13 Incredibly WTF Body Modifications
Again and again, human beings have shown off their willingness to pierce, poke and alter every facet of their bodies. Currently, tattoos and certain piercings are seen as utterly socially acceptable, and no-one blinks twice if your barista has 8 earrings and full sleeve tattoos. But some people take it to the next level, with bodymods that stretch belief and might fire up your gag reflex. Here are 13 of the craziest body mods (which don’t involve genitalia, because that would just be too easy).
13. Black Light Tattoo
So what do you do if you want a tattoo but you don’t want it to be highly visible? If you’re a normal person, you get it put somewhere discreet, and it’s not an issue. If you’re someone who tends to hang around places where the music repetitively goes oons-oons-oons, and look fondly back on the 90s, then you get a black light tattoo. Much as the name suggests, black light tattoos only show up under black light, meaning they look like a very faint scar most of the time. However, once you get into the club with the rest of your raver friends, the ink glows. It’s a cool effect, but I wonder if the glow degrades over time.
12. Corset Piercing
This bodymod is high on the list because, well, because it’s actually kinda hot. Two rows of piercings run down the back, and then a piece of ribbon is threaded through them. This duplicates the look of the ties on a corset, which has definite aesthetic appeal. Which is doubtless boosted by its usual appearance on the backs of young, attractive women. The downside? Whenever I see one, I just get a horrible mental image of someone ripping the whole thing out.
11. Implanted Magnets
Another one that’s kinda cool. Implanting magnets under your skin, which not only lets you pick up metal objects, but gives you a minor 6th sense. Reportedly, once you’ve implanted the small and powerful objects, you can detect live wires, feel your hard drive spin up, or sense security systems. The magnets are implanted into your fingertip, and when you cross a magnetic field they oscillate slightly, creating a buzzing sensation. As far as bodymods go, it’s a fair bit more practical than most. The downside? The silicon sleeve used to separate your body from the magnet has a tendency to rupture, which leads to the magnet breaking down.
10. The Giant Labret
The labret is a fairly common piercing, one which is beneath your lower lip, and is often seen as a stud or spike. It’s remarkably common, and you probably know someone who has one. So what happens when someone does to the labret piercing as they do to their ears, and start to stretch the hole. And, after it gets big enough, they stick a clear plastic plug in it. You get an unparalleled look at the persons gumline, and I’m sure more than just a couple of really, really odd glances. Looking at that, and seeing how much it alters the shape of the lower lip, you have to wonder if it makes eating difficult.
9. Microdermal Implants
So you want a piece of metal sticking straight out of your body? But you don’t want to shove a piece of metal deep into your muscle structure? Well, lucky for you, there’s a middle-ground. A microdermal implant sticks a small L-shaped bracket into your skin, which leaves just a tiny stud of metal protruding. With this hook, you can stick on all types of studs, jewels, and various spikey shaped things. As far as implants go, it’s relatively non-invasive, and won’t go too deep. You’re still sticking hooks under your skin though.
8. Ear Spiking
There are only two types of people who would get their ears modified to look like this: hardcore fantasy fans, or hardcore Star Trek fans. Neither of whom are usually the primary demographic for extensive body modification, especially ones that involve removing large chunks of flesh. But I’m not one to judge. So if you’re of the type where you think your life would be immeasurably improved by having ears that come to a sharp point, then maybe this is for you. So how is this achieved? Well, you take your ear, carve a wedge of flesh and cartilage out of it and then strap it back together. You keep it bandaged that way for some time, until it heals enough that it won’t rip itself to shreds as soon it becomes unstrapped. Then you have a spiky set of ears!
7. Scarification
Scarification scares me more than almost anything else, but mostly because I find the results oddly attractive. What happens with this procedure, is that you peel off large sections of someone skin in a specific pattern, revealing the tissue beneath. Once this area heals, it will cover with scar tissue, which will be a different color and texture from the surrounding skin. As crazy and gruesome as this is, some people take it a step further, and deliberately aggravate the wound, preventing it from healing normally. This causes greater swelling in the scar tissue, and creates more defined results. The whole process is extremely bloody, and looks more painful than I care to fathom. But I kinda think it looks hot.
