BME: Body Modification Ezine

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.

Tattoo, Piercing, and Body Modification News, Events, and Culture

  • Who doesn’t do this?

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    Rachel

    One of the biggest “trends” in body modification “fashion” has been the decorative threaded end. I’ve seen Body Vision‘s assortment and it’s pretty killer, especially with everyone from gangster dudes to soccer mom’s sporting the tear drop microdermal these days. It’s a way to customize the jewelry for yourself and I think it’s pretty cool. I don’t know if this 14k yellow gold anchor is one of theirs but they make all kinds of threaded ends to suit whatever your needs are. This is Allen and he apparently did the microdermal himself at Superfly Tattoo in San Diego, California.

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    See more in “Dermal Anchoring“ (Pocketing and Stapling)

  • Thank you for not censoring his butt

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    Rachel

    I’m not sure if any of you have noticed but there are a lot of photos on BME of body suits or back pieces where the person who submitted the photo put a black bar across their buttcrack. To me this actually brings more attention to the fact that a buttocks was even in the photo so I was pleasantly surprised when Diau Chuan, the artist responsible for the tattoos below, didn’t stop us from having our daily dose of rear end nudity.

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  • Don’t hurt me

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    Rachel

    I’m not going to lie, this tattoo gives me the creeps. It’s like Clint Eastwood is coming for you after he just finished kicking Chuck Norris’ ass. Ryan Sharp out of The Monster Shop in Mansfield, UK just sent in a batch of photos to start his mini portfolio if you’d like to check it out. I don’t have the link for it yet but it should be in the next tattoo update on BME.
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  • This one gets tricky

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    Rachel

    I really like this branding. I’m not sure why it’s so appealing to me but it’s incredibly striking. grundstuck‘s seemingly perfect circles were carefully electrocauterized by Quentin at Kalima in Worthing, UK.

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    Or maybe I just like boys in cute glasses.

    See more in “Scarification By Kalima“ (Scarification)

  • Told you so

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    Rachel

    I told you I had more images from Brenno to share. I’m starting to think that when I’m in Milan in January for the Italian conference that I’ll need to make an appointment with him.  I’ve always been meaning to ask him what his IAM page name means. Maybe he’ll share with us in the comments since he participates here on Modblog as well.

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    See more in “Misc. Cuttings“ (Scarification)

  • It’s good to be alive.

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    Rachel

    I think that if the first thing you saw in the morning was someone who looked genuinely happy then you’d have a really good day. dead filmaker is helping me test out my theory. I know it put a smile on my face to start the morning off right.

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    See more in “Scalpelled and other large gauge lip procedures“ (Lip Piercing)

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  • Italians

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    Rachel

    Brenno Alberti out of Bodyfactory.it from Trieste, Italy sent in a whack of photos to update his portfolio. Italy is on the top of my list of places to visit. They were super awesome hosts the last time I was there and I can’t wait to go back. More scarification photos to come tomorrow. Today is a pretty busy day.

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    See more in “Skin Removal Scarification“ (Scarification)

  • Goddamnit.

    Written by

    Rachel

    Nothing like having your browser crash and losing all the posts you’ve been working on despite having saved them already. I don’t know what kind of sexually suggestive comments I inappropriately made previously about dandy ruby leigh but I’m sure they were positive. Her tattoos are by Jay philbrick in Lawrence, Mass. I pretty much hate the internet today and I’m going to be smashing bits and pieces of it for the next couple of hours.

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    See more in “Miscellaneous Tattoos“ (Tattoos)

  • Fish n chips

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    Rachel

    DJ Minor sent in some new photos for his mini portfolio. He’s out of 775 tattoo in Reno, NV.

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    See more in “DJ Minor“ (Tattoo Artist Portfolios)

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  • A little bit of everything

    Written by

    Rachel

    Efix can always be counted on for sending in great photos of his work. This one is no exception. If you’ve got the time, I highly suggest going through his portfolio which is linked below. If you’re looking for Efix, he can be found at D-Markation in Quebec City, Quebec.

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    I was adding the category tags for all of the mods on his face and somehow managed to break the tag function. Perhaps I added too many tags?

    See more in “Efix Scarification Gallery“ (Scarification)