Celebrating body modification culture since 1994.
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I operate in a different world with different celebrities, so here’s a spy shot of ritual superstars IAM:stainless and IAM:_Stigmata_… I’m told that’s Claire Danes in the middle, but honestly, if I was told it was Lindsay Lohan, I’d be just as likely to believe it. Seriously though, thanks to IAM:Ascenhookfreak for the photo, and be sure to go see The Flock when it comes out.
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Perhaps (but probably not) in response to the calls for me to post more hot tattooed guys, IAM:27 sends in these photos from the July 2005 Pomona convention. If you don’t recognize him from his The Alts television fame, this is Art from Church of Steel in San Diego.
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If I had to lay odds, I’d predict that this skin peeling on Stewy FOH‘s thumb is going to all-bit disappear (or at least blur out) during the healing. That said, it’s done by Wayde Dunn (IAM:Quaid) of Puncture Body Piercing in Australia, who is arguably the king of high detail skin peels, so if anyone can make it work, maybe it’s Wayde.
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I don’t know if Courtney‘s tattoo is about a breakup, but it’s probably a suitable follow-up to my tattoos of love entry (or even my own sad tale)…
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I hate writing bad stuff about photos I receive because I feel like I’m betraying the person who submitted them (thus when I do it, it’s anonymous), but the problem you see in this photo is one that I see far too often and makes me rather sad. It’s a lobe being punched out using an 8mm dermal punch in order to install large initial jewelry (ie. 50mm2 of lobe gone).
The problem with this in my opinion is that by removing such a large quantity of soft tissue, stretching will be made more difficult because there’s less tissue to work with — so while it will get them to 7/16″ quite quickly, it will make it harder for them to make it to 2″. In addition, if the person changes their mind and takes out the jewelry (even without subsequent stretching), the hole is far less likely to close. It’s just a bad idea all around in my opinion and I wish I didn’t see it so regularly.
Dermal punches of all sizes are a wonderful tool for cartilage (arguably the best tool), but I really strongly encourage people not to use punches larger than a 4mm on a lobe or other soft tissue (and personally I wouldn’t use one that’s that large).
