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

  • Tattooed Rockstars

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    Shannon Larratt

    Hey, as well as having the requisite rockstar-sleeve, Asian Jesus of The Dirty Chinese Thieves seems to have the same supercheap bass as I do! Anyway, I have two great tattoo interviews ready to go for tomorrow (and I did some really minor cleanup on the look of BME/news since a fairly fast production cycle is happening right now) — I’ll post whichever people are more interested in coming first. The two choices are the opposite ends of the spectrum; the spectacularly talented Johnny Thief, or the “interview with a scratcher”.

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  • Stretched Piercing or Protosplit?

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    Shannon Larratt

    This BME member in Shandong (which incidentally is also what I call my junk), China, has since split his tongue, but I thought these pictures of him before the split were pretty neat!

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  • Wandalaput Interview Posted

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    Shannon Larratt

    This interview is titled, “Real Garbage: A Pig At The Service Of Vice”, and I really have to warn viewers that this is not for the casual reader, and it is most certainly adults only. Read on if you want to explore the life of an extreme SM enthusiast.

    WANDA LA PUTE EXTREME SM INTERVIEW

  • Shes got a dime all of the time

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    Shannon Larratt

    Could you take a better picture of a fetish geisha tattoo? I love this shot from Docteur_Ar of his tattoo done by Steph D at Dimitri HK in Saint Germain en Laye (Paris, France). Anyway… now I have to decide what interview to edit next — I have quite a few in the queue ready to go, but right now I’m deciding between the very touching and interesting “Interview with a scratcher” (a nice counter-part to the superartists interviewed lately) and an interview with a heavy SM bugchaser.

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  • Battle Wounds

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    Shannon Larratt

    When Joulie‘s tattoo was healing she got a terrible infection, causing her three black squares to lose a lot of ink — they were supposed to be solid black. I actually think this has given them a ton of character and quite like the way it looks (much to my tattoo artist’s chagrin I haven’t filled in the scar on my blackwork from where a hook tore out, but I like the memories).

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  • “Stupid Implant Tricks”

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    Shannon Larratt

    One of the fun things about silicone implants (this well healed one is by xPUREx on Waffle) is that depending on the way your body encapsulates it, you can do silly things to freak out your friends like flip it upside down under your skin…

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  • Branding for Math Geek Girls

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    Shannon Larratt

    I really like this at home strike branding that Roo and No_Pants did on Allana using an Allen Key and a stove, because to most it will just look like random scars, but for math geeks… recognize the sequence?

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    Click through for a healing shot..

  • My Tattoo Hates Your Tattoo

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    Shannon Larratt

    Dustin says, “Circle-slash tribal club… I wear this badge proudly.”  Tattoo by Alie at The Shaman’s Den in Binghamton, NY, who I suspect has done an awful lot more of these tattoos, but without the circle-slash.

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  • The King Has A Dark Side

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    Shannon Larratt

    I’m totally loving cursethismetalbody‘s facial hair in this picture with traciehanna taken at the Baltimore Tattoo Convention!

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  • Guess the anatomy

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    Shannon Larratt

    Maybe I will finally stump people with this one? You can click through for the answer; feel free to post your guess before looking.

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