6. Saline Inflation
So you want giant lumpy bits added to your body, but don’t want them to be permanent? You still want to look like you got stung by some sort of mutant bee, and have swelling that would make any sane doctor run in terror? Well, how about injecting large amounts of saline solution into your face, and then making divots with your thumb on it? All the cool Japanese are doing it! Now, I would like to digress here for a second, and mention that there’s an entire group of people who like doing this exact same thing, but to their testicles. Seeing as we’re trying to keep this list at least vaguely PG-13, we won’t show any of the images, but it’s pretty horrific. At least saline inflations disappear after a while…
5. Subdermal Implants
But subdermal implants are here to stay! A subdermal implant involves inserting a large object under the skin, and then leaving it to heal. The shape of implant then shows through the skin, creating a raised and slightly terrifying resulting effect. It’s not often in life you’ll run into someone with devil horns or detailed beaded patterns protruding under their skin, and it’s certainly a dramatic look. Subdermal implants are still rare enough that you’ll probably face a fair amount of social ostracization because of it, but hey, what price is art?
4. Suspension
Suspension isn’t so much a single modification, as a religious experience associated with the bodymod world. People who are into suspension literally hang themselves off hooks, usually through the skin of their back. The hooks are inserted just prior to the act itself, meaning the piercings are always fresh, and the person is hoisted up. The hooks must be carefully placed, taking into account the weight of the subject, and their skin’s strength, because if there aren’t a sufficient number of the piercings, then the skin won’t take the weight, and will rip out.
Suspension is never undertaken with anesthesia, as the practitioners feel this would diminish the importance of the act. It’s an intensely spiritual performance for most people, who see it as a form of meditation. Me, I’m just terrified of the whole concept!
3. Split Tongue
You know how snakes have split tongues. Do you want one? Do you yearn with the desire to separately control the left and right halves of your tongue? To slither them around various objects, and creep people out? To give the heebie-jeebies to the general populace? All you have to do is split your tongue down the middle—known as bifurcation—and then stitch it up again to let it heal. In doing so, you’ll get the tool you’ve always wanted to strike fear into the hearts of children.
2. Burning
So, remember when I talked about how scarification could have visually impressive results? Well, what happens when you take that process, remove any chance of it looking good, and add an even stronger undercurrent of self harm? Welcome to the world of self-inflicted burn wounds. The image above was done by cigarette. Slowly. And repeatedly. Over the course of a long, long time. That’s right, it says “love hurts”. And it’s almost entirely illegible. That’s just screwed up.
1. Eye Tattoos
AAAHH! AAAAH! AAAAAAAH! WHY WOULD YOU DO THAT! Holy crap, that’s just screwed up! That’s right, these folks are getting tattoo ink injected into their eyeballs, effectively dying it blue. There is only one situation where I want to see someone with all-blue eyes, and that’s if they’re Fremen. Apparently getting the ink shoved into your eyeball is relatively painless, but I don’t care. That’s just weird, creepy, nasty and all around unpleasant. Some people can’t stand the idea of having anything near their eyes. Think about them, not look at that needle. Hell, I went through LASIK surgery, I’ve had weird things done to my orbs. But this? This is just gross.
Written by Tim on February 8th, 2010 | Tagged as: Popular Culture
On February 8th 2010, RihaNay wrote:
I am terrified and speechless!
On February 8th 2010, Me First wrote:
Me First, Ha Ha!
On February 8th 2010, Laura Lace wrote:
I think tattoo eye boy should have cleaned and sanitized his freaking fingernails first…
On February 9th 2010, Blake wrote:
My roommate has had the magnets done. As you said, they don't last very long. Nobody has found a coating that will stay on the magnet inside your body without destroying its magnetic properties during application.
The corset piercing is a play piercing. You don't leave them in for more than a few hours.
Lots of my friends are into suspension. We actually held one in my back yard last year… Neighbors haven't been very friendly since then… :D
On February 9th 2010, RL wrote:
I find this infinitely less odd than the THOUSANDS of women who have enormous, cartoonish breast implants, duck-bill lip injections and one of the two styles of noses available through plastic surgery. None of this seems as silly as the bird-dropping look of the white "highlights" every trendy woman gets and thinks looks "natural"…I can easily forget any woman who looks exactly as desperately fake as the next…but a woman who's curves hide the subtle ridges of a beautiful pattern of scars, metal and ink will always make me want to discover more!
PLEASE ladies, take a cue from these people…stop trying to look like you rolled off a factory line and be the kind of woman that wont EVER be forgotten!
On February 9th 2010, niceguyted wrote:
I'd be down for the scarification. I gave some serious thought to some back-piercings (once upon a time), but figured there's no way I'd get rings in my shoulder blades and NOT get hung at parties for fun. That seemed a little toolish, so I ixnayed the whole idea.
