Showing posts with label Extreme Body Modification. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Extreme Body Modification. Show all posts
Facial Modifications (Piercings) You Don't See Everyday
The types of Facial Piercings / Modifications shown in this posting are not the kind one sees every day and as time keeps going by people find other ways to stand out from the rest by simply doing things that no one else got the balls to do.
Stretching Lip Piercing
Lip piercings have become very popular with the younger set in recent years. In addition to a traditional lip piercing, many people also prefer the look of a stretched piercing with a larger gauge, or metal bar in the lip. While it is uncomfortable and must be done gradually, you can stretch your lip piercing yourself if you are extremely careful about it. Be sure to give yourself plenty of time to heal before moving on to the next size.
Wait for your lip piercing to heal completely. Body Manipulations, a piercing studio in San Francisco, estimates that it can take from 9 to 12 weeks for a lip piercing to heal.
2) Multiply the time it took for your lip ring to heal by three. If it took 12 weeks for your piercing to heal, you should wait an additional 24 months to begin the stretching process.
3) Purchase a lip ring one gauge higher than the gauge you are currently wearing. If you are unsure what gauge you are wearing, go to a local piercing studio and inquire.
4) Remove your current lip ring.
5) Soak the taper in your liquid soap and place it into the lip hole until it becomes difficult to do so.
6) Push the rest of the taper through until there is only a small bit (about 1/4 of an inch) sticking out of the piercing site. This should be a bit uncomfortable and even slightly painful. However, if the pain is excruciating, discontinue immediately.
7) Lubricate the end of your new jewelry with a moderate amount of soap and push the taper through your lip, followed immediately by the new jewelry.
8) Wash the outside of your piercing with liquid soap, and rinse your mouth out with a salt water solution twice a day to prevent infection.
Wait for your lip piercing to heal completely. Body Manipulations, a piercing studio in San Francisco, estimates that it can take from 9 to 12 weeks for a lip piercing to heal.
2) Multiply the time it took for your lip ring to heal by three. If it took 12 weeks for your piercing to heal, you should wait an additional 24 months to begin the stretching process.
3) Purchase a lip ring one gauge higher than the gauge you are currently wearing. If you are unsure what gauge you are wearing, go to a local piercing studio and inquire.
4) Remove your current lip ring.
5) Soak the taper in your liquid soap and place it into the lip hole until it becomes difficult to do so.
6) Push the rest of the taper through until there is only a small bit (about 1/4 of an inch) sticking out of the piercing site. This should be a bit uncomfortable and even slightly painful. However, if the pain is excruciating, discontinue immediately.
7) Lubricate the end of your new jewelry with a moderate amount of soap and push the taper through your lip, followed immediately by the new jewelry.
8) Wash the outside of your piercing with liquid soap, and rinse your mouth out with a salt water solution twice a day to prevent infection.
Scrotal Split
Scrotal splitting is the process of creating a split scrotum, whereby each testicle is contained in it's own separate pouch. Assuming the split is fairly deep, the end effect is that the wearer literally has two scrotums, both visually and functionally. The effect can be extreme (two long, stretched and pierced split scrotums), or mild (a partial split which essentially gives the testicles more visual definition).
(BTW: The person featured in this posting wasn't getting his scrotum split, to see how the procedure is performed go to Inked Plus Raw, the link to it is at the end of this posting.)
Scrotal splits are often achieved beginning with a transscrotal piercing which once healed (and possibly stretched as well), a cut (in a DIY context, often after a clamp and cut procedure, although because the tissue is quite thick, crimping effects may be minimal) is made straight down leaving a scrotum that is split up to the top point of the piercing. The exposed tissue on each side is then sutured or otherwise closed. Further cuts and closures can extend the split up to the urethra if desired. If combined with a subincision, the urethra can effectively be exposed all the way back to the site of what would otherwise be a urethral reroute.
A split scrotum that has not been stretched first (see: scrotal stretching) is much more difficult to split because it has a tendency to shorten and pull toward the body (so it looks more like two "bumps" than two distinct scrotums).
