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.

Do No Harm

This is about the point where people who know their symbols speak up at how the Caduceus is commonly used as a symbol of medicine, even though it’s actually the symbol for Hermes, the god of messengers, travelers, thieves and liars.  Now the Rod of Asclepius is the staff held by Asclepius who was a Greek god of medicine.  Of course, all of this is moot as regardless of the meaning of the symbol, this person liked the Caduceus enough to have xRonix create a massive scar on his back.

When looking at the second photo, keep in mind his elbows are bent, which is causing the distortion, as you can see in the top photo, the wings are even.

Comments

16 responses to “Do No Harm”

  1. sumdood Avatar

    This is a cool concept, however are these photos really modblog worthy?

    Clear pix or gtfo.

  2. sumdood Avatar

    This is a cool concept, however are these photos really modblog worthy?

    Clear pix or gtfo.

  3. Vox Avatar
    Vox

    That’s a LOT of removal…..I have to wonder about the final product of the scar, as well as the healing of the client….

  4. Vox Avatar
    Vox

    That’s a LOT of removal…..I have to wonder about the final product of the scar, as well as the healing of the client….

  5. IntoXiKate Avatar
    IntoXiKate

    Omg really….how it will heal…..ouch…my ack hurts me just looking at this picture =D

  6. IntoXiKate Avatar
    IntoXiKate

    Omg really….how it will heal…..ouch…my ack hurts me just looking at this picture =D

  7. xRonix Avatar
    xRonix

    well yeah, i think these photos are a bit too poor for modblog. l took them with a phone, just to show the result, have no clue how they get on here, probably facebook’s fault 😉
    thank You anyway, Rob:*

  8. xRonix Avatar
    xRonix

    well yeah, i think these photos are a bit too poor for modblog. l took them with a phone, just to show the result, have no clue how they get on here, probably facebook’s fault 😉
    thank You anyway, Rob:*

  9. jimmy Avatar
    jimmy

    wow that is sloppy , modblog never posts such bad scarification works , its sad to see , must be the worst scar we have seen posted on modblog EVER

  10. jimmy Avatar
    jimmy

    wow that is sloppy , modblog never posts such bad scarification works , its sad to see , must be the worst scar we have seen posted on modblog EVER

  11. czlowiekinny Avatar
    czlowiekinny

    jimmy you are wrong, all looks great, i will send more pictures after healing, be patient. is nothing to criticize in this work. love xronix ;]
    greet for all 😀

  12. czlowiekinny Avatar
    czlowiekinny

    jimmy you are wrong, all looks great, i will send more pictures after healing, be patient. is nothing to criticize in this work. love xronix ;]
    greet for all 😀

  13. Josh Avatar

    Oh man. Fuck the first three or five showers this guys going to take.

  14. Josh Avatar

    Oh man. Fuck the first three or five showers this guys going to take.

  15. andrew Avatar
    andrew

    Just wanted to update some info on the symbolism if i may. The staff of Asclepius is the formal symbol of medicine. “The staff is a single walking stick with a serpent wrapped around it.” The staff of caduceus is often mistakenly used as a symbol of medicine. The pic shown here, the caduceus staff was indeed the staff of Hermes and was used to represent magic, in old times. However many organizations still use the caduceus symbol today, Largely in part to the Army erroneously adopting the caduceus as an emblem of the Med Corps, (1902) . Anyways i think it looks pretty cool, i hope much care is take to the patient.

  16. andrew Avatar
    andrew

    Just wanted to update some info on the symbolism if i may. The staff of Asclepius is the formal symbol of medicine. “The staff is a single walking stick with a serpent wrapped around it.” The staff of caduceus is often mistakenly used as a symbol of medicine. The pic shown here, the caduceus staff was indeed the staff of Hermes and was used to represent magic, in old times. However many organizations still use the caduceus symbol today, Largely in part to the Army erroneously adopting the caduceus as an emblem of the Med Corps, (1902) . Anyways i think it looks pretty cool, i hope much care is take to the patient.

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