PS: the corset thing = HOT.
On February 9th 2010, hhmmm wrote:
this stuff is scary and gives me a stomach ache. i don't get why people resort to doing such unnatural and potentially dangerous- (health risks?) things to their bodies.
On February 9th 2010, Grog wrote:
This is awesome. It makes it so much easier to identify idiots without having to talk to them.
On February 9th 2010, Terri wrote:
These are as dumb as breast implants. Disgusted too. They go and do this, then they'll be the ones who bitch and complain about people staring at them.
On February 9th 2010, Shelly Smellyfinger wrote:
13) kinda cool
12)this says to me that my daddy did not pay enough attention to me so I now need to look like the front of a boot.
11)some practicality
10)at least he can suck dick without opening his mouth now
9)I have no problem with gay people, but this guy is a pole smoker
8)too much star trek
7)no worse than tattoos, but a math formula, fucking dork
6) why would you implant a doughnut into your head, unless you needed a recepticle for your boyfriend to jack off into
5) These are the kind of people that get caught banging farmer brown's horses.
4) someone get a bat its a pinata
3)definately wants to wrap his tongue around a cock
2)first of all seek therapy, second of all the freckles on his arm say that he is a GInger, Gingers burn in sunlight because they have no soles.
1) This guy is a crack addict, he is probally so use to taking white shit in his eyes from his boy friend that any blue shit probally would not hurt.
On February 9th 2010, Julia wrote:
Horrible!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
On February 10th 2010, Stephanie wrote:
some of the body modifications are in good taste the "suface piercing" are not meant to stay in all the time. the other modifications are a cry of bordem and a cry to shock and awww other people but yes like the other person said "these are the types of people that would be pissed off if you stare at them"! i have alot of tattoos and piercings that dont make me look like a freak,they are placed where they accentuate me not make me look like im crying for attention! but when it come down to it – "for each his own"!
On February 10th 2010, marcus wrote:
Please tell me it was all done with Photoshop
On February 10th 2010, tusahr wrote:
i am about to vomittt!!!
On February 10th 2010, kc wrote:
it's actually rather funny that people think they have the right to come on the internet and judge and laugh and mock other people because of what they choose to do with their body.
"it's a cry for help"/"daddy didnt love them enough" : it's not just because they find it aesthetically attractive, no? oh, yeah, you must be right but sorry – did your daddy not give you enough love either? is that why you can recognize and relate, and why you go on the internet and post to get some attention for yourself?
go fuck a duck and jump off your pedestal you snobby fuckers.
On February 10th 2010, Manu wrote:
I Love that !
This is my body and I make modification like I want, that all !
On February 10th 2010, Shelly Smellyfinger wrote:
sounds like KC has a body modification, perhaps number 6
On February 10th 2010, jesse wrote:
hey does anyone know how long the magnet implant thing lasts??? it totally want that, who does that, tattoo shops? im a mechanic and it would be F-ING AWESOME to be able to pick up bolts and sense electronic fields.
On February 11th 2010, nick wrote:
@blake, thats bs. magnets can last longer then will live.
@jesse google Steve Haworth, he is your magnet implant man. He resides on the west coast but does a fare bit of traveling.
I also have transdermal+subdermal implants, tongue split and some scarification as well as having done several suspension. Plus I lead a normal corporate worker life where almost no one knows of any of my body mod life.
But this article skipped out on rfid implants, which never get the play they deserve in the bodymod scene. And is one of my favorites.
tongue split is by far the best mod I have had done though and recommend it to anyone who is looking for one solid harder body mod.
On February 11th 2010, CEPbIY wrote:
Stupids without any brain!!!!!
Мозгами выделяться надо, дебилы!
On February 11th 2010, Typo Tat wrote:
Oh my. Most of those mods look quite painful and unattractive. The one exception is that black light tattoo – it looks pretty cool.
On February 12th 2010, ELENA wrote:
well i think the only one i like is tha black light tattoo,and its weird that dose people enjoy all that,but its ok,i think its better than enjoy killing people,much better….
On February 12th 2010, T123 wrote:
dirt under fingernails of the lad at the last picture is absolutely disgusting…
On February 19th 2010, Blake wrote:
@nick
Rare earth magnets lose their magnetic properties when exposed to high heat. Don't believe me? Go google for 'rare earth magnet heat'.
