BME Newsfeed for Oct 18, 2006

Posted on October 18, 2006 by Shannon Larratt

2006-10-18: IL: VIDEO: Fears about tongue piercing dismissed [by Puncher]
2006-10-18: MA: Mom guilty of neglecting teen’s botched piercing [by Frisky_Vixen666]
2006-10-18: NY: Tattooed workers are leaving a mark [by Frisky_Vixen666]
2006-10-18: IL: Tongue piercing brings on ‘suicide disease’ [by pill2makeUnumb]
2006-10-18: VA: Board considers employee dress code policy [by deadly pale]
2006-10-18: WI: Piercing Problems [by deadly pale]
2006-10-18: IN: Neon Novelty ordered to cease tattooing, piercing [by deadly pale]
2006-10-18: USA: Summary Box: Body Art Dress Codes [by deadly pale]
2006-10-18: AZ: Body art forces employers to rethink dress codes [by deadly pale]
2006-10-18: USA: Generation of tattooed workers leaving a mark [by deadly pale]
2006-10-18: ON: Hooked on body art [by deadly pale]
2006-10-18: CA: Freedom-2, LLC to Offer the First Permanent but Removable Tattoo Ink [by deadly pale]
2006-10-18: TX: Take the virtual tour [by deadly pale]
2006-10-18: CA: Want to pierce your tongue? Think again! [by deadly pale]
2006-10-18: NY: Tattoos, piercings slip into dress codes [by cenobite]
2006-10-18: ON: Researcher has possible AIDS vaccine [by Skoty]

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BME Newsfeed for Oct 17, 2006

Posted on October 17, 2006 by Shannon Larratt

2006-10-17: IN: Council OKs tattoo parlor in Mishawaka [by deadly pale]
2006-10-17: IN: Teenagers embrace body art [by deadly pale]
2006-10-17: IL: Teen’s tongue piercing linked to pain [by Puncher]
2006-10-17: MA: Mom guilty of neglecting teen’s botched piercing [by KatePrayer]
2006-10-17: Italy: Italian teenager’s tongue piercing linked to extreme facial pain [by KatePrayer]
2006-10-17: AB: First question of Adam Braidwood is about his tattoos [by rebekah]
2006-10-17: IL: Teen’s tongue piercing causes suicide disease [by BestestFiend]
2006-10-17: MA: Mom convicted after belly ring nearly kills teen [by siobhan_vicious]
2006-10-17: IL: Teen’s tongue piercing causes suicide disease [by siobhan_vicious]
2006-10-17: IL: Teen’s tongue piercing causes suicide disease [by __liquid]
2006-10-17: IL: Teen’s tongue piercing linked to pain [by Doldrums]
2006-10-17: USA: Mother convicted of abuse in daughter’s botched piercing [by deadly pale]
2006-10-17: CA: Data, earnings concern drop Dow [by deadly pale]
2006-10-17: NH: Teen backs her mother at abuse trial [by deadly pale]
2006-10-17: UK: Full face transplant given go-ahead [by rebekah]
2006-10-17: AP Video: Tongue Piercing Report Finds Health Dangers [by rebekah]
2006-10-17: NJ: Jury selection gets under way in tattoo artist’s murder trial [by rebekah]

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World Record Piercing Attempt

Posted on October 17, 2006 by Shannon Larratt

Steven Deerwood (who got the piercings) and Jeremy “Jay” Van Wert at Body Matrix, Inc in Bemidji, MN recently did this Guiness attempt — in all they did 2,507 piercings in six hours and fifteen minutes. I’m still waiting for someone to crack the old [unofficial] Berkeley 5000 record, but two thousand five-hundred piercings in six hours is quite impressive!

Don’t slip!

Posted on October 17, 2006 by Shannon Larratt

BME slogan tattoo

Posted on October 17, 2006 by Shannon Larratt

Casketdreamer just got this slogan — “I never wanted to be different… I just wanted to be me” — done on her calves by Adam Burdine at Inkville in Las Vegas, NV. (See also: lots more BME tattoos)

Chemical Scarification

Posted on October 17, 2006 by Shannon Larratt

Probably the rarest form of scarification, chemical scarification (like in Fight Club), is something that I hardly ever get to see… These are self-done by Zav in Bendigo, Australia, using masking tape to mark off and isolate the area. Four layers of paint strippers were used to eat away the skin, waiting about fifteen minutes between each application. A bit of skin would peel off with no bleeding. Pain was minimal at first but became more painful in later applications. A leathery scab (which Zav describes as similar to dried rabit skin) formed, and in the oldest photo it’s at 25 days (so I suppose this is one of the more successful scarifications of this type that I’ve seen).