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  • Mall rats

    Written by

    Sean Philips

    A lot of people are under the impression you can only get mass produced crap at the mall. I see where they are coming from, most the independent stores with different, interesting stuff have pretty much vanished, and in their place are chain stores selling out the subcultures.

    However, in  Edmonton, Alberta Canada there is a mall called  West Edmonton Mall…

    and in that mall is a tattoo and piercing studio called Dragon FX…

    and in  that studio is a man by the name of Wayde….

    and Wayde creates some of the best scarification in the world, such as this piece he recently did.

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    And all of the sudden the mall doesn’t seem like such a lame place.

  • Glass ‘stache

    Written by

    Sean Philips

    Mustache Madness is not just for the dudes. Take, for instance, Lauren’s 6g glass septum ‘stache by Somatic Glass.

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  • Luck of the Irish to you.

    Written by

    Sean Philips

    It’s St. Patrick’s Day, and today everyone has a little luck of the Irish. However, if it wasn’t St. Pattie’s day and you wanted a little Irish luck inside of you, this would be one way of achieving that!

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    Thanks Stembot, for pointing out this very holiday appropriate tattoo done by her boyfriend DOC13. Since penis tattoos are never an artist best work, why don’t you take a minute to check out some of his other work.

    Of course, you know what’s behind the blur, but if you need proof, keep on keeping on.

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  • Love Bites

    Written by

    Sean Philips

    A client of Matte’s brought him a dental impression of his wife’s teeth and Matte did the scarification piece based on that. As far as the intentionally created scars that look like wounds go, this is one of my favorites so far. I really like the authenticity of using the clients wife’s actual teeth pattern.

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    For a healing picture of this scar AND a scar done by actual bite marks, keep on keeping on.

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    I am sure you guys remember Ala from this post, or one of her many other post. You probably also remember Roo, who served his time as a Modblog author before me. Well, this loving couple has earned another spot on Modblog with this “bite mark”  heart piece Ala did on Roo. Because that’s what Roo needs, more hearts.

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  • “it smells like a turd covered in burnt hair!”

    Written by

    Sean Philips

    I had to steal the title for this post directly from xomateos’s diary entry about the procedure. How could I possibly come up with a better title than that?

    Anyhow, xomateo originally had these scars cut/removed by the talented John Joyce. A year later he had his lovely koala go back over the scars with a cautery pen to retouch the scar and hopefully kill off the follicles that regrew. This was her first time using a cautery pen and it looks like she did a damn fine job!

    Apparently they plan to make these scars a yearly tradition. I suggested next year they try cold branding, because if it doesn’t kill the follicles it will likely make them grow in white and that is cool all in and of itself! So we shall see what 2011 and on brings for Mateo’s head!

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    For a few more shots of the procedure and finished result, keep on keeping on.

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    I bought my very first cautery pen from BME Shop several years ago. They don’t sell them anymore, but they do sell a TON of other rad stuff for the body mod aficionado or DIY modder. Rachel has extended the 30% off sale at BME shop  until April 6th! It is good for everything but anesthetics, scalpels and dermal punches and all you have to do to take advantage of this is use the coupon code “worldtour” when ordering!

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