The process of sterilizing the implant usually involves high heat in an autoclave. Also if you want to coat them in some sort of metal in the hopes that they won't break apart and poison you, then that also involves high heat.
My roommate had his for about a year. The coating dissolved and the magnet broke apart. His piercer had to dig around for the pieces.
On February 20th 2010, kit b wrote:
OMG
On February 21st 2010, Anymoose wrote:
Wouldn't is just be simpler and cheaper to just wear a sign that says, "Loser"?
On February 21st 2010, Hahaha. wrote:
Ahahahahah! Gahahah! Haha. Ha.
It's funny that everyone seems to think that anything that doesn't appeal to them can't possibly appeal to anyone else, except to total retards and failures. I laugh at the internet's lack of tolerance, however pathetic.
Hahaha. Internet.
On February 28th 2010, Abby wrote:
This is just WORG!!! Cu-Cu!! yo le llamo Simplemente "Complejo de Atención"
On March 1st 2010, Nadz wrote:
the first one is kinda cool, everything else— f**cking disgusting!!!
On April 9th 2010, eatafishhook4satan wrote:
"Well, Sir, though you do have an impressive resume, we ummm uhhh feel that you wouldn't be quite a good fit within our company."
Thank God they only come out at night; they'd scare the kids.
On April 10th 2010, Dragua wrote:
I would really like to know, where do these people work? And if they ever got fired or laid off? Where do they think they'll get jobs besides a piericing/tattoo parlor and not all the people who have extensive mods can all work at tatto parlors.
On April 19th 2010, Leslie wrote:
i'm all for people expressing themselves in what ever way they see fit. but my question is this…what about in the future when these people are old and have to explain these mods to their grandchildren? what about when these people are in the nursing home and have to be taken care of (in every way) by nurses and orderlies? is this body what they're gonna want people to see 60 years from now?
On April 19th 2010, Modified wrote:
You all are a bunch of MORONS. Not everyone likes the same thing that you do. People have their own minds. What you think is disgusting, other's find beautiful. Why don't you try to live a little and understand that the whole world is full of diverse people and different cultures. Nobody looks the same. So to the people that are saying things like "loser, freak, disgusting, ugly" and other such things, I truly feel sorry for you. Your ignorance is fucking pathetic. You are the losers for being so close minded. Oh and the "what about when you're 60" question gets really old, really fast. First of all, in this day and age, nearly EVERYONE is modified no matter how much or how little. Getting your ears pierced is modifying your body. Almost everyone has a tattoo or more these days. By the time I'm 60, there will be a whole bunch of little old tattooed and pierced ladies running around. OR maybe I won't live to be 60, hahaha. Either way, stop judging people you don't know. You'd be surprised to find that most heavily modified people are incredibly intelligent. Grow up.
On April 19th 2010, Modified wrote:
Oh and one more thing, this "where do people draw the line" question is also really fucking ignorant. People set their own standards as to what is enough and what isn't. For people that accept body modification as their lifestyle, there is no line that we draw. We understand that people will look and stare and even make snide comments, but sometimes people are so fucking stupid and rude that we have to defend ourselves. Just like anybody else would. We don't do what we do for shock value, or because our "daddys didn't love us". We do it because it's what we think is beautiful. And there are a multitude of people that do it for even religious reasons. As far as most people go, these things are done in a sterile enviornment with sterile jewelry/tools. We don't hang from "meat hooks". They're called suspensions and pulls, google it. Who are you to assume why people do what they do? Why do you color your hair? Why do you tan? Why do you work out? Huh? Is it because your parents didn't love you? Is it because you want attention or do you do it for shock value? You all are a sad group of people.
On September 8th 2010, jesus loves you wrote:
i am a devoted catholic and have worked as a priest for 15 years now. i have 146 piercings and 14 tattoos but im at peace with the lord and myself. “TO BE OR NOT TO BE THAT IS THE QUESTION” jesus said this to moses because he wanted people to follow his of socially inept body modificator crew. I LOVE YO ALL. especially kids.
On September 29th 2010, spikey wrote:
im one crazy dues tattoos an piercings .. but these pll are sick
On October 18th 2010, Jim Fowler wrote:
I am 65 with no tattoos or piercings, etc but I am and have always been in awe of individuals who use their bodies as canvases for art and use their lives to bend the rules that keep society gray and faceless. Hooray for counterculture heroes, even the scary looking ones…
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