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.

Turning the other cheek

One of the rarer piercings that pop up in the galleries are dahlia piercings.  While we see cheek piercings from time to time, dahlias seem to not be as prevalent.  Below is a young lady sporting dahlias by Brian Sane from Sink the Ink in Doylestown, PA.

You can see more of this beauty in the cheek piercing gallery.

I’m pretty sure she’s wearing false eyelashes, because if she isn’t I know a bunch of people who will be extremely jealous.

Comments

22 responses to “Turning the other cheek”

  1. carla Avatar
    carla

    mine are way cooler. 🙂

  2. carla Avatar
    carla

    mine are way cooler. 🙂

  3. Jen Avatar

    If by time to time you mean every day then yes, we do see cheek piercings submitted from time to time.

  4. Jen Avatar

    If by time to time you mean every day then yes, we do see cheek piercings submitted from time to time.

  5. Jagger Avatar
    Jagger

    I’ve had Dahlia piercings for going on 2 years now. I submitted pics to the BME galleries that were never put up. I feel kind of slighted here.

  6. Jagger Avatar
    Jagger

    I’ve had Dahlia piercings for going on 2 years now. I submitted pics to the BME galleries that were never put up. I feel kind of slighted here.

  7. Rob Avatar

    @Jagger: We get hundreds of new photos in every day. It just happened that these were the first dahlias I’ve seen in the galleries since I started writing for ModBlog. You also have to keep in mind that ModBlog only does 5 posts a day during the week. When compared to the thousands of images we get a week, you can see that it’s not possible for everything to be featured.

    And Jen is absolutely right, we do get cheek piercing photos in every day.

  8. Rob Avatar

    @Jagger: We get hundreds of new photos in every day. It just happened that these were the first dahlias I’ve seen in the galleries since I started writing for ModBlog. You also have to keep in mind that ModBlog only does 5 posts a day during the week. When compared to the thousands of images we get a week, you can see that it’s not possible for everything to be featured.

    And Jen is absolutely right, we do get cheek piercing photos in every day.

  9. Devin Avatar
    Devin

    That’s MEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Holy fuck I’m on modblog, hahahaha. Yes, the eyelashes are fake. They took forever to put on because the glue was being difficult…

  10. Devin Avatar
    Devin

    That’s MEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Holy fuck I’m on modblog, hahahaha. Yes, the eyelashes are fake. They took forever to put on because the glue was being difficult…

  11. Kat Avatar
    Kat

    Those are definitely fake eyelashes. Hahahaha. Seeing as I took this picture (and the other two), I’m super excited to see this up. 😀

  12. Kat Avatar
    Kat

    Those are definitely fake eyelashes. Hahahaha. Seeing as I took this picture (and the other two), I’m super excited to see this up. 😀

  13. Adhara Avatar
    Adhara

    So pretty.

  14. Adhara Avatar
    Adhara

    So pretty.

  15. Ayla Avatar
    Ayla

    i saw a girl the other day with this piercing. She had it placed very close to her lip and only on one side so it looked like she had spittle stuck in the corner of her mouth ><

  16. Ayla Avatar
    Ayla

    i saw a girl the other day with this piercing. She had it placed very close to her lip and only on one side so it looked like she had spittle stuck in the corner of her mouth ><

  17. Alice Avatar
    Alice

    I love dahlias! I can’t wait to get my own done…

  18. Alice Avatar
    Alice

    I love dahlias! I can’t wait to get my own done…

  19. Jagger Avatar
    Jagger

    @Rob: I know, I know. I didn’t mean to come off mean or anything, I was just kind of upset that my pictures were never added. I’m the only person I know with Dahlia’s, and I’ve never seen another person with them, outside of maybe 2-3 pictures I’ve found online. Hell, I’m on Google if you image search Dahlia piercings!

  20. Jagger Avatar
    Jagger

    @Rob: I know, I know. I didn’t mean to come off mean or anything, I was just kind of upset that my pictures were never added. I’m the only person I know with Dahlia’s, and I’ve never seen another person with them, outside of maybe 2-3 pictures I’ve found online. Hell, I’m on Google if you image search Dahlia piercings!

  21. Taylor Avatar
    Taylor

    When I went to get mine done, The piercing artist told me this piercing was impossible.

  22. Taylor Avatar
    Taylor

    When I went to get mine done, The piercing artist told me this piercing was impossible.

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