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Tag: Body Modification

  • Live in Peace

    Written by

    Jordan Ginsberg


    This truly excellent piece was done by Mark Gibson of Monki Do Studio in Belper, Derbyshire, England. And no, Heretic138, those aren’t Nazi swastikas in the background.

    See more in “Mark Gibson Tattoo Mini Portfolio“ (Tattoo Artist Portfolios)

  • Every Time

    Written by

    Jordan Ginsberg


    Logan Gordex sends in this shot of him flashing his indestructible Adamantium claws some scalpels after doing a darling skull cutting in his Sao Paolo, Brazil, studio. Prediction: This will be slightly less controversial than Freakboy‘s famous shot.

    See more in “BME/Culture/People“ (Culture)

  • Written by

    Jordan Ginsberg


    REMINDER: Today is BME Day at Venus by Maria Tash! Rachel will be on location all day until 8 p.m. (or later, if necessary), filming your piercings (with jewelry starting at $10) for BME’s new video section and giving away BME swag.

    Piercing by Meg (IAM: MissMeg)

    Venus by Maria Tash
    653 Broadway, New York NY 10012
    Phone 212 253 0921

    Piercing prices (plus the cost of jewelry starting at $10!)
    $10 piercings
    $35 basic genital
    $65 advanced genital

    You must mention this post or print out the form below. (Click through for a larger version.) We hope to see you there!

  • Breathe With Me

    Written by

    Jordan Ginsberg


    Hey, lettering scarification — especially in cursive — may be difficult, but still … I think you’re being a little hard on yourself.

    (Skin-removal scarification by Alex at Skin Art in Loerrach, Germany. Check out the inspiration for this piece after the jump.)

  • Lock It Up

    Written by

    Jordan Ginsberg


    Good morning, ModBlog! Let’s start today backwards: Here we have a young man who got his 18 mm. lip piercing closed and stitched up by Brooklyn’s number one son, xPUREx. It’s not uncommon to find reactions to procedures like this … not negative, necessarily, but certainly sad: people tend to be disappointed when a person has his or her stretched ears/lip/whatever restored to their original state. Understandable, to be sure, but I have to say, I’m always rather impressed that these stretched piercings that so many of us grew up believing to be relatively “permanent” are increasingly reversible. This isn’t to say that such procedures should be taken lightly, of course, but the ingenuity is pretty remarkable nonetheless.

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

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