The procedure itself has bleeding risks, as well as infection and specifically scrotal infection whereby an infection is trapped inside the scrotum is able to become serious at a very fast rate. Postoperatively, there are risks of testicular torsion and crushing of the testicles and cords if scarring causes the tissue to contract around the cords, or if the initially available tissue is limited. Saline injections and similar techniques can be used to stretch the scrotum's circumference to minimize this.
A scrotum split can be reversed "simply" by opening each inner edge of the split, and suturing it to the other side, restoring the original scrotum. To see explicit pictures of the procedure click on the link below.
Go to Inked Plus Raw
Scrotal splits are often achieved beginning with a transscrotal piercing which once healed (and possibly stretched as well), a cut (in a DIY context, often after a clamp and cut procedure, although because the tissue is quite thick, crimping effects may be minimal) is made straight down leaving a scrotum that is split up to the top point of the piercing. The exposed tissue on each side is then sutured or otherwise closed. Further cuts and closures can extend the split up to the urethra if desired. If combined with a subincision, the urethra can effectively be exposed all the way back to the site of what would otherwise be a urethral reroute.
A split scrotum that has not been stretched first (see: scrotal stretching) is much more difficult to split because it has a tendency to shorten and pull toward the body (so it looks more like two "bumps" than two distinct scrotums).
The procedure itself has bleeding risks, as well as infection and specifically scrotal infection whereby an infection is trapped inside the scrotum is able to become serious at a very fast rate. Postoperatively, there are risks of testicular torsion and crushing of the testicles and cords if scarring causes the tissue to contract around the cords, or if the initially available tissue is limited. Saline injections and similar techniques can be used to stretch the scrotum's circumference to minimize this.
A scrotum split can be reversed "simply" by opening each inner edge of the split, and suturing it to the other side, restoring the original scrotum. To see explicit pictures of the procedure click on the link below.
Go to Inked Plus Raw
Shaman Modifications Tattoo & Body Piercing
Shaman Modifications was born on October 10, 2007. It was previously Shaman Body Piercing and Modifications in Golden Apple Studio on Austin's infamous 6th Street; with tattooing being added onto the list of many services they offer, Shaman Modifications was conceived.
They moved to a new home located in South Austin just off the southeast corner of Ben White and Congress.
They have some of the most talented tattoo and piercing artists in Austin, TX, and also have some of the friendliest staff. they also have a great knowledgeable of their craft, and they are aware of the importance of return clientele and customer service. Safety and Quality are a couple of important staples which Shaman was built on.
Tattoos and body piercings are just a couple of services we bring to Austin. They offer an extensive amount of body modification procedures such as, large gauge insertion, scarification, branding, genital beading, surface piercings, micro-dermals (or dermal anchors), and more.
They offer a few other services as well and if you have any questions or want to find out about any body modification procedure available for their customers and all you have to do is pay a visit and talk to one of knowledgeable staff members. They will be willing to assist you with the courtesy a customer deserves.
Shaman Modifications Tattoo & Body Piercing
209 E Ben White Blvd
Ste 100A
Austin, TX 78704
Tel: 512-981-6637
www.shamanmodificationsatx.com
Hours:Mon-Sun 12 pm - 8 pm
They moved to a new home located in South Austin just off the southeast corner of Ben White and Congress.
They have some of the most talented tattoo and piercing artists in Austin, TX, and also have some of the friendliest staff. they also have a great knowledgeable of their craft, and they are aware of the importance of return clientele and customer service. Safety and Quality are a couple of important staples which Shaman was built on.
Tattoos and body piercings are just a couple of services we bring to Austin. They offer an extensive amount of body modification procedures such as, large gauge insertion, scarification, branding, genital beading, surface piercings, micro-dermals (or dermal anchors), and more.
They offer a few other services as well and if you have any questions or want to find out about any body modification procedure available for their customers and all you have to do is pay a visit and talk to one of knowledgeable staff members. They will be willing to assist you with the courtesy a customer deserves.
