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Tag: Body Piercing

  • Door to Door and Right on Time

    Written by

    Jordan Ginsberg


    Look, if you’ve been reading BME for a while, you know there are all sorts of good reasons to get genital piercings. They look good. They feel good. You can hide candy in the holes. They make your junk breathable on hot summer days. They open up your sonic options immensely when you’re playing the spoons (*ping*). They’re conversation-starters at urinals. They render keychains useless, thereby saving you untold thousands of dollars every year. BUT, did you know they can also be valuable tools for self-defense? It’s true! At least, that’s ostensibly what M. up there is going for with his line of large-gauge scrotal piercings, stretched to be worn as an organic knuckle-duster. Wouldn’t want to get punched with one of those!

    A close-up of this vicious weaponry, after the jump.

  • The Great Gymnasium

    Written by

    Jordan Ginsberg


    “Why?” asks the student. “Why ‘Needles’?”

    “Because,” the swami answers, “that is his name.”

    And then they danced.

    (Really though, that’d be Needles, apprentice of Six at Toronto’s Exotix Studios, wearing a fine cutting of his own moniker.)

    See more in “Skin Removal Scarification“ (Scarification)

  • Don’t Need a Helmet

    Written by

    Jordan Ginsberg


    You know what the big difference is between BME and the Star-Telegram? It’s that WE GET RESULTS, DAMN IT! Or something. Anyway! After we noted last week that your new world-record holder for “most piercings in one sitting” was Arlington’s Jeremy Stroud (who was pierced with 1,197 18-gauge needles), Mr. Stroud wrote in to provide your ModBlog with some exclusive-ish photos (by Chris Durbin) of the record-breaking attempt. Fancy! Much obliged, Jeremy.

    Extreme close-up, after the jump.

  • The Remnant Fuzz

    Written by

    Jordan Ginsberg


    Happy Victoria Day, (Canadian) ModBloggers! It’s about the time of year, isn’t it? Sunny day after sunny day, we’re breaking out the summertime clothes, and, if you’re like Brooklyn’s own Anna up there, you’re just cold shavin’ your noggin, getting ready to feel the breeze.

    See more in “Old School (and Old) Tattoos“ (Tattoos)

  • I Like Griping

    Written by

    Jordan Ginsberg


    The very talented intergalactic traveler Anders the Piercing Guy checks in with these recent (and rare) vertical lowbrets, done with 1-1/8″ straight barbells. These are the first such piercings Anders has done since 2005, he says, but one won’t find oneself in much better hands than his. Best of luck with the healing process, fella.

    A couple more angles, after the jump.

    See more in “Vertical Lowbrets“ (Lip Piercing)

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