BME: Body Modification Ezine

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  • Who or what are you dressing up as?

    Written by

    Shannon Larratt

    For Halloween, IAM:vanillalife dressed up as The Lizardman:

  • Alternative to Dermal Punching

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    Shannon Larratt

    As an alternative to dermal punching that can still give you large open holes in the cartilage of the ear, Samppa has been cutting them in place with a scalpel and then suturing them closed. Here’s an example, done on Baawo (more on their pages).

  • Tattoo miscellany again

    Written by

    Shannon Larratt


    How? I haven’t decided yet if this is a corny joke, mildly offensive, or maybe both? Tattoo by Joe Alhof at Trader Bob’s in St. Louis.

    This tattoo is by Jen Beirola at Grinn and Barrett in Omaha, NE who tells us, “the customer wanted a strap-on cock that hung below her knee.”


    Nate Obnoxious at Ground Zero in Muncie, Indiana presents… The Hand of God SHOCKER!


    So… if Nintendo decided to sue Ian Hudgines of Anchored Ink in Murrieta, CA, would the fact that he’s included the registered trademark sign in the tattoo make the penalty worse?
    DO NOT BE GENTLE… See, I thought this was a kinky fisting tattoo, but it turns out it’s some sort of army thing. Shows what a sheltered world I live in. Tattoo by Stacy Shoppa at Electric Graffitti Tattoo in Muscatine, Iowa.
    Yeah, that’s mature. Tattoo by Greg Duffek II at Sleepy Hollow Studios in Roanoke Rapids, NC.

    And, finally, no comment at all on the tattoo below. I don’t know where this tattoo was done, so all I can tell you is that the 19th hole is located in New Jersey. Not surprised?

  • Big labrets + Comment System

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    Shannon Larratt

    First of all, it’s still highly experimental, but I coded a cool little “universal comment system” that inserts a full comment system into any static website using Javascript write commands. So now posts here can be commented on both by IAM members and the general public.

    To celebrate, here’s a couple pictures of Shane‘s gigantic labret.

  • Tattoos that beg uncomfortable questions

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    Shannon Larratt

    Let me say for the record that this entry is written in good humor and I mean no offense to the wearers of these tattoos or the artists behind them!

         
    Is there anything tribal cover-ups can’t solve?
    Is it that time of month, or are you just happy to see me?

    Um… is the fairy on the left taking a piss?

  • Another Celebrity Sighting

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    Shannon Larratt

    It’s no secret that Dennis Rodman is a body art fan, and earlier this year he posed nude for PETA‘s Think Ink, Not Mink anti-fur campaign. Well, guess who made a surprise appearance at a pulling that Tiana and Jeremy (IAM:Jahad2k) recently did in Seattle? That’s right, The Worm!

    "Let's face it: When Dennis goes out, he doesn't blend in well."

    - George Tiantafilla, Rodman's bodyguard

  • Celebrity Sighting

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    Shannon Larratt

    Ice is back with a brand new invention — guess who hangs out at the New Jersey Tattoo Convention? That’s right, it’s Robert “Vanilla Ice” Van Winkle, with style like a chemical spill:

    Update: ta2lu writes to tell us he’s a regular — 2002 NJ Convention.

  • ‘Tis the season

    Written by

    Shannon Larratt

    Piercer extraordinaire Allen Falkner tries a new medium:

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    BME Logo Pumpkin

  • This one’s NSFW

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    Shannon Larratt

    Let’s play another BME-style game of “do you know what you’re looking at”. Click the picture below to view a full sized, uncensored version of the mystery picture.

    Still don’t know? Click here to see a more obvious view of the conundrum. If you still have no idea, just highlight the rest of this entry to reveal the answer (writen right now in white-on-white text).

    You’re looking at a large transscrotal piercing. In the first picture it’s been twisted up and the penis has been inserted through it. The second picture is the same put the penis hasn’t been put through.

  • Random drug test anyone?

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    Shannon Larratt

    How do you know if your piercer has been popping way too many steroids?

    (Just kidding; thanks Punk rock Peat)

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