Implants
There are many kinds of implants, but all are either partially or completely implanted in the skin. Sub dermal implants are beneath the skin to create a raised design, such as the now popular horns, or a heart. Some sub dermal implants aren't raised, some are magnets, and now you can even get an implant on the white of your eye.
With Dermal implants part of the jewelry is inserted into an incision made and the skin is allowed to grow and heal around it so that there is a decorative piece staying above the skin.
There are many kinds of implants, but all are either partially or completely implanted in the skin. Sub dermal implants are beneath the skin to create a raised design, such as the now popular horns, or a heart. Some sub dermal implants aren't raised, some are magnets, and now you can even get an implant on the white of your eye.
With Dermal implants part of the jewelry is inserted into an incision made and the skin is allowed to grow and heal around it so that there is a decorative piece staying above the skin.
Branding
A brand is burning the skin into a desired design, not the most popular, but still popular in the body modification world. It creates a raised scar that reflects the design burned into the skin.
A brand is burning the skin into a desired design, not the most popular, but still popular in the body modification world. It creates a raised scar that reflects the design burned into the skin.
Scarification
Scarification is done by cutting the skin of a particular area, or using a laser to burn it into the skin, in a particular desired design. More popular than branding, but still not nearly as popular as the traditional tattoo. Like branding, this forms a scar in a design, usually raised. Often scarification is put on top of tattoo "black work" which is just a black tattooed area, and the scar comes out the color of skin, or red, (depending on your body)
Scarification is done by cutting the skin of a particular area, or using a laser to burn it into the skin, in a particular desired design. More popular than branding, but still not nearly as popular as the traditional tattoo. Like branding, this forms a scar in a design, usually raised. Often scarification is put on top of tattoo "black work" which is just a black tattooed area, and the scar comes out the color of skin, or red, (depending on your body)
Suspension
This is a non-permanent experience in which someone hangs from hooks, the hooks are placed through temporary surface piercings, and the person hangs suspended above the ground, sometimes being moved, supported by their own skin, many people consider it a spiritual experience.
This is a non-permanent experience in which someone hangs from hooks, the hooks are placed through temporary surface piercings, and the person hangs suspended above the ground, sometimes being moved, supported by their own skin, many people consider it a spiritual experience.
Tongue Splitting
Tongue splitting is most popular among the more extreme modifiers. It is a procedure in which the tongue is cut down the middle, therefore "splitting" the two sides of the muscle. The tongue bleeds excessively so this is a bloody procedure, still taboo in our culture, but the modification, like many others is becoming more popular in our culture. Many people, before having their tongue split will have it pierced and stretch it up to a 2g so that scar tissue has formed at the tip of the split, because in some cases the tongue will heal back together, up to an inch down the split.
Tongue splitting is most popular among the more extreme modifiers. It is a procedure in which the tongue is cut down the middle, therefore "splitting" the two sides of the muscle. The tongue bleeds excessively so this is a bloody procedure, still taboo in our culture, but the modification, like many others is becoming more popular in our culture. Many people, before having their tongue split will have it pierced and stretch it up to a 2g so that scar tissue has formed at the tip of the split, because in some cases the tongue will heal back together, up to an inch down the split.
Corset piercings
Corset piercings are a recent trend, a modification in which the skin is pierced bilaterally and a ribbon is wound through the piercings, due to the fact that they are surface piercings, they fall out and sometimes have to be removed, they are not intended to be permanent. While beautiful, and done much like a regular piercing, these are considered extreme because one can sit through up to an hour of piercing, only to have it last for a few weeks.
Corset piercings are a recent trend, a modification in which the skin is pierced bilaterally and a ribbon is wound through the piercings, due to the fact that they are surface piercings, they fall out and sometimes have to be removed, they are not intended to be permanent. While beautiful, and done much like a regular piercing, these are considered extreme because one can sit through up to an hour of piercing, only to have it last for a few weeks.