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SUBMITTER’S COMMENT: This was a random dude I had on facebook. Just the tip of the ice berg. He works in one of the worst shops in the city, and brags about doing the most “outrageous” work he can think of. He is very experienced and his work is sterile - but that’s about where the positives stop. He has a creative mind, but not even nearly enough knowledge on anatomy or body modification to utilise it. Other work of his includes corset piercings using CBR’s, multiple piercings crammed so close together they’ll never settle (we’re talking 6 in one case), nipple piercings intentionally done so deep they’re in the areola, piercing through the fatty part of a finger between the first two knuckles using a circular barbell… you get the idea. 

WHAT’S AWFUL: In this particular one, it’s GUM piercings. Through the gum between teeth. Common sense alone can point out how intensive the potential dental damage is. 

HOW IT CAN BE FIXED: Take it out. Never let him attempt his “creative” work on you again. Also go to a dentist to get whatever damage he’s already caused fixed.

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MODERATOR’S COMMENT:

Just gonna point out that a lot of corsets are done with CBRs by reputable piercers; they’re usually only meant to be temporary anyway, so it doesn’t really matter.

I know this subject is up for a lot of interpretation, whether you consider these things “awful mods” or just “different, possibly misunderstood mods.”

Here’s an article on trans-gum piercings by Shannon Larratt (who we all know is a proponent for different, possibly misunderstood mods)

- Hayley

Source: My own Facebook newsfeed of a guy in my year at school. Submitter Comment: Found the first beauty January 1st. This kid is down the drain a little (if you get what I mean) and is 16 years old. He attends an academic selective school. Now I may not be a pro with body modifications, but from reading this blog I know this isn’t right. He has multiple other piercings, including snake bites, tongue bar and a septum piercing - none done professionally. What’s Awful: He got his ears pierced. Three days later, he stretched to a 2 mil. 2 weeks later, he’s at an 8 mil. He has what seems like a plastic or acrylic taper in his ear. And in the left photo, he is asking his unlicensed, unprofessional friend to tattoo a minor without parental permission (which is illegal here (in Australia) and can result in gaol time) in most likely an unsanitary, dirty environment, stick and poke style. How it can be fixed: Well, honestly, get your head out of the gutter for starters and get educated. Take out the taper and let your ears heal before you do some permanent damage! Never go to an unlicensed tattooist, even if they are your “friend”. Save your money, go to someone who knows what they are doing and wait until you’re 18 or get parental permission. And never do your own piercings or get an unprofessional, unlicensed person to do them either!
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Source: My own Facebook newsfeed of a guy in my year at school.

Submitter Comment: Found the first beauty January 1st. This kid is down the drain a little (if you get what I mean) and is 16 years old. He attends an academic selective school. Now I may not be a pro with body modifications, but from reading this blog I know this isn’t right. He has multiple other piercings, including snake bites, tongue bar and a septum piercing - none done professionally.

What’s Awful: He got his ears pierced. Three days later, he stretched to a 2 mil. 2 weeks later, he’s at an 8 mil.

He has what seems like a plastic or acrylic taper in his ear.

And in the left photo, he is asking his unlicensed, unprofessional friend to tattoo a minor without parental permission (which is illegal here (in Australia) and can result in gaol time) in most likely an unsanitary, dirty environment, stick and poke style.

How it can be fixed: Well, honestly, get your head out of the gutter for starters and get educated.

Take out the taper and let your ears heal before you do some permanent damage!

Never go to an unlicensed tattooist, even if they are your “friend”. Save your money, go to someone who knows what they are doing and wait until you’re 18 or get parental permission.

And never do your own piercings or get an unprofessional, unlicensed person to do them either!

SUBMITTER COMMENT: This is my friend. And these are two of her 30 tattoos that her husband has done in his house. I’ve had other friends go to this man. He seriously  just does them in his living room. Which is carpeted. And is the least sanitary place I’ve ever seen. And this is the quality work he does. WHAT’S AWFUL: The line work. So uneven. Heavy in some areas. Just… bad design work. Bad everything. Seeing the tattoos this man does makes me cry. I judge my friends hard when they go to him. HOW IT CAN BE FIXED: Honestly, his “work” is covering a LOT of her body. She’s had a hell of a time trying to find someone to cover up the stuff on her. So yeah, I’d recommend laser removal.
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SUBMITTER COMMENT: This is my friend. And these are two of her 30 tattoos that her husband has done in his house. I’ve had other friends go to this man. He seriously  just does them in his living room. Which is carpeted. And is the least sanitary place I’ve ever seen. And this is the quality work he does.

WHAT’S AWFUL: The line work. So uneven. Heavy in some areas. Just… bad design work. Bad everything. Seeing the tattoos this man does makes me cry. I judge my friends hard when they go to him.

HOW IT CAN BE FIXED: Honestly, his “work” is covering a LOT of her body. She’s had a hell of a time trying to find someone to cover up the stuff on her. So yeah, I’d recommend laser removal.

Source: (https://fbcdn-sphotos-f-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn1/r90/63636_386587788102202_166873806_n.jpg) SUBMITTERS COMMENT: This is a classmates (barely 16 years old) tattoo, she got it for her birthday at a tattoo-shop, believe it or not, but as I see it, it turned out quite horrible. The owner and tattoo-artist that did this used to be good at what he do, but now all the work I have seen from him is terrible, and I can’t really understand why people go to him anymore, oh wait, perhaps because he tattoos minors… She is pleased with it though, and in the end I suppose that’s all that matters. Even though I find it awful and I’m sure many here will agree. WHAT’S AWFUL: The text can barely be understood, it took me several minutes to figure out what it actually said. It’s all smudgey, wonky, not even, the shadows are horrible and quite frankly it’s just poorly made. The fact that the tattoo-artist also is known for re-using needles etc and tattoos minors also shows us why it’s awful. I would suggest to do a cover up.
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SUBMITTERS COMMENT: This is a classmates (barely 16 years old) tattoo, she got it for her birthday at a tattoo-shop, believe it or not, but as I see it, it turned out quite horrible. The owner and tattoo-artist that did this used to be good at what he do, but now all the work I have seen from him is terrible, and I can’t really understand why people go to him anymore, oh wait, perhaps because he tattoos minors…

She is pleased with it though, and in the end I suppose that’s all that matters. Even though I find it awful and I’m sure many here will agree.

WHAT’S AWFUL: The text can barely be understood, it took me several minutes to figure out what it actually said. It’s all smudgey, wonky, not even, the shadows are horrible and quite frankly it’s just poorly made. The fact that the tattoo-artist also is known for re-using needles etc and tattoos minors also shows us why it’s awful. I would suggest to do a cover up.

Source: it’s a facebook ad that I screen-capped just now. Why it’s awful: well, apparently tattooing is just a game, and the ad suggests that playing the game makes you a tattoo artist. Why anyone would promote such a thing is beyond me…MODERATOR COMMENT:Honestly, I think you’re taking that a bit too literally. If people can’t separate video games from real life, there is a problem. Anyone who plays this game or those like it should know that it is JUST A GAME. I’ve played tattooing games on the internet before. It’s like an EXTREME COLORING BOOK and is kind of fun. Do I own or plan to own a “tattoo kit”? No. Because I can’t fucking draw, let alone tattoo and also don’t have anywhere near the proper set up for it. Lots of video games suggest that you are a gangster or a war hero or a fucking paladin, but are you? No. No you are probably not. And if you are, I doubt it was the videogame that turned you into a gangster, war hero, or paladin.   -Kat
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Source: it’s a facebook ad that I screen-capped just now.

Why it’s awful: well, apparently tattooing is just a game, and the ad suggests that playing the game makes you a tattoo artist. Why anyone would promote such a thing is beyond me…

MODERATOR COMMENT:
Honestly, I think you’re taking that a bit too literally. If people can’t separate video games from real life, there is a problem. Anyone who plays this game or those like it should know that it is JUST A GAME. I’ve played tattooing games on the internet before. It’s like an EXTREME COLORING BOOK and is kind of fun. Do I own or plan to own a “tattoo kit”? No. Because I can’t fucking draw, let alone tattoo and also don’t have anywhere near the proper set up for it. 

Lots of video games suggest that you are a gangster or a war hero or a fucking paladin, but are you? No. No you are probably not. And if you are, I doubt it was the videogame that turned you into a gangster, war hero, or paladin.  

-Kat

Bleeding barbie foot faux pas

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This is a great one from Facebook.

SUBMITTER’S COMMENT:  This here is a wonderful piece of home tattooing.  This person had a “shop” in Denver.  This may sound impressive until you realize how lax the mod laws are in denver.  Regardless of the easy going laws, the shop didn’t last long (shocker).  She was taught by her scratcher boyfriend.  Now without her shop, she continues to tattoo out of her house under unsanitary conditions (over carpet, food service gloves, no sterilizer, etc).  No knowledge of BBP’s when asked when she came in looking for a job.

WHAT’S AWFUL:  Well lets start with the lines.  Inconsistent depth, inconsistent line thickness.  If you can find a good line, you win a cookie. 

HOW IT CAN BE FIXED:  Well with any luck, over time the tattoo will just fall out from being on the bottom of a foot.  Alternatives would be to never take off your shoes.

Image Source SUBMITTER’S COMMENT: I found this post of my facebook feed, and it was titled “New years shenanigans”, so I believe it is safe to assume what happened to cause this. I found a tattoo artist from the area tagged in the photograph. WHAT’S AWFUL: Bad line work, bad ‘design’, bad technique. HOW IT CAN BE FIXED: A cover-up by a reputable tattoo artist or removal.
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SUBMITTER’S COMMENT: I found this post of my facebook feed, and it was titled “New years shenanigans”, so I believe it is safe to assume what happened to cause this. I found a tattoo artist from the area tagged in the photograph.

WHAT’S AWFUL: Bad line work, bad ‘design’, bad technique.

HOW IT CAN BE FIXED: A cover-up by a reputable tattoo artist or removal.

This isn’t a submission of an awful modification, but a question. So today I went to a shop to  get my septum done, they didn’t have any horse shoes so I went to where they get their jewelry and I got fifty percent off of the jewelry, and they took ten off of the regular price for the piercing which was thirty. I told him that I liked his, and to put it in the standard place, which is the sweet spot. It’s basically through the bottom of my nose. I’m really pissed. I thought it would be perfect considering there’s only one other shop here, and they do shitty  everything. They screwed up on my lip piercing and hit a blood vessel and it bruised up and didn’t stop bleeding until it was fully healed. My mom got her cartilage pierced there a long time ago, and it was fine. I was kind of nervous because once I told him where I wanted it, he just put the clamp on, didn’t mark it, and stuck the needle through before I even knew where the hell the placement was gonna be. It was like saying “It’s your piercing but I’m gonna do it wherever the fuck I want to.” I called him and he said it was the shops policy that he did it where I said, and as I said before i said standard piercing place. I think it’s  too far down, and I guess they’re going to redo it for free further back when it fully heals. I’m really pissed. ._. Do you guys think it’s too far down? ________________________________________ MODERATOR’S COMMENT: Yes, it’s too low. I would not go back to that shop, why do you think it’s going to be any better this time? There are so many red flags here. They didn’t have the jewelry you wanted, for one. What kind of shop doesn’t keep circular barbells in stock? And the fact that you could go pick up jewelry from their “supplier” hints that it’s probably not good jewelry, because they should be ordering jewelry wholesale from a reputable company. Not getting it from a retail shop. And the “it’s shop policy to place it there” thing is just an excuse. Piercers and piercees pick the placement, not the shop. He’s trying to make it out like it’s not his fault that you had a bad experience, and it is. Take it out, keep it clean, let it heal, and I STRONGLY advise you don’t go back there, even if it’s free. If you give us your location we can try to locate a good piercer for you. I’m sorry you had such a bad experience. :( I hope it heals up quick and easy. - Hayley
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This isn’t a submission of an awful modification, but a question.

So today I went to a shop to  get my septum done, they didn’t have any horse shoes so I went to where they get their jewelry and I got fifty percent off of the jewelry, and they took ten off of the regular price for the piercing which was thirty. I told him that I liked his, and to put it in the standard place, which is the sweet spot. It’s basically through the bottom of my nose. I’m really pissed. I thought it would be perfect considering there’s only one other shop here, and they do shitty  everything. They screwed up on my lip piercing and hit a blood vessel and it bruised up and didn’t stop bleeding until it was fully healed. My mom got her cartilage pierced there a long time ago, and it was fine. I was kind of nervous because once I told him where I wanted it, he just put the clamp on, didn’t mark it, and stuck the needle through before I even knew where the hell the placement was gonna be. It was like saying “It’s your piercing but I’m gonna do it wherever the fuck I want to.” I called him and he said it was the shops policy that he did it where I said, and as I said before i said standard piercing place. I think it’s  too far down, and I guess they’re going to redo it for free further back when it fully heals. I’m really pissed. ._. Do you guys think it’s too far down?

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Yes, it’s too low. I would not go back to that shop, why do you think it’s going to be any better this time? There are so many red flags here.

They didn’t have the jewelry you wanted, for one. What kind of shop doesn’t keep circular barbells in stock? And the fact that you could go pick up jewelry from their “supplier” hints that it’s probably not good jewelry, because they should be ordering jewelry wholesale from a reputable company. Not getting it from a retail shop. And the “it’s shop policy to place it there” thing is just an excuse. Piercers and piercees pick the placement, not the shop. He’s trying to make it out like it’s not his fault that you had a bad experience, and it is.

Take it out, keep it clean, let it heal, and I STRONGLY advise you don’t go back there, even if it’s free. If you give us your location we can try to locate a good piercer for you.

I’m sorry you had such a bad experience. :( I hope it heals up quick and easy.

- Hayley

Stick and poke

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SUBMITTER’S COMMENT: I found this on a tattoo tag. The person said that they had a friend stick and poke them using India Ink and this was the result…

WHAT’S AWFUL: Allowing someone to stick and poke you, probably with an unsanitary sewing needle or un-sterilized piercing needle.

HOW IT CAN BE FIXED: Well thats an obvious infection…go see a doctor IMMEDIATELY.