BME: Body Modification Ezine

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Celebrating body modification culture since 1994.

Author: Shannon Larratt

  • Permanent Implanted Cock Ring

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    Shannon Larratt

    This implanted cock-ring is an experiment (click through for the explicit pictures) is being done by a BME/extreme reader from Germany who’s already played with lots of genital piercings and DIY tattooing. It’s a fantasy that I’ve been asked about numerous times over the last decade and a half, but have only seen a few times.

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    The intention is like the title says — a permanent, implanted cock ring. It’s a simple plastic ring, placed in true DIY style by simply cutting a hole in the skin at the base of the penis using a pair of scissors, forcing the ring into position, and stitching it up with a needle and thread.

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    At four weeks it’s doing just fine and appears solidly healed, although as I see it, sizing is a bit of an issue. On one hand, you don’t want to go too small with the ring because you risk a priapistic nightmare in which you have to cut the ring out to eliminate your painful erection, but on the other hand, if you go too loose, you’ve got something that’s more fantasy than function (although the fact that the ring is actually a C-shape helps).

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  • Eyelid Piercing

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    Shannon Larratt

    My friend Klamerin from Bulgaria is giving eyelid piercing (gallery) — perhaps the second rarest form of piercing (cervix piercing being the rarest by my count) — a third try… It’s a beautiful piercing that boldly accents the soul’s window, but can definitely be an irritating one to wear!

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  • Nomadic Modifications

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    Shannon Larratt

    Cat‘s mods, obtained on her various travels, include a seven month old belly scarification, a one month old arm scarification, various facial piercings, and four and a half year old sternum piercings. The piercings are all by Raphaelle of Magic Cirus in Paris (who’s since retired to the less invasive job of hair dresser), the belly scar is by Juan in Buenos Aires, and her arm was done by Miguel in Mexico City. She’s originally from France, now living in Buenos Aires, and as well as what you can see in the picture she has a couple tattoos that were done here in Canada. Of herarm scar she writes,

    …it’s my Mayan kin of the Caminante del Cielo, the sky walker, the eternal wanderer.

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  • Osiris Cutting by Russ Foxx

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    Shannon Larratt

    Ian recently got a large-scale skin removal of the God Osiris done by Russ Foxx at The Fall Tattooing. He’s definitely a braver guy than me as he managed to sit through the 12 1/2 hours it took to complete. 12 1/2 hours? That may seem like a long time, but keep in mind that Ian is forty foot tall giant. Photos of the procedure and finished piece continue after the break.

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  • Oh, that’s much more appealing…

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    Shannon Larratt

    Dan writes me, saying, “I’ve run into some what I feel is an unfair treatment in my work place recently,” with the following picture attached:

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    I couldn’t agree more, and he explains,

    I work at a grocery store as a cashier and have been working there for almost two years. I was hired with my lip pierced, and up until recently has never been a problem. We recently received two new managers and a lot of things have started to change — one of these things is the enforcement of a “NO FACIAL PIERCINGS” policy. We are forced to take them out or cover them up while at work. Taking them out is not a convenient solution since I have seamless rings, and as anyone who has used them in the past, they are a bitch to remove. I am forced to cover my rings with a disgusting band-aid or medical tape. This draws even more attention to them than not covering them at all. The band aid barely even covers anything and irritates my skin terribly. I feel that they are trying to humiliate us into taking our piercings out. I talked to the union and human resources about the issue and apparently the piercing rule was in the employee handbook that we signed when we were hired, though I have yet to see one of these handbooks.

    You know, outside of “right and wrong” issues, and in my view of the world, the store is very much in the wrong here, there’s a real aura of idiocy that embraces this policy. As Dan points out, a couple piercings with an obnoxious bandage placed over them is far more upsetting looking to customers (whether they like or dislike piercings) because it sends the message that there’s something wrong with the piercing. And, as he also points out, being forced to do this daily endangers his health, so it’s ridiculous, offensive, and counter-productive on every level… but, sadly, in most States, it’s a fact of life for all-too-many people.

    Finally, Dan asks,

    I just wanted to know if anyone else has had similar problems in the workplace with their mods, and if anyone else has any more ideas that I could try to sway their policies?

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