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  • I Like You Temporarily

    Written by

    Jordan Ginsberg


    Whoa hey, lots of great play piercing photos around these parts lately, no? These things feel cyclical sometimes, and what better way to keep the cycle going than with another revolution—like, say, with this lovely set sent in by (and featuring) SweetNausea, for whom this 13-needle session was a graduate photography project. The final product, of course, became the hit Pixar summer tear-jerker Up. We think. Either way, we should all be so lucky to have such fun for school, right? More helium-aided photos in pink and blue, after the jump.

    (Piercings by Lliezel Ellick at Wildfire Piercing in Cape Town, South Africa. Photos by Clare Foxcroft Williams.)

    See more in “Ritual and Play Piercing“ (Ritual)

  • Called and Sang and Promised

    Written by

    Jordan Ginsberg


    We’re admittedly curious about the reaction you folks may have here. After we posted photos of Tye’s new knuckle tattoos, the old conversation about whether there’s a certain hierarchy of visible/”extreme” modification work that should be adhered to crept back up. (Tye, of course, has his ears pointed and a not insignificant amount of tattoo work, though we will admit these modifications were not perfectly visible in the attached photos.) Our Russian correspondent up top may be a good example of this conflict as well. Not only are medusa piercings stretched so large rare themselves, but it’s especially uncommon to see something like this ostensibly independent of any other major modifications. (There are, of course, marks and scars that indicate previous work.) We’re fans of it, aesthetically speaking, but, even more so than knuckle tattoos, this is a pretty dramatic standalone piece of work. A nice close-up, after the jump.

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

  • I Need Tungsten To Live

    Written by

    Jordan Ginsberg


    Good day, ModBloggers! Hope you’re all refreshed and bright-eyed and sobered up or whatever from the weekend. Let’s kick things off this week with these UV tattoos by Stephanie Campbell at Dragon FX Kingsway in Edmonton, Alberta. We know the jury is still out on UV tattoos to an extent, what with the potential unpredictability of the ink used, but we’ll save the moralizing for now (for once?) and just enjoy some fun, well-executed work. More after the jump.

    See more in “UV and Glow tattoos“ (Tattoos)

  • This Week in BME

    Written by

    Jordan Ginsberg


    And finally, folks, let’s wrap up our week with this photo of the lovely (and intense!) Kali, which comes to us by way of Jimmy, he of the ever-wonderful Diablo Organics body jewelry company, which has graciously provided the ear jewelry being worn above. Lovely! Oh, and one more thing before we go…


    (Tattoo by the folks at S&D Tattoo in Banbury, Oxfordshire, UK.)

    What? You heard the tattoo.

    /drinks bottle of turpentine

    /sets forest fire

    /makes sweet, tender love to forest fire

    /gets tossed down a flight of stairs by forest fire

    Hey, don’t look at us like that. We’re just following orders over here. And just like that, that’s the week, ladies and gentlemen. This time around:

    – Amelia Dolore: Good taste in oral procedures and medical equipment.

    – Aww, young love. Young, upside-down love.

    – I’VE GOT BLISTERS ON MY FINGERS!

    – Bittra would be more than happy to hold all those needles for you.

    – Oregon is for lovers (and lovely suspensions).

    – Zombies don’t roll on Saturdays, either.

    – We were glad to have Marcus up on the ol’ ModBlogs.

    – Raptor fucking Jesus.

    And with that, gentle ModBloggers, we wish you all a fine weekend. Have fun, stay safe and, as always, thank you for your continued support of BME.

  • Just In Time For Christmas: Glow in the Dark Nipples

    Written by

    Jordan Ginsberg


    We will admit that, sometimes, we are very simple and easy to please. This is one of those times, and it’s all thanks to one of our long-time and most reliably creative contributors. Take it away!

    About 10 years ago, I sent some pictures of self-done nipple-pocketing. In 1999, a picture of my nipple with a cigarette butt stuffed in its stretched hole at the center was selected as a cover image of BME. I also sent pictures of my flame-throwing penis, which was achieved by sending butane gas through a silicone tube inserted into my penis through a urethral reroute. Some of those pictures appeared in the ModCon book. I also had my own bonus gallery that was entitled “Beaded Nipple.” More recently, I’ve done some cool (and funny!) nipple play.

    To start with, I created new holes at the center of my nipples—I hadn’t worn any jewelry in them for a long time. Then I stretched them by pressing tools like the stem of a painting brush against the nipples and cutting the tissue in them with a knife until the holes could accommodate beads measuring 6 mm. in diameter. I pushed 6 mm. balls of barbell studs in the nipples and left them in there for three weeks. New skin grew and covered the holes completely, making the size and shape of my nipples just like a woman’s nipples. (I, of course, am a man.) Then, the center holes were pierced again and some nipple play was done, then the holes were stretched again up to 8 mm. and glass beads measuring 8 mm. in diameter were pushed into the nipples. The nipples were pierced horizontally so that the beads in the nipples were skewered together with the nipples. Then, hand-made CBRs that were made out of stainless steel tubes with LED (light emitting diode) chips fitted in them were inserted in the horizontal holes to illuminate the beads from inside.

    See more in “Custom Jewelry Gallery“ (Culture)

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