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Body Modifications
Body Modifications
“People Will Talk”
The double-page ad below appeared in this week's New Yorker and is getting lots of attention from blogs.
The model in the ad is transgender queen Amanda Lepore. According to Adrants she "had her first cosmetic surgery at age 15, decided to have a sex change in high school, led a failed suburban housewife life and then hit New York for fame and fortune." You can check out her website (in places NSFW).
The ad definitely makes you look, but would it make you buy a Jawbone Bluetooth headset?
Posted By: Alex - Thu Aug 28, 2008 -
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Category: Body Modifications, Advertising
Wire Woman
During the first week wires kept falling off from her body and were gone. A month later, the wires grew back again and from that time onward the wires did not fall. They kept growing! One of her sisters said that she tried to help by trimming the wires. Alas, whenever she trimmed the wires, the wire retreated as if it were hiding and then popped up in another part of Noorsyaidah’s body.
And we've got video of wire woman:
If these "wires" are more like bony growths, then it might be a real medical condition. But if the wires are actually metal, then it's b.s.
Posted By: Alex - Wed Aug 27, 2008 -
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Category: Body Modifications, Medicine, Unsolved Mysteries
Ouch!
I sat there holding his foot in my hand, and noticed there was NO BLOOD... not even a drop coming out of either of the holes...and I wasn't prepared to open up an artery on the playroom floor. So I realized I would just have to calm him (and myself) down and wait for the EMTs to arrive. I could hear my hubby on the phone downstairs with 911 yelling up to me "Don't pull it out! Don't pull it out!" I said, "Okay...I'm not going to... get the camera".
Happily the pencil was safely removed, and it seems there's no permanent damage
Posted By: Alex - Wed Aug 27, 2008 -
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Category: Body Modifications
Buddhist relic
Posted By: Paul - Tue Aug 26, 2008 -
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Category: Body Modifications, Death, Fads, History, Historical Figure, Human Marvels, Religion, War, Foreign Customs, 1960s
The Weirdest Tattoos
Posted By: Paul - Wed Aug 20, 2008 -
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Category: Body Modifications, Tattoos, Stupidity, Books
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