Shaman Modifications Tattoo & Body Piercing
209 E Ben White Blvd
Ste 100A
Austin, TX 78704
Tel: 512-981-6637
www.shamanmodificationsatx.com
Hours:Mon-Sun 12 pm - 8 pm
Injectable Biomaterials
Surgically repairing delicate soft tissues like those on the face after an injury or illness is a tricky business. Surgeons can fix bones, joints and other body parts--but lips and cheeks simply aren't as repairable. But they soon may be, if a new material developed by medical researchers becomes commercially available. The Johns Hopkins team has come up with an injectable smart material that lets surgeons "sculpt" fine features into the tissue's shape, and then fix them in place with a simple burst of LED light.
The material is a mixture of hyaluronic acid and polyethylene glycol. The acid is already approved for use as a soft-tissue implant, and glycol, or "PEG" as it's known, is a material that has uses in manufacturing, the beauty industry, and medicine. When blended, the two liquids create a biomaterial--partly synthetic, partly biological--that's a polymer, one that's fluid enough to be injected.
Surgeons would inject the biomaterial into the skin and massage the features into the desired shape. By exposing the material to bright-green LED light (bright enough to penetrate skin up to four millimeters thick), the polymer molecules change their properties and tangle to form a rigid structure, setting the shape of the implant permanently.
This means big changes for patients suffering from facial disfiguration, a highly visible injury that can have social consequences. But that's just the most obvious use. If the material becomes a commercial product, we could see a wealth of potential customers among the extreme body-modification set. After all, the idea of reliably adding semi-permanent Klingon-like bumps to your face with a simple injection (a far less risky and expensive process, perhaps, than full-on plastic surgery) will definitely interest some people.
It's been tested on rats, and in a very limited form on humans too, with very positive results and only minor side effects. A full-scale human test is upcoming, and the only issue so far is that the material degrades at a rate that could mean re-injections are needed every year or so--but the team thinks new tissue may actually grow into the implants in time.
The material is a mixture of hyaluronic acid and polyethylene glycol. The acid is already approved for use as a soft-tissue implant, and glycol, or "PEG" as it's known, is a material that has uses in manufacturing, the beauty industry, and medicine. When blended, the two liquids create a biomaterial--partly synthetic, partly biological--that's a polymer, one that's fluid enough to be injected.
Surgeons would inject the biomaterial into the skin and massage the features into the desired shape. By exposing the material to bright-green LED light (bright enough to penetrate skin up to four millimeters thick), the polymer molecules change their properties and tangle to form a rigid structure, setting the shape of the implant permanently.
This means big changes for patients suffering from facial disfiguration, a highly visible injury that can have social consequences. But that's just the most obvious use. If the material becomes a commercial product, we could see a wealth of potential customers among the extreme body-modification set. After all, the idea of reliably adding semi-permanent Klingon-like bumps to your face with a simple injection (a far less risky and expensive process, perhaps, than full-on plastic surgery) will definitely interest some people.
It's been tested on rats, and in a very limited form on humans too, with very positive results and only minor side effects. A full-scale human test is upcoming, and the only issue so far is that the material degrades at a rate that could mean re-injections are needed every year or so--but the team thinks new tissue may actually grow into the implants in time.
Extreme Body Modification in Japan
As with most things they embrace, the Japanese have taken the western cult of Extreme Body Modification to new extremes in recent years. "Scar Factory is a document of the Japanese scene in words and pictures.
Includes Japanese tours by scarification and piercing/implant artists Lukas Zpira and Steve Haworth; interviews with extreme manga artists Hideo Yamamoto ("Ichi the Killer") and Kago Shintaro; a pictorial history of Torture Garden Japan; clandestine tribal gatherings in Osaka, Tokyo and Kyoto; branding festival in Tokyo, 2004; body suspension parties in Tokyo; Eizo Mamiza, Japanese Body Mod pioneer; and interviews with Extreme Body Mod practitioners.
Includes Japanese tours by scarification and piercing/implant artists Lukas Zpira and Steve Haworth; interviews with extreme manga artists Hideo Yamamoto ("Ichi the Killer") and Kago Shintaro; a pictorial history of Torture Garden Japan; clandestine tribal gatherings in Osaka, Tokyo and Kyoto; branding festival in Tokyo, 2004; body suspension parties in Tokyo; Eizo Mamiza, Japanese Body Mod pioneer; and interviews with Extreme Body Mod practitioners.
