
    PiercedEm

    Thank you for sharing these pics with us! You usually only see the end result of such mods.
    What i don’t truely understand though is the legality side of things.
    So it is legal for people to get cosmetic proceedures such as breast, cheek, bicep, and ass implants but it’s not legal to get something like this done? Or is it the legality of who is allowed to use such medical equipment such as scalpels etc?
    Over here scalpels are readily available in the chemist (drug store). So theoretically if i had the equipment, would i be breaking the law if i did such a proceedure on myself?

  3. Jessica Avatar
    Jessica

    I don’t think your cut/hiding images worked. All the images are showing on http://news.bmezine.com/category/modblog/

  4. Jessica Avatar
    Jessica

    I don’t think your cut/hiding images worked. All the images are showing on http://news.bmezine.com/category/modblog/

  5. n Avatar
    n

    mike knight?

  6. n Avatar
    n

    mike knight?

  7. n Avatar
    n

    i’m just kidding. i don’t know nor do i care to. i just thought this person has a bunch of other work published on mod blog that was done by mike, therefore…

  8. n Avatar
    n

    i’m just kidding. i don’t know nor do i care to. i just thought this person has a bunch of other work published on mod blog that was done by mike, therefore…

  9. San Avatar

    PiercedEm: It varies state by state, province by province, country by country and what not. In some states in the US, scarification and dermal punches are illegal.
    If you did the procedure on yourself and somehow landed in the emergency room, they may be curious or they may want to throw you in the psych ward for a few days, or they’ll treat and release. It all really depends, its a procedure thats kind of on the border of many things and the biggest answer I can give is “It depends”.

  10. San Avatar

    PiercedEm: It varies state by state, province by province, country by country and what not. In some states in the US, scarification and dermal punches are illegal.
    If you did the procedure on yourself and somehow landed in the emergency room, they may be curious or they may want to throw you in the psych ward for a few days, or they’ll treat and release. It all really depends, its a procedure thats kind of on the border of many things and the biggest answer I can give is “It depends”.

  11. wilburtino Avatar
    wilburtino

    Awesome jewellery by heart on sleeve!!

  12. wilburtino Avatar
    wilburtino

    Awesome jewellery by heart on sleeve!!

  13. anonymous Avatar
    anonymous

    🙂 yay!

  14. anonymous Avatar
    anonymous

    🙂 yay!

  15. ... Avatar

    despite who has done the previous work that has been featured… its alot easier to claim innocence with a picture of healed work.. than it is with in the act pictures

  16. ... Avatar

    despite who has done the previous work that has been featured… its alot easier to claim innocence with a picture of healed work.. than it is with in the act pictures

  17. peteD3 Avatar
    peteD3

    thank you

  18. peteD3 Avatar
    peteD3

    thank you

  19. mandy Avatar
    mandy

    HEART ON SLEEVE FOR THE WIN,

    We love mark, such an awesome dude with amazing talent.

  20. mandy Avatar
    mandy

    HEART ON SLEEVE FOR THE WIN,

    We love mark, such an awesome dude with amazing talent.

  21. anon nymous Avatar
    anon nymous

    implant looks like a rolled up condom in his head…

  22. anon nymous Avatar
    anon nymous

    implant looks like a rolled up condom in his head…

  23. Phil Avatar
    Phil

    I’m not quite sure…what is this implant? I can’t see it very well.

  24. Phil Avatar
    Phil

    I’m not quite sure…what is this implant? I can’t see it very well.

  25. James Avatar
    James

    Here’s your tumor.

  26. James Avatar
    James

    Here’s your tumor.

  27. Kurto Avatar

    Wow, first time I see that stitches are not simple. Any particular reason to put other stitches which are not simple??

    Phil: I see a heart in the pic number 5

  28. Kurto Avatar

    Wow, first time I see that stitches are not simple. Any particular reason to put other stitches which are not simple??

    Phil: I see a heart in the pic number 5

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