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Friends at the beach
You know, I see movies like City of God make Rio de Janeiro look pretty frightening, but then I get these pictures from Freakboy in Sao Paulo, and my desire to go to Brasil again overwelms any fear of being murdered. Click through for a second photo.
Chain Link Piercings Gone Bad (Well, Duh!)
So the fifteen year old DIY-piercer in this photo came in to Color Works in West Des Moines, Iowa with their mother after their doctor refused to help with the problem he’d caused. He’d decided to do the piercings himself — a pair of lip rings and a septum — using, and I kid you not, pieces of chain link that he’d clipped off with wire cutters. They weren’t pierced in place — they were just “crushed” in place with a pair of pliers and brutally crimped into his flesh!
Evan removed them (and one was even rusted), cleaned him up, and told him to go back to the doctor. While Evan was dealing with the problem, the kid refused to stop touching the problem areas no matter how much he was told, and his mother let his four little brothers and sisters come running into the piercing room from the lobby, upon which the one kid immediately starts going through the garbage. Jarret (who took the photos) got them under control as the mother told him about how she’d tried to cut the piercings out with scissors. Darwin Award anyone?
Seriously, this is why in my opinion laws need to allow young people to get body piercings. “18+” and “16+” laws do nothing but hurt young people. Doctors don’t give a fuck and don’t know what they’re talking about most of the time and are so constrained by liability insurance that they often can’t help even if they want to, parents are clueless, and there are plenty of fly-by-night shops and nomadic piercers willing to abuse pierce kids anyway… High quality shops need to be accessible to people of all ages, because the fact is, people of all ages want piercings, and they’ll get them one way or another.
Polymethyl methacrylate reaction
One of the most common and least expensive kind of jewelry is acrylic plugs (ie. “Lucite”, “Plexiglas”, etc.). In general it’s quite biocompatible (some contact lenses are made of it, dentures can be made of it, as can some types of bone cement)… That said, some people do react — James Raimar (Holey Body, Saginaw MI) sends in this shot of someone who came into his shop seeking help due to their body not liking the plastic jewelry one bit! He’s seen enough of these reactions that he recommends avoiding it.
Cleavage Piercing
By Sarah at Slick Styled Steel in Montreal.
Nina Kulagina’s Secrets
You know, as problematic and non-longerm-viable as they are, magnetic implants are really one of the coolest modifications that have come along in the last decade. Here’s Jymmi‘s magnets by Steve Haworth (who has decided to call his new blog “ModBlog”, so I should mention that they’re not related sites other than in subject) at about five months old, showing off their strength…
See also: my magnetic implants and their removal.
Bowtie Tattoo
Rob Hudson from Heritage Tattoo Company in Stephens City, VA, writes, “This is Allen Danger Michael — he’s dressed for every occasion!” What’s next? Tattooed tuxedo shirts? Hahaha, I am so happy that people have a sense of humor about their lives. The world would suck if everyone was snobby about their tattoos.
“Knit ’till you die!!!”
“Bonnie” (who pierces and tattoos at Body Art Tattoo in Plattsburgh, NY), who describes her life as “I read and knit. I am a nerd. This is me.” Doesn’t sound too bad! Anyway, she just had this great tattoo started by Ian “Jonzey” Jones at Ink Monkey in Venice, CA.
See also: Craft-themed Tattoo, Hairdresser Tattoo.
BME Newsfeed for Mar 11, 2007
- 2007-03-11: PA: Bucks grandmother’s tattoo tapestry garners her award [by Eyeball Kid]
- 2007-03-11: AL: Auburn Ink [by Ribibe]
- 2007-03-11: PA: Bucks grandmother’s tattoo tapestry garners her award [by Ribibe]
- 2007-03-11: UAE: Lack of regulations forces tattoo artists underground [by Ribibe]
- 2007-03-11: MN: Minnesota Senate / Body piercing legislation progresses [by Eyeball Kid]
- 2007-03-11: NJ: Tattoo leads to arrest in 30-year-old robbery [by alienated_shorty]
- 2007-03-11: PA: Grandmother’s tattoo tapestry garners her award [by alienated_shorty]
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BME Newsfeed for Mar 10, 2007
- 2007-03-10: IL: In Show Of Support, Group Gets Misspelled Tattoos [by Eyeball Kid]
- 2007-03-10: Malawi: Society: The tattoo craze [by Ribibe]
- 2007-03-10: UK: Tattoo long in rehab [by Ribibe]
- 2007-03-10: NJ: Tattoo trips up fugitive after 30 years on the run [by Ribibe]
- 2007-03-10: UK: Marked for death: where tattoos are a barcode on lost relatives [by Ribibe]
- 2007-03-10: Germany: Stern-Motive der Tattoo-Trend 2007 [by deadly pale]
- 2007-03-10: Dubai: Tattoos and piercings get a cautious approach [by Eyeball Kid]
- 2007-03-10: Switzerland: The Symbolism Of Male Ear Piercing [by Eyeball Kid]
- 2007-03-10: OH: More ads getting tattooed [by Eyeball Kid]
- 2007-03-10: IL: Tat’s right: Sisco a dominator [by Ribibe]
- 2007-03-10: IL: More ads getting tattooed [by Ribibe]
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