Celebrating body modification culture since 1994.
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Here’s some initially self-done facial tattoos being reworked by Jesse at Temple Ink in Portland, Oregon. Facial tattoos change a person’s face in fairly marked and obvious ways. This one here, I think it makes him look like a superhero (or supervillian).
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The last cover article posted to BME, Non-Medical Silicone Implants For Dummies v1.0, discusses the pros and cons of silicone, including some of the issues in its removal when things go wrong. I thought I ought to emphasize how serious removal is with a few gory photos — the more difficult a modification is to reverse, the more seriously it should be debated prior to getting it done!
With as many as 10% of people estimated to eventually remove their implant (and that number may well rise in the future), be prepared to go through a removal that, as with tattoos, can be more of an ordeal than getting it in the first place. Live for today but plan for tomorrow, right?
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L-R: by Brian (NYC), Tom Brazda (Toronto), and Bart (Dakotah Tattoo, Ossendrecht).
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JudgeLauri Blake (R) of the US 336th District Court in Grayson County, Texas
 Judge Lauri Blake |
ruledthis week that the penalty for a teenaged drugoffender, on top of the requisite probation, is no sex as long as she(the offender, not the judge) is living in her parents’ home and goingto school. (State law allows judges to assign conditions theybelieve are fair and appropriate. Theage of sexual consent inTexas is 17 for both males and females, for heterosexual sexonly.) While I’m sure it’s not in the judge’s plans, I’d considerthat incentive to quit school and move in with my boyfriend if I werestill a teenager. (I’m not saying that that’s right; I’m speakingfrom the brain of a former teenager.)
What does this have to do with Modblog,you may ask? This same Judge Blake also prohibits tattoos, bodypiercings, earrings and clothing “associated with the drug culture” forthose who are on probation and free on bond. (In Texas, anartist may not tattoo a person younger than 18 years of age withoutmeeting the requirements of 25 Texas Administrative Code,§229.406(c), nor may an artist perform body piercing on a personyounger than 18 years of age ithout meeting the requirements of 25Texas Administrative Code, §229.406(d), without the consent of aparent, managing conservator, or guardian.)
Are tattoos a right, or a privilege? If they are a privilege,whohas the right to decide? Doesa judge have this right? With body modification more prevalent intoday’s newsthan even last year’s news, appellate courts may indeed decide whetherit’s an assignment of conditions following the breaking of the law, oran imposition of their personal morals upon us.
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It’s not often these days that I get to post what I consider to be an entirely “new” piercing, but thanks to Ben Trigg at House of Color in Colorado Springs, I’ve got one for you today. I’ll post more on it later, but here’s what he calls an “eye boogie” (if I’m reading what I’m seeing right, it’s closer to a single-point pocketing or a transdermal than an eyelid piercing by the way)…