Body Suspension Photos
A suspension convention was held in Tel Aviv,Israel. The practice of suspending people with hooks pierced into your skin dates back to the Native American Culture. The extreme sport is performed to test the limits of mind over matter.
Approximately 30 people attended the convention, which offered the chance to be suspended or just watch.
Approximately 30 people attended the convention, which offered the chance to be suspended or just watch.
Dermal Punch
Dermal (or biopsy) punches are surgical instruments that are becoming more and more accepted in the body modification community. While not every body part needs to be dermal punched (in fact, we recommend the use of piercing needles for most piercings), if a large gauge piercing is desired in the cartilage of the ear, dermal punches can’t be beat!
Dermal Punching on Ear Lobes: We do not recommend using dermal punching on ear lobes. (The list of pictures below shows the procedure on the ear lobes, this was only done for the purpose of being able to take better pictures. The Silicone Ear would not allow us to punch the cartilage without it destroying the ear.)
It is healthier to have a needle piercing performed, and then gradually stretch the piercing to the desired size. Dermal punches remove tissue, which, if used on earlobes, can cause thin lobes, which will be detrimental to further stretching. It is best to have as much tissue in your lobes as possible if you wish to stretch them--this will keep your ears and your piercings safe and happy.
Dermal Punching on Ear Cartilage: Since it is unhealthy to stretch cartilage piercings up more than a few gauges, dermal punching is a great alternative for people who would like large gauge piercings in the conch or outer conch. Small punches require that jewelry be worn throughout the entire healing time. Large punches can be healed without jewelry, once bleeding has stopped.
Risks: There is a severe risk of bleeding with any dermal punch, as it is a large wound in your body. Insertion of properly sized jewelry can help to put pressure on the wound. However, bleeding can still be severe and should be monitored closely during and after the procedure.
People with bleeding conditions such as hemophilia or people taking blood thinners should consult a doctor before performing this procedure. In the event that bleeding does not stop or a dangerous loss of blood occurs, seek immediate medical assistance.
There is also a risk of infection, as with any modification. By having a sterile environment, sterile tools, and sterile jewelry, this risk can be easily minimized. It can be further minimized by having this procedure done by a licensed professional.
Unlike needle piercing, this modification removes a round circle of tissue from the punched area, therefore this is a permanent modification.
Dermal Punching on Ear Lobes: We do not recommend using dermal punching on ear lobes. (The list of pictures below shows the procedure on the ear lobes, this was only done for the purpose of being able to take better pictures. The Silicone Ear would not allow us to punch the cartilage without it destroying the ear.)
It is healthier to have a needle piercing performed, and then gradually stretch the piercing to the desired size. Dermal punches remove tissue, which, if used on earlobes, can cause thin lobes, which will be detrimental to further stretching. It is best to have as much tissue in your lobes as possible if you wish to stretch them--this will keep your ears and your piercings safe and happy.
Dermal Punching on Ear Cartilage: Since it is unhealthy to stretch cartilage piercings up more than a few gauges, dermal punching is a great alternative for people who would like large gauge piercings in the conch or outer conch. Small punches require that jewelry be worn throughout the entire healing time. Large punches can be healed without jewelry, once bleeding has stopped.
Risks: There is a severe risk of bleeding with any dermal punch, as it is a large wound in your body. Insertion of properly sized jewelry can help to put pressure on the wound. However, bleeding can still be severe and should be monitored closely during and after the procedure.
People with bleeding conditions such as hemophilia or people taking blood thinners should consult a doctor before performing this procedure. In the event that bleeding does not stop or a dangerous loss of blood occurs, seek immediate medical assistance.
There is also a risk of infection, as with any modification. By having a sterile environment, sterile tools, and sterile jewelry, this risk can be easily minimized. It can be further minimized by having this procedure done by a licensed professional.
Unlike needle piercing, this modification removes a round circle of tissue from the punched area, therefore this is a permanent modification.
