We’re the world’s most extreme body-modifiers – from chopping our noses to spending thousands tattooing our WHOLE bodies
THE world’s most extreme body modifiers are on a mission to completely change their bodies.
From chopping off their noses, to adding fangs to their teeth and even tusks to their faces, the goal is to look unrecognizable.
Some have their eyeballs tattooed, others have split tongues and even scars done on purpose for cosmetic reasons.
Tattoo artist Michela Bottin-Ackerman, 32, has tattooed 95 percent of her body – with 75 percent covered in black ink.
The New Yorker, who got her first tattoo as a teenager, started with cartoon and animal-inspired body art before filling larger portions of her body with black ink.
She says her addiction wants to erase superficial mind frames and her habit fuelled by not wanting to be known as the “pretty girl.”
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Michela said: “I was kind of the normal, good looking girl, the way it got to be like this is because I want to kind of erase that beauty.”
She also has scarification – permanent markings done by cutting the skin – on her face and her arm, and also has the tongue split as well as tattooed eyes, and she recently pointed out her ears.
Kierstyn Milligan, from Houston, Texas, has spent tens more than $30,000 on extreme body modifications, including eyeball tattoos.
The 22-year-old, who earns a fortune on OnlyFans thanks to her unique look, also has fang implants in her teeth, as well as piercings in her nipple, tongue, both nostrils and bridge of her nose.
“I always knew I wanted to look like this, I have had this vision in my head since I was young and have finally fulfilled it,” Kiersyn said.
One tattoo fan made his body modifications stand out by inking his face and even his eyeballs in a bid to become a human puzzle.
The extreme body modification artist from Germany, known only by his Instagram handle “Black Depression,” has also had his teeth crowned in titanium.
He has also had chunks of his ear cartilage removed, both earlobes and nostrils pierced and stretched, and has inked the whites of his eyeballs with a jet black shade.
“Body modification has fascinated me for many years. I can do my individual thing, not the same as what others do,” he said.
Another tattoo enthusiast went as far as chopping off his nose to alter his look.
Michel Faro do Prado, 44, from São Paulo, can be seen in pictures sporting tattoos, piercings, and a hole in the middle of his face where his nose used to be.
He also enlisted a dentist to have his teeth sharpened and given a fang-like appearance.
Fangs seem to be a popular modification for body art enthusiasts, and one man went even farther, getting himself two giant tusks.
Tattoo artist Orc, 41, had giant tusks attached to his bottom row teeth.
He has got eight piercings under his skin, his tongue split and his eyeballs tattooed; about 80 percent of his body is covered in tattoos.
The tattoo artist said: “I am trying to be myself, these are just my ideas, my inspirations coming from the heart.
“I am not inspired by anyone.”
One rapper took face modification even further, by ripping the flesh off his face to give himself a “demon smile.”
Renato de Santa, from Brazil, has had swathes of his flesh peeled back between the corners of his mouth and ears.
“My new scarification is inspired by the Japanese legend of Kuchisake-onna – the woman with the cut mouth,” de Santa said.
The rapper also has implants under his skin to give him horns, dyed black-black eyeballs, a bifurcated tongue and the number “666” carved into his head.
For some, body modification is a couples activity.
One of these couples reportedly tie themselves together with hoodie strings through their noses to show their love.
A photo posted on Reddit shows the couple lying face-to-face with the man holding the string that has been threaded first through his nose and then hers.
The woman, who goes by the name devotchka666, has also posted a video on Tik Tok showing her threading a piece of string through their noses.
At the end, she ties a knot as the couple laugh and turn to face the camera.
Despite the unique method of expressing their love, the couple still have a way to go to match Victor and Gabriela Peralta.
They hold the world record for having the most number of body modifications, with 84 between them.
Combined they have 50 piercings, eight microdermals, 14 body implants, five dental implants, four ear expanders, two ear bolts, and one forked tongue.
Victor began altering his physical appearance in 2009 and now calls himself now refers to himself as the “beautiful monster”.
That’s because in total, 95 per cent of his body including his eyeballs and the top of his penis, is completely covered in tats.
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