“Healthy” Magnetic Implant Removed

The waste material you see below is all that was left of a magnet that had been in place for quite a while that was removed as part of testing — James Wisniewski, who removed the implant, writes,

“These are the remains of a single magnet implanted in a finger tip. The magnet has broken down, but left the surrounding tissue intact. This magnet was in for over eight months and there were no visible signs indicating any problem with the magnet. The removal was to check on the condition of these experimental magnets along with the interior pocket of tissue which it sat in.”

I’ll say again: the functional effects of the magnetic implants are absolutely wonderful, but their current stability and safety level is far from making them acceptable for general use in my opinion.

Brand New Bag

Grey brands his scrotum with the three best letters in the alphabet – Adults only!

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Here’s what I used to brand my squishies (available from steakbrands.com), they’re about the size of a dime and you can heat them really quickly with an ordinary cigarette lighter. It’s really not healed/visible yet, but I’m going to leave it a few months and try again. I enjoyed doing it and would love it to look really good!”

Tongue Splitting is Bloody Fun

Emil just got his tongue split by Poal Pedersén at Anatomorph in Malmö, Sweden. I know it looks bloody, but I’m actually always surprised at just how little the majority of tongue splits bleed. Either way, this continues to be one of my favorite body modifications, and of all heavy modifications, perhaps the one with the highest “satisfaction” rating from people who get it.

Transdermals can be trouble

An active lifestyle will probably make your life longer, but the counterpoint is that it’ll make your piercings’ and implants’ lives shorterTiff says that’s exactly what led to the demise of her paired transdermals — you can see how far they’d rejected in the first two shots. Tom Brazda (TomBrazda.com — he also removed my magnets) removed them for her while he was guest spotting at Eternal Ink in Sheffield, UK.