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Steve Haworth, Extreme Body Modification Artist: 3D subdermals, magnetic implants & metal Mohawks.

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Split snake tongues, star-shaped subdermal implants… welcome to the visionary world of extreme body modifications. I had the honor of chatting with revered body mod artist, Steve Haworth, at his home in Phoneix AZ. The interview’s up on Huffington Post; please check it out! I’d love to hear what you think of my writing.

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“Let me show you something,” says Steve Haworth. Grinning like a kid, he places a small magnetic ball on the tip of his right ring finger. He lets go and rotates his wrist. The ball sticks.

The force is with Steve, thanks to a neodymium magnet in his fingertip that attracts objects and detects fields — a feeling he describes as a sixth sense. When he turns on an electric can opener, the metal dances.

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Steve showed me his collection of animal skulls and oddities. (Speaking of, I’ll be appearing on Discovery’s Oddities TV show this year; will let you know the air date soon.)

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His colleague/girlfriend Mandi and client/model Michelle joined our chat.

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Mandi displays a technology Steve is working on, which lights up her chest subdermal. His goal is to have it pulse to the beat of music — can you imagine the effect on a club dance floor?

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Steve has a small magnet under the skin of his fingertip, and it can pick up metal objects.

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The implant lets him feel electromagnetic forces, a phenomenon he describes a “sixth sense.” When Steve holds his finger to an electric can opener, the embedded magnet vibrates.

Special thanks to my dear Wes for joining this adventure!

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Steve manufactures his own silicone subdermal implants. Inserted under the skin, they come in a variety of shapes.

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The extreme body mod community’s close-knit; Steve has been to Japan twice, teaming up with Keroppy and Asami of bagelheads fame. Here’s a photo I took during my French TV shoot, which featured forehead inflation. If you’re interested in Japanese bagel heads, contact La Carmina & The Pirates; we worked on multiple programs about this mod.

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What’s your reaction to extreme body mods, like branding, scarification and forehead horns? To learn more, here’s my article about Steve Haworth. Thanks for keeping an open and understanding perspective.

21 Comments

  1. Brittany
    Posted January 10, 2013 at 2:00 am | Permalink

    I love your purple hair

  2. Kira
    Posted January 10, 2013 at 2:00 am | Permalink

    interesting and thought-provoking

  3. Lilia
    Posted January 10, 2013 at 2:00 am | Permalink

    Totally cool!!

  4. Brian
    Posted January 10, 2013 at 2:09 am | Permalink

    The light up implants are awesome.

  5. Sami
    Posted January 10, 2013 at 1:18 pm | Permalink

    Wow the idea of flashing subdermals is so interesting, if they work well I think these will be a great hit for clubs!!

    the picture of a row of people having “bagel heads” done is so eery, I wonder how it feels as its filling up

    I took out all my piercings a few years ago and let my stretched ear shrink but I had my nose re-pierced and I want to stretch my ears again haha

  6. Lavon
    Posted January 10, 2013 at 10:02 pm | Permalink

    Freaky and fascinating! You know, no matter the extreme, on the right person, anything can look sexy and cool. This is really interesting stuff.

  7. Betty
    Posted January 10, 2013 at 10:02 pm | Permalink

    wow……

  8. MOW
    Posted January 10, 2013 at 10:24 pm | Permalink

    Really Interesting stuff … great!

  9. oss
    Posted January 10, 2013 at 10:24 pm | Permalink

    Love the Look !!!!

  10. Nico
    Posted January 10, 2013 at 10:24 pm | Permalink

    Me encantan los diseños! :3

  11. Lilin
    Posted January 11, 2013 at 2:27 am | Permalink

    I’ve never heard of some of those. Actually they look rather wicked

  12. Brandon
    Posted January 11, 2013 at 2:27 am | Permalink

    The subdermal magnets look awesome. I can think of some interesting uses for them

  13. Jennifer Martinez
    Posted January 11, 2013 at 8:37 pm | Permalink

    The magnets in the fingertips sound awesome….as for the bagel forehead modification…I’m just not brave enough. As for tats, I don’t have diff color hair anymore (after having my daughter) but after my wedding ceremony I will be looking into getting another back tat. :-D I think all kinds of bod mods are awesome. It’s another way everyone can express him/her self.

  14. Marissa
    Posted January 11, 2013 at 9:59 pm | Permalink

    I have two piercings,one in a tongue and one in a belly button.Also I have about seven earrings in each ear.)

  15. Leyla
    Posted January 11, 2013 at 10:00 pm | Permalink

    I love It all, I have 3 tattoo’s , don’t have actual piercings only a lot of ear rings.

  16. jenny
    Posted January 11, 2013 at 10:00 pm | Permalink

    stunning pics!

  17. yepi8
    Posted January 26, 2013 at 6:59 am | Permalink

    look at them but I’m scared too

  18. Euri
    Posted February 18, 2013 at 3:30 am | Permalink

    Oooh! That looks interesting! (*O*)

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