BagelHeads Invade Japan
Ryoichi “Keroppy” Maeda is a photographer and journalist who’s been obsessively documenting the underground rise in popularity of Japanese extreme body modification for the last twenty years. He also happens to be the man responsible for bringing the bubbly saline injection-based forehead look to Japan. Obviously, it’s now huge there. Saying that, even though it’s exactly what you’d expect from the country of loo-roll dispenser hats, apparently body modification is still somewhat of a taboo out there, with journalists who choose to cover it usually doing so at the risk of their own careers. I had a chat with Ryoichi to try to help me understand why people are choosing to inject themselves with fluids in order to temporarily change their appearance.
Vice: Hey, Ryoichi. When did you get in to the whole Japanese body mod scene?
Ryoichi “Keroppy” Maeda: I started reporting on it in 1992 while I was working for Nyan 2 Club, which was a small Japanese magazine that focused more on the extreme side of body modification. Then I moved to Burst magazine in 1995, which was the first magazine to really inform Japanese readers on a larger scale about tattooing, piercing, and body modification.
Cool. What sort of stuff were people doing to their bodies back then?
Well, it definitely wasn’t nearly as extreme as what people are doing now. The more extreme stuff started to trickle in once the internet came around in like, 96 or 97.
So it was just the usual, tame piercing and tattooing that people get nowadays all around the world?
Yes, but in Japan it was still more of a taboo. I got my nipple pierced in 1992 and wrote the first article for the Japanese market about piercing, then I got a tattoo in LA in 1995 and wrote the first article about tattooing. So everything came a bit later in Japan compared to the West.
How come it was a taboo still? I thought tattooing was quite a traditional Japanese thing?
It is, but there’s a big difference between traditional Japanese tattoos and Western-style tattoos. In the early 90s it was mostly just Yakuza, the Japanese mafia, getting traditional tattoos and at that point there wasn’t enough information coming in about modern tattooing and piercing. As I said, it was when the internet came that young people started to accept the Western style more and more and that’s when the more extreme side of body modification started to get popular in Japan.
Wow, so people just jumped right in as soon as they found out about it?
Yeah, exactly.
When did saline infusions start to get popular?
Well, actually, I happened to meet Jerome, who was the person who pioneered saline infusions, at Modcon in 1999. Modcon is an extreme body modification convention and it just happened to come to Japan that year so I went to cover it for Burst. I got talking to Jerome and we stayed in contact, then eventually I experienced saline with him in 2003 and he gave me permission to bring it to Japan, so I set up a team in Tokyo to administer infusions for other people. That’s been going since 2007.
So you’re the man responsible for bringing it to the masses. How does the whole process work?
It’s quite easy - we use medical saline solution and using infusion we pump it into the forehead for about two hours, or until it’s ready.
Two hours! Fucking hell. How long does it last?
Just one night. The body absorbs it over time so by the next morning it just goes back to normal. We enjoy being freaks for the night, ha ha.
Does the skin ever start to sag?
No. Everyone I know who has done it, no matter how many times, their skin has gone back to exactly how it was before.
That’s good to know, I guess. Do people ever infuse saline anywhere else in their bodies?
Yeah, sure, you can inject it anywhere you want, really. It’s usually just the forehead, but sometimes we do scrotal infusions as well.
Oh my god. Have you ever done that?
No, not me. I’ve only done my forehead, but people at my parties have tried the scrotal infusions before.
When you say parties do you mean, like, mainstream clubs, or venues that you hire out?
Normally, it’s at parties that we put on ourselves, yes. We have suspension parties every couple of months and saline parties probably about twice a year, but people do have infusions done and then go out to clubs and fetish parties and things like that.
Vice: Hey, Ryoichi. When did you get in to the whole Japanese body mod scene?
Ryoichi “Keroppy” Maeda: I started reporting on it in 1992 while I was working for Nyan 2 Club, which was a small Japanese magazine that focused more on the extreme side of body modification. Then I moved to Burst magazine in 1995, which was the first magazine to really inform Japanese readers on a larger scale about tattooing, piercing, and body modification.
Cool. What sort of stuff were people doing to their bodies back then?
Well, it definitely wasn’t nearly as extreme as what people are doing now. The more extreme stuff started to trickle in once the internet came around in like, 96 or 97.
So it was just the usual, tame piercing and tattooing that people get nowadays all around the world?
Yes, but in Japan it was still more of a taboo. I got my nipple pierced in 1992 and wrote the first article for the Japanese market about piercing, then I got a tattoo in LA in 1995 and wrote the first article about tattooing. So everything came a bit later in Japan compared to the West.
How come it was a taboo still? I thought tattooing was quite a traditional Japanese thing?
It is, but there’s a big difference between traditional Japanese tattoos and Western-style tattoos. In the early 90s it was mostly just Yakuza, the Japanese mafia, getting traditional tattoos and at that point there wasn’t enough information coming in about modern tattooing and piercing. As I said, it was when the internet came that young people started to accept the Western style more and more and that’s when the more extreme side of body modification started to get popular in Japan.
Wow, so people just jumped right in as soon as they found out about it?
Yeah, exactly.
When did saline infusions start to get popular?
Well, actually, I happened to meet Jerome, who was the person who pioneered saline infusions, at Modcon in 1999. Modcon is an extreme body modification convention and it just happened to come to Japan that year so I went to cover it for Burst. I got talking to Jerome and we stayed in contact, then eventually I experienced saline with him in 2003 and he gave me permission to bring it to Japan, so I set up a team in Tokyo to administer infusions for other people. That’s been going since 2007.
So you’re the man responsible for bringing it to the masses. How does the whole process work?
It’s quite easy - we use medical saline solution and using infusion we pump it into the forehead for about two hours, or until it’s ready.
Two hours! Fucking hell. How long does it last?
Just one night. The body absorbs it over time so by the next morning it just goes back to normal. We enjoy being freaks for the night, ha ha.
Does the skin ever start to sag?
No. Everyone I know who has done it, no matter how many times, their skin has gone back to exactly how it was before.
That’s good to know, I guess. Do people ever infuse saline anywhere else in their bodies?
Yeah, sure, you can inject it anywhere you want, really. It’s usually just the forehead, but sometimes we do scrotal infusions as well.
Oh my god. Have you ever done that?
No, not me. I’ve only done my forehead, but people at my parties have tried the scrotal infusions before.
When you say parties do you mean, like, mainstream clubs, or venues that you hire out?
Normally, it’s at parties that we put on ourselves, yes. We have suspension parties every couple of months and saline parties probably about twice a year, but people do have infusions done and then go out to clubs and fetish parties and things like that.
Most body piercings in a single sitting
Body piercer Bill "Danger" Robinson broke the Guinness Book record for "Most Body piercings in a single sitting," at Inktoxicated Tattoos in Las Vegas on Tuesday.
Ther previous record was 3,100, Robinson aimed to do 3,600, but settled at 3,200. The piercings went on sideshow performer Staysha Randall and the record is awaiting verification by Guinness to be official.
Body modification is a hot topic in world record world. Celebrity tattooer Kat Von D broke a Guinness record on her T.V. show "LA Ink" in 2007 by doing 400 tattoos in 24 hours. Her record was later broken by Kat's ex-husband Oliver Peck with 415, then Robbie "Coon" Koch with 577, then Derek Kastning with 726, and finally by Hollis Cantrell with 801.
Body piercer Bill "Danger" Robinson pierces the back of sideshow performer Staysha Randall during an attempt to break the Guinness Book record for "Most Body Piercings in a Single Sitting", at Inktoxicated Tattoos in Las Vegas, Nevada June 7, 2011.
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IB Times
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Ther previous record was 3,100, Robinson aimed to do 3,600, but settled at 3,200. The piercings went on sideshow performer Staysha Randall and the record is awaiting verification by Guinness to be official.
Body modification is a hot topic in world record world. Celebrity tattooer Kat Von D broke a Guinness record on her T.V. show "LA Ink" in 2007 by doing 400 tattoos in 24 hours. Her record was later broken by Kat's ex-husband Oliver Peck with 415, then Robbie "Coon" Koch with 577, then Derek Kastning with 726, and finally by Hollis Cantrell with 801.
Body piercer Bill "Danger" Robinson pierces the back of sideshow performer Staysha Randall during an attempt to break the Guinness Book record for "Most Body Piercings in a Single Sitting", at Inktoxicated Tattoos in Las Vegas, Nevada June 7, 2011.
Sources
La Sumisa
IB Times
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