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Behold: The Perfect Spoon.
(lemmy.world)
Found in my works silverware drawer. Tempted to take it, none of my spoons even approach this level of perfection.
Any more info on this body mod?
Here's the BME (Body Modification Encyclopaedia) page about it (TW Blood): https://wiki.bme.com/index.php/Magnetic_implant
It was invented by Steve Haworth and he's trained folks across the world on implanting them. The magnets he gets made and sells on to body modders are the gold standard because they're chamfered to be pill shaped before being encased in body safe plastic, so there are no sharp edges that can split. I got it done at a place here in Melbourne called Piercing HQ back in 2017 for AU$300, and last I checked the price hadn't gone up.
The coolest thing about it is that it's not just a magnet in your body. It actually hijacks your sense of touch to provide a "magnetic sense". It does this by basically squishing the skin between the magnet and whatever you're holding it against. So I can tell when something is magnetic, versus ferromagnetic, I can sense electromagnetic fields, I can feel when the field around an electric motor is particularly "dirty" bc it's a cheap brushed motor, compared to the "cleanness" of a good brushless motor.
One really weird/uncomfy thing that happens is that a large external magnet can flip the internal one around so the poles are opposite again. It's an incredibly weird sensation.
Anyway, let me know if you have anymore questions <3
okay that's incredibly cool and that last thing makes me hate it.
does the capsule protrude? or did you have a bit of flesh carved out to create a recess?
Oh gosh, I can't even imagine a body modder carving some flesh out to implant something! There's definitely a little bulge but it settles in closer than you'd think.
that looks like a scar i have on my thumb, so its not too bad. it does make me think i would pick at it constantly though.
There's really nothing to pick at, I can't even actually see the insertion scar if I look hard. You can feel the pill-shaped bump easily under the skin, but it's never made me wanna pick at it. Trust me too, I'm a scar picker-at-er too so